Manual facial cleansing

A clean face is not just a washed face. Neither water, nor lotions and other hygiene products provide real cleanliness, since they remove dirt only from the surface of the skin. Excess fat, comedones require a deeper impact, and today one of the best ways of such an impact is considered to be manual facial cleansing.

Indications for the procedure

Clean skin, able to breathe, is the condition for its youth and well-groomedness. Manual facial cleansing has pros and cons, but the effect is excellent, especially with increased oily skin. No wonder it was used by the ancient Egyptians, perhaps even the famous beautiful queen.

The need for deep cleaning arises in cases where hardware methods do not work. The essence of cleaning is the mechanical removal of dirt, plugs, acne. Indications for the procedure:

• comedones;
• milia (white dots);
• excess sebum;
• non-inflammatory rashes;
• boils;
• visible defects;
• general pollution.

 

Preparation

For manual facial cleansing to be as effective as possible, proper preparation is necessary. First of all, you should remove makeup, and it is better not to apply it at all on this day. Cleaning makeup is carried out with milk, gel or lotion. If the face is heavily contaminated, a special mask is applied or light peeling is done with acids of a minimum concentration.

• To open the pores, the face is steamed. Several methods are used: warm steam, thermal gel or cold hydrogenation. Steam is contraindicated if the skin is dry, with closely spaced vessels, as well as with asthma.

The gel opens pores and prevents dehydration. The gel-covered face is covered with a film for 20 minutes, then peeling occurs. Skin cells swell, the bonds between them are greatly weakened. Open the film in stages so that the action of the gel on the pores (up to 15 minutes) does not stop prematurely. While one area is being cleaned, the rest is under the film.

At the preparation stage, care is taken that the instruments are sterile clean. For the procedure, the so-called Uno spoon is used. This is a special tool for removing blackheads and other impurities. At the end there is a perforated spatula, in the middle - a recess for extrusion. There are modifications for both salon and home use.

By cleaning, many cosmetic problems are solved and prevented. The condition and appearance of the skin are significantly improved, the effect lasts for a long time. The convenience is that it can be carried out independently, at home.

Technique of the manual facial cleansing

The main thing in manual facial cleansing is to observe the technique and sterility. Manipulation is carried out in stages, cleanliness is achieved by periodically wiping new areas of the skin and lowering the instrument into a disinfectant solution.

The tool delicately removes a coating of fat, keratinization, comedones, crushing immature inflamed acne. They do not move randomly, but along certain lines. So remove, including deep plugs.

What does not lend itself to a spoon is squeezed out by hands treated with an antiseptic and wrapped in sterile gauze. Yellowish dirt with a black dot on top comes out easily. Pressure should be applied along the excretory ducts - with the pads of the fingers, and not with the nails, which can lead to scarring.

To the best of the need, other tools are also used - a spear or a needle to expand the sebaceous ducts. Finally, the entire field is disinfected. It is useful to complete with a mask that helps to narrow the pores. After the procedure, it is recommended to spend at least half an hour indoors so that the skin has time to acquire a shade close to natural.

• The home procedure is good because it allows you not to leave the house with a red face. In addition, it is not so painful.

In short, the procedure is the same: the skin is cleaned with a scrub, steamed with a steam bath of herbal infusions, selected according to skin type. Fingers wrapped in a bandage are moistened with hydrogen peroxide. After cleansing, apply a tonic with alcohol and a moisturizing cream.

Experts advise not to delay the procedure, as the pores soon begin to close, and this makes it difficult to clean them. With severe inflammation, it is necessary to conduct several sessions, removing blackheads or comedones in stages and especially carefully observing sterility. Only with this approach can infection and related complications be avoided.

Ultrasonic and manual facial cleansing

In terms of price and popularity, ultrasonic and manual facial cleansing are almost equivalent. What exactly to choose, the salon specialist or a dermatologist you trust will tell you.

• Facial cleaning with ultrasonic waves is a safe modern method. The action is manifested at several levels at once, dirt, fat, comedones, dead cells are cleaned out.
• Manual facial cleansing is performed with special tools and simply by hand. Its advantages are reliability and reasonable price. Indicated for profuse acne and acne.

It is worth emphasizing that it is impossible to clean your face on your own in the way that an experienced and competent specialist in a cosmetic institution will do.

The patient receives both procedures in comfortable conditions, taking a comfortable position in a special chair. Manual manipulation can sometimes cause discomfort, but they are quite tolerable. Ultrasonic waves are not felt at all. After them there is no redness. Duration - from 20 min. Up to an hour.

The rehabilitation period involves a refusal for several days from the solarium and water procedures (pool, sauna). Cold temperature showers are allowed. Exposure to the sun without a protective cream, the application of decorative cosmetics and all cosmetic procedures on the face is limited. This is a very small sacrifice in order to admire a rejuvenated reflection in the mirror, clean and healthy skin.

Contraindications to the procedure

Manual facial cleansing is not always indicated. A banal but significant contraindication is a low pain threshold, at which a person simply cannot withstand the discomfort associated with this procedure. Other contraindications for use:

• inflammation, trauma, pathological damage to the face;
• defeat by infections, herpes;
• chronic pathologies of the dermis;
• furunculosis;
• demodicosis;
• too dry skin;
• menstruation;
• hypertension;
• blood diseases;
• asthma;
• fragility of blood vessels.

Consequences after the procedure

The use of manual facial cleansing improves the appearance of any problematic skin. Manipulation removes the keratinized epidermis, evens and smoothes the dermis. The consequences after the procedure are obvious: clean pores visually decrease, black dots disappear forever. The structure of the dermis is optimized.

• Slight swelling and hyperemia are temporary and soon disappear. After a few days, the hydrobalance is leveled, the face takes on a healthy look.

After about four days, the desquamation of dead epidermal cells is activated. This is a natural process leading to positive results, in particular skin renewal.

But one cannot expect a miracle from manual facial cleansing, for example, a solution to all skin problems. To eliminate inflammatory symptoms, severe rashes, acne, it is first necessary to determine and eliminate their cause. And it can be associated with real diseases - metabolic disorders, slagging, low immunity, as well as external factors. Unfavorable factors must be eliminated, and diseases must be cured.

• To obtain the desired results, manual cleaning is best done in the middle of the menstrual cycle.

At this time, the amount of estrogen in the body is quite high, due to which pain is dulled. There is also a connection between skin type and frequency of procedures. With dry cleaning, it is recommended once a month, with normal - no more than 2, with a tendency to excess fat - up to 3 procedures per month.

Complications after the procedure

With increased sensitivity, a complication after the procedure is possible, manifested by prolonged redness. Usually it is provoked by mistakes or ignoring the contraindications of manual facial cleansing. To eliminate redness, masks, compresses with medicinal plants, and medicinal ointments are made.

• Normally, slight swelling persists for a day or two. To stimulate the removal of excess water, a specialist may prescribe diuretics.

With strong pressure or the presence of contraindications, hematomas are formed. They are eliminated with lotions from medicinal plants or heparin ointment. Aggressive manipulation can also lead to stretching of the skin, and naturally tight pores can remain enlarged.

• If the rules of cleanliness are violated, the face becomes inflamed. In this case, doctors recommend drying and disinfection, antibiotic ointments, etc.

Excessive pressure on the face can lead to scarring. As a rule, this does not happen in a salon, scars are possible with improperly organized home manipulation.

Allergies are possible during and after cleaning. It is eliminated with the help of antihistamines.

If you use preparations that do not correspond to the type of skin, this is fraught with long peeling. Intense daily moisturizing and the abolition of alcohol-containing cosmetics can cure the skin.

Care after the procedure

An important place is given to care after the procedure, which is carried out outside the salon. In the evening, after manual cleansing of the face, lotion is used, and then the usual cream for the night. In the following days, soothing, narrowing pores, disinfectants or procedures are indicated. Thick clay masks based on mineral water, thermal water for washing, cosmetics with aloe are effective.

To speed up the recovery processes, ointments, masks, cold compresses with a plant base are used. If healing is necessary - Bepanthen cream. Recommended d'Arsonval, infrared irradiation, cryomassage. The result will be the normalization of hydrobalance, a healthy and beautiful appearance of the face.

• During the recovery period, gyms, swimming pools, saunas, baths, and beach holidays are prohibited.

Touching the face is allowed only with fingers treated with an antiseptic. Moisturizing cream in sufficient quantity will not allow drying.

Usual cosmetics are allowed to be used after full recovery. It is especially important to abstain in the first 12 hours, when the pores are not completely closed and there is a high risk of infection. It is unacceptable to paint eyebrows, eyelashes, apply makeup at this time.

Reviews

About manual facial cleansing are entirely positive reviews. For many, the procedure has helped to completely get rid of annoying comedones and blackheads. Only to some it seems painful, and after the first cleaning, most of them become regular visitors to salons, where they discover related cosmetic procedures. Especially satisfied are the owners of oily skin, who are convinced that regular cleansing effectively improves its condition.

With the problem of acne, acne, almost all young people face puberty. They usually go away on their own. At an older age, there are problems that require qualified medical intervention. Manual facial cleansing is one of the easiest ways to eliminate skin defects that are not associated with systemic diseases.