If you are one of those who gets facials regularly as an anti-aging treatment and haven’t noticed any changes in the wrinkles on your eyes, mouth and brow, then you probably know that these treatments do not work for your wrinkles. You are not doing anything bad for your skin. It’s just that having facials to fight wrinkles is as effective as chewing gum during a math exam.
Facials are popular skin treatments in spas and salons. They come in different varieties, mostly using different kinds of materials from mud to diamonds. You might have heard about some of them. The most common names for facials are mineral masks, rose steam treatments, blu-light, microdremabrasions, LED light therapy and the most recent one is oxygen facial. They can be applied everyday or are done every two weeks or so in a pre-determined number of sessions.
You might be wondering: are facials bad for your skin? No, they are not. In fact, they can be beneficial and are good skin care routines. Facials extract clogged pores and exfoliate your skin. It takes out dull, dry and scaly skin and gives you a deep cleanse that leaves your skin smooth, supple and young-looking. However, facials cannot treat your wrinkles or repair damaged blood vessels or lighten brown spots.
Facials are skin treatments that are done by beauticians, not necessarily dermatologists, although some dermatologists recommend and perform facials on their patients. Beauticians cannot prescribe drugs or give you treatments that can penetrate the skin or enter the bloodstream. The best wrinkle treatments are invasive and cannot be performed by a beautician.
A facial massage or an electrostimulation is also a popular anti-aging treatment. They are supposed to tone your skin and lessen the appearance of wrinkles. However, these are minimally effective. Just like muscles on other parts of your body, building them up takes time and will actually cause the wrinkles to show more. Wrinkles are caused by contraction of the muscles, like when you furrow your brow or squint your eyes. To decrease the appearance of wrinkles, you have to relax the muscles. Toning them only makes wrinkles appear deeper.
Skin care is an important aspect to looking good and feeling great. However, you are better off researching about the facts behind the skin treatments you want to try before you spend on them. There is better value in simply eating well and avoiding vices, especially smoking, to keep wrinkles from forming for as long as possible.
