facial skin treatment

The Benefits of Oxygen Facials

Summary by Joanna Vargas, edited by Ferdinand Rinaldy

Oxygen treatments have emerged in the last few years as the newly recognized skin care essential. From oxygen creams to oxygen spray treatments and oxygen inhalation, most spas and salons across the country have something on their menu oxygen related to offer their client. Oxygen has incredible regenerative powers. Moreover, high concentrations of oxygen trigger the body’s own healing functions. It is these two very important functions of oxygen that inspired skin care experts to incorporate oxygen into esthetic treatments around the world.

We are oxygen starved from our skin to our lungs. Damage will occur, and that damage will accumulate over time resulting in much stressed, pre-mature aged skin. We need to replenish the oxygen the environment is lacking. Oxygen treatments in facials and body treatments help combat all sorts of enemies to the skin, from pollution and stress to the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere. The oxygen and serum work in conjunction to reach and repair the skin at a cellular level, achieving optimum results. Benefits abound: firmer and smoother skin, also erases fine lines and wrinkles and enhances elasticity.

Add Heat to Your Facial for Improved Skin Firming and Pore Tightening

Summary by Naweko San-Joyz

Radio frequency treatments, like Thermage, rely on applying electrodes to the surface of the skin. During the treatment, the skin is simultaneously cooled because radio frequency therapies demand large quantities of concentrated heat.

Happily, you can add more inviting levels of heat to your facial using a steaming washcloth.

Like a radio frequency treatment, a steamed washcloth emits (much smaller) packets of heat that can help tighten the skin.

Radio frequency treatment alternative with washcloth steaming

To benefit from washcloth steaming, cleanse your face with a mild cleanser. Besides helping firm and deeply cleanse the skin, facial heat imparts another therapeutic effect. Externally applied heat helps minimize the pore size by reducing oil secretion.

Reduce excess oil secretion with heat

For example, a recent study in Dermatologic Surgery found that applying heat electrodes to women’s pores reduced their overall quantity of facial oil secretion by 31%. Reduced pore excretion is a long-term benefit of consistent facial washcloth steaming.

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