To treat various skin issues, the final step and product used within a facial is the application of a serum. Skincare is more beneficial when using high-quality products. Quality products consist of quality ingredients and offer protection from potential environmental damage, help against aging, better results for the money, and exceeding standards. Conversely, poor-quality products can cause negative results, such as infection, ineffective results, worsening facial skin problems, and allergic reactions. The benefit of skin products is increased with the usage of facial equipment. inflammatory and cooling effects when rolled across the face. They assist with collagen production, the reduction of puffiness, and skin tone improvement. Gua Sha scrapers are useful for rubbing the skin to enhance facial contours, increase blood circulation, and reduce tension. Microcurrent devices help stimulate elastin and collagen, tighten and lift facial muscles, and increase the appearance of a more rejuvenated skin tone. Major equipment used in facial treatments are electrotherapy and light therapy. Electrotherapy and light therapy are used during facials to perform skin treatments. Unlike microcurrent devices, electrotherapy and light therapy utilize stronger electrical currents to improve the skin. Electrotherapy utilizes galvanic and high-frequency currents, while light therapy uses infrared lamps (Milady, 2023). Electrotherapy and light therapy are used for different purposes, yet they both utilize electrical currents (Light Tree, 2024). High-frequency machines use high oscillation to treat the scalp and face, with benefits that include the following: ● Relaxing effects. ● Germicidal and antiseptic actions. ● Cell metabolism stimulation. ● Elimination and absorption of products from and to the skin. ● Promotion of oxygenation to the skin. ● Stimulation of blood and lymph flow (Milady, 2023). Galvanic current helps accomplish desincrustation and iontophoresis. Desincrustation facilitates deep pore cleansing, and iontophoresis enables the absorption of ion solutions into the skin. The process of iontophoresis is accomplished through cataphoresis and anaphoresis. Cataphoresis introduces astringent solutions to the skin, while anaphoresis facilitates the absorption of desincrustation lotions into the skin (Milady, 2023). Microcurrent is a low-level electrical device that is a type of galvanic treatment in skin care. Microcurrents are best for lifting and toning aging skin. Microdermabrasion is a mechanical exfoliation of dead skin cells involving spraying microcrystals along the skin surface. Through microdermabrasion, skin cells are vacuumed from the suction of the equipment, producing fast and visible results that treat aging and wrinkling skin (Milady, 2023).
Cleansers help to treat dry or oily skin. Toners are used after cleansers to restore minerals while calming and smoothing the skin. Moisturizers are to be applied each time the face is washed to restore moisture, even on oily skin types. The moisturizer used during a facial is chosen according to the skin type to moisten the skin correctly. Sunscreen is used after the moisturizer to provide protection from the broad spectrum of rays from the sun, using an SPF of a minimum of 30. Exfoliation is an optional treatment. Exfoliation should only be practiced once or twice a week with an exfoliation product used after the cleanser and before the moisturizer. Physiological effects of facial equipment All types of facial equipment have one common goal: to help the skin look younger. They help tighten the skin, stimulate blood flow, and promote lymphatic system drainage in the facial area (Florida Academy, 2024). Various appliances and electrotherapy equipment, such as electrical currents and light rays, enhance facial services. Appliances include brush machines, hot towel cabinets, and facial steamers. Brush machines assist in exfoliation, removing dead skin cells, and also help to cleanse and stimulate the skin. Hot towel cabinets heat towels that are used to promote the relaxation of muscles and stimulation of the veins and arteries. Facial steamers produce and project steam in specified body areas for softening, cleansing, blood circulation, and stimulation (Milady, 2023). The Florida Academy introduced different facial equipment, which included facial rollers and Gua Sha scrapers (Florida Academy, 2024). Facial rollers are kept refrigerated; their cool temperature and comforting pressure create anti- Electrotherapy Electrotherapy is a method of using electrically induced heat for deep tissue treatment and muscle relaxation. Skincare involving high-frequency and galvanic currents is a type of electrotherapy (Milady, 2023). Galvanic currents help accomplish two tasks: desincrustation and iontophoresis. Desincrustation treats oily skin, which consists of comedones and acne. The service creates chemicals and physiological effects by loosening and removing sebum within hair follicles and reducing the production of comedones and minor acne (Milady, 2023). Iontophoresis is accomplished when an electrical current penetrates products containing ions into the skin. Positive ions absorbed in the skin generate deep cleansing by attracting negatively charged impurities trapped in pores underneath the top layer of the skin. Ionophoresis creates the physiological stimulation of collagen production and natural hydration, which defends against toxins and skin damage (Milady, 2023). Electrotherapy services include high-frequency machines, galvanic current applications, microcurrents, and microdermabrasion. High-frequency machines are also known as tesla-current and violet-ray machines. Light therapy Light therapy is a form of electrotherapy because it utilizes electrical currents to treat skin conditions. Light therapy consists of infrared and ultraviolet rays and LEDs. Light therapy treatments produce therapeutic effects. Infrared lamps create soothing heat. The benefits of light therapy are as follows: ● Soothed nerves. ● Increased circulation.
● Dilated blood vessels. ● Increased production of oil and perspiration. ● Increased metabolism. ● Relaxing heat to the skin (Milady, 2023).
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