Facial

All you need to know about Facials

Facial is the most efficient way to take care of your skin without any surgical or chemical treatment. It cleanses, rejuvenates, exfoliates and makes your skin healthy by nourishing it. Facials are given by experts and professionals with experience in massaging the skin. It gives a glow to your face and enables you to have a clear complexion. It’s the most common anti-ageing treatment that involves relaxing the face muscles using creams and lotions. It is available in most of the spas and beauty salons. However, there are basic steps involved in facial that should be considered.

Facials: Step by Step

Step One: Consultation – It is very important for the professional to know the skin type and health habits before the facial is done. He might require information like daily water intake, skin problems, medication if any, and any product for the skin you are using. It gives a better understanding before proceeding for a particular facial treatment. Depending on such questions and your skin type various facial treatments can be given.

Step Two: Cleansing – Once your consultation is over and you decide on a treatment,  the very first step of any facial is to clean up your face with cotton,  wipes and sponges. While cleansing your skin, a towel is wrapped around your hair so that your hairs do not make contact with the face during the treatment.

Step Three: Skin Analysis – The next step is to closely analyze the skin, under the brightly lit magnifying glass. It is very important for the professional who is going to give you facial to know your skin type; dry, oily, both or normal. They also determine the skin conditions whether you have blackheads, whiteheads, sun-damage, ageing and dehydration, etc. to discuss what the procedure will be the best for your skin.

Step Four: Steam – To remove any blackheads or whiteheads present in your skin, it needs to be relaxed and soften up using a steamer. Most of the spas and salons use machine to release thin and warm vapor on your face. This step can be avoided for people with sensitive skin.

Step Five: Exfoliations – It can be done mechanically or chemically. Mechanical exfoliation includes roughly textured Exfoliants that remove the dead skin from the face that can be done during the steaming of the face. The chemical exfoliation includes various chemical peel and enzyme treatment that varies in the intensity.

Step Six: Extractions – During this stage, your face is ready for extraction of blackheads and whiteheads. Make sure that you are comfortable while removal of blackheads and whiteheads as tolerance level differs for each person. Too much pressure can cause skin discoloration and broken capillaries.

Step Seven: Facial mask – After gently massaging and relaxing your face, facial masks are applied to stimulate facial and skin muscles. The experts give you a massage over the scalp and stay with you all the time in the same room giving you various services. Once the facial is over, to protect the skin from external factors final touches of toner, moisturiser and sunscreens can be used.