We all want flawless, glowing skin, and we know the best way to do this is to get regular facials, but isn’t it possible to get a breakout the day after? If you get a facial and your skin breaks out the next day, it’s easy to blame the esthetician or the products used. Just what makes skin breakout after a facial treatment—and who’s to blame? What is the best strategy to avoid this from happening?
1. Your skin regime prior to the facial can sometimes be the culprit. If you have not been cleansing exfoliating regularly, and you get a deep pore cleansing facial and layers of skin, sebum, products are removed, you skin could continue to purge after. Strategy: Do a skin consultation a month before your facial to start using the best products for your skin. Follow the esthetician’s instructions.
2. Stress
When we are under a lot of stress, it can also cause breakouts to be just under the surface. Sometimes a facial will uncover this by exfoliation and stimulation and they usually are in the forehead area. Mention your stress level to your esthetician and she can use a preventative serum, LED treatment, high frequency treatment to prevent or help anything that’s already in the skin heal faster. Also, get a weekly massage and or start working out a bit more to release the tension.
3. Reactive Skin
Some skin is reactive to anything new, for example: steam, facial massage or new products. If you believe your skin may be like this, let your esthetician know so that she can gear the facial toward being as gentle as possible to avoid this. A high frequency or LED treatment may also be a good idea.
4. Over-Eager Extractions
Some estheticians do not use enough massage and exfoliation before trying to extract, and then use rough techniques to get the extractions out. At Sweet Lemon Spa, the process with each facial with a water and oil press, followed by a facial oil and facial massage. Then it is cleansed with an exfoliating cleanser, if desired, we also offer diamondbrasion to file down the skin and it makes the pores look smaller, then an exfoliation mask is used, usually with steam. Then the extractions are coaxed out if there are any at this point. Many times the face is clear of them after our unique process.
5. It’s a treatment
A facial isn’t a one time service. It’s more like a workout at the gym. It doesn’t necessarily make you beautiful the first visit the benefits kick in after a few days, when the skin’s can start functioning better after it is cleansed. For best results a consistent home care regime using professional products from the same line (which are designed to work together) will keep skin looking its absolute best. As the esthetician of Sweet Lemon Spa, I am here for my clients day and night to help them with any skin emergencies, however if you are following my advice, this rarely happens. I am always here to help you! My clients get very clear, beautiful skin when they follow my advice, those that try a lot of different products usually shock their skin and get poor results.
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