Happier, healthier skin: that’s what we all want, right? While there are many ways to improve the health and vitality of your skin, one treatment we highly recommend is the HydraFacial. This cleansing, hydrating facial can yield incredible results. The best part is that it’s suitable for patients with a wide variety of skin issues. Whether you’re struggling with acne, dry skin, age spots, or even clogged pores, a HydraFacial can greatly improve your complexion.
What Is a HydraFacial?
HydraFacial is a non-invasive skin treatment that offers a wide variety of benefits in one package. Most facials are performed by hand, but the HydraFacial is performed using a specialized device. This allows for a more complete and deeply penetrating experience. And that, in turn, yields more dramatic and longer-lasting results.
Step 1: Cleanse and Peel
One of the reasons why HydraFacial works so well is the fact that it includes three distinct steps. The first of these steps focuses on peeling away dead, dry skin cells on the outer surface of the skin. In other words, we start with exfoliation.
Whenever you exfoliate your skin, whether chemically or mechanically, it is important not to “go too deep.” You want to remove all dead skin cells, but you don’t want to remove or damage the fresh, healthy skin beneath them. This is easy to achieve with HydraFacial. The exfoliation step will leave your skin softer and smoother, but not abraded and irritated.
The exfoliation step in a HydraFacial treatment is gentle. You won’t feel like your skin is being scrubbed away or melted off. You can simply kick back, relax, and enjoy the experience.
Step 2: Extractions and Hydration
After we’ve exfoliated your skin, we use a specialized, HydraFacial suction tool to extract the contents of clogged pores. The suction is gentler on your skin than manual extractions. You do not have to worry about scarring or skin damage.
If you have clogged pores or acne, you can expect us to spend a little more time on this step. The results are worth the wait. Our clients emerge from their HydraFacial appointments with skin that looks smooth and radiant – not bumpy or congested.
Extractions can also help prevent breakouts in the weeks after your HydraFacial. By removing debris from pores early on, we can often prevent those clogged pores from turning into blackheads or whiteheads later on.
After we’ve completed your extractions, we use a special, moisturizing treatment to soften and nourish your skin. Your skin is primed to take in this moisturizing treatment after the extractions. Re-introducing healthy moisturizing ingredients to your skin at this stage helps prevent any irritation from the exfoliation and extractions.
Step 3: Protection
Wind, sunshine, environmental contaminants – your skin faces all of these threats on a daily basis. That’s why the last step of HydraFacial is designed to protect your skin from these and other threats.
Once again using a specialty HydraFacial tool, we saturate your skin with a concentrated solution of antioxidants. These compounds help prevent free radical damage to your skin, which can help protect against wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, and other maladies.
Another benefit of the protection step is the incredible glow that it gives your skin. HydraFacial introduces a special blend of peptides, which are small proteins, to your skin. These peptides give you an immediate glow, and they also serve to protect and enhance your complexation in the weeks following treatment.
HydraFacial Enhancements
One of the very best things about HydraFacial is that it can be customized. We complete the three steps described above for every client. But, if desired, we can also add some enhancements, or boosters, to your procedure. Here are some of our most popular enhancements:
Rozatrol Booster Serum
For those with red, sensitive skin, we often recommend adding Rozatrol Booster Serum to your HydraFacial. This serum helps nourish your skin, reduce redness, and combat sensitivity.
Growth Factor Booster Serum
This serum is formulated with a specialized blend of peptides that help minimize age-related changes such as fine lines and wrinkles. It can also help your skin look firmer and more plump after your HydraFacial treatment.
Britenol Booster Serum
Is your complexion often dull and dry? If so, we may suggest adding Britenol Booster Serum to your HydraFacial routine. Formulated with vitamin C, bearberry extract, and alpha-arbutin, this serum leaves your skin looking glowing and radiant.
If you’re seeking a facial treatment that will transform your skin and give you a bright, glowing look, HydraFacial is the way to go. Schedule a consultation with the practitioners at Balance MedSpa to learn more.
