CosBeauty Magazine #75

The post-summer
skin treatment plan
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Is your skin more stressed than sparkling?
There’s a solution for that. Words by AimÉe Rodrigues
We all know the drill: eat well, down litres of water and maintain
a religious skincare routine that includes daily sunscreen. This will
all help in the quest for glowing skin. Despite our best intentions,
sometimes life gets in the way (read: Christmas, New Year, holidays, and
everything in between) and your body’s biggest organ can do with a little
helping hand to look its best.
If your skin is sun-stressed, dehydrated and congested, here’s a nifty little
treatment combo to get it back on track and looking fly.
Step 1:
Unmask your skin’s
potential
Peel yourself pretty with an in-clinic
medical-grade skin revitaliser. Peels
are solutions applied to the surface of
the skin to strip away the outermost
layers, revealing the fresh new skin
beneath. They are used to treat a
variety of skin conditions – from
dryness or dullness to acne, rosacea
and pigmentation.
The solutions’ ingredients range
from naturally occurring chemicals
to herbal extracts to synthetic
chemicals, and their effects range
from mildly brightening to quite
aggressive resurfacing.
Most peels are recommended as
courses of treatment by skincare
professionals, with the stronger
solutions requiring fewer applications.
Step 2:
Lighting the way to
flawless skin
There aren’t many aesthetic devices
that offer a pain-free, no-downtime,
non-invasive and predictable
treatment for ageing and acneprone
skin – and one that delivers
measurable, immediate results you
can see and feel.
Omnilux is one of them. This
relaxing non-aggressive LED (lightemitting
diode, if you want to get
techie) treatment stimulates skin
cell function and makes your skin all
healthy looking and glowing. All you
have to do is lie there.
Omnilux is a light therapy that
kick-starts the body’s natural
processes to reverse the signs of
ageing and treat common skin
conditions. By delivering specific
wavelengths into the skin, Omnilux
triggers certain reactions in the
dermis and deeper epidermis. This
is effective in achieving significant
results – that are well documented –
in skin rejuvenation, acne treatment
and anti-ageing.
Step 3:
Laser away the years
Follow up 10-14 days later with a
Laser Genesis treatment.
The use of lasers to treat and
improve the appearance of fine
lines, wrinkles and overall skin
texture has become extraordinarily
popular. There are various types of
lasers and procedures available, with
many designed to target specific
skin concerns. However, some laser
treatments are quite harsh on the
upper layers of the skin and require
a period of downtime as the treated
area recovers.
Laser Genesis is a non-ablative
alternative that can be used to
improve skin’s overall appearance
and texture, helping to remove
the byproducts of sun damage
and dehydration. It is particularly
effective when used on the face,
neck and chest, decreasing fine lines,
reducing the appearance of large
pores and improving skin tone. CBM
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