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Acne Facial

What is an acne facial?

Also known as “deep cleansing facial”, “decongesting facial facial”, or “deep cleaning facial”, this type of facial treatment profoundly purifies the skin and will usually include multiple rounds of extractions to unclog the pores. While a good acne facial can help clear up acne, bad cases of acne may need additional treatment options. Most people think an acne facial treatment is just for that, treating acne. However, these facial treatments will usually add and omit certain steps during the process in order to treat and prevent blemishes.
Your basic acne facials are going to use products that have specific ingredients to target acne bacteria and break up excess dirt and oil in the pores. Those ingredients likely include salicylic acid, sulfur, benzoyl peroxide, and tea tree oil.
Every case of acne is unique, so different acne facial treatment options are available to try. For example, an esthetician may consider using LED light therapy, this can kill acne-producing bacteria. Different colored LED lights can produce different results. A blue LED light can be used to control sebum regulation and soothe the skin. A green LED light may be used to reduce hyperpigmentation and calming redness. They might also introduce a high-frequency device to target active blemishes.
In other cases, your esthetician may decide to go light on the massage or skip it all together, this is especially true if you have breakouts that are active. This step might be avoided for those who are dealing with severe breakouts, this is because it may provide too much stimulation. In such cases, this can give your esthetician more time to focus on extractions.

What are the benefits of an acne facial?

Nearly every type of facial is going to provide a deeper clean to your face, but acne facials are unique in the fact that they offer more targeted steps to address stubborn spots. With that in mind, let’s take a look at how acne facials can be beneficial.

Hydrating the skin: Anytime that you’re treating acne, the last thing you want to do is overwhelm the skin with peels and extractions, as the skin might overproduce oil to compensate, leading to even more breakouts. So your esthetician will likely throw some hydration into the mix, like a cooling mask to soothe inflammation.

Treatment for active blemishes: Extractions are great for treating comedonal acne (which includes blackheads and whiteheads), this is because the esthetician will manually squeeze out all the excess gunk from the pores. If you have inflamed acne, you may want to consider using high-frequency devices. High-frequency machines or wands are used to treat and prevent problematic acne, decrease the appearance of pore size, and kill bacteria.

Prevents future breakouts: Acne facials will generally include exfoliating cleansers or peels, these will usually contain ingredients like salicylic acid or glycolic acid. These ingredients are used to speed up cell turnover, unclog pores, and help you contain future breakouts from forming.

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