How to remove blackheads: DIY or skin treatments?
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With Spring making a return soon, discover whether DIY or skin treatments are the better option in your blackhead removal journey to pore-fection!
What are blackheads and how are they formed?
When your skin is clear, the openings around a hair follicle are free from dead skin cells, allowing the production of oil to flow to the surface normally. Blackheads are formed when the opening around a hair follicle is clogged with dead skin cells and sebum(oil). What you should never do with blackheads
- Use abrasive cleansers and exfoliants as your skin can be irritated further
- Squeeze blackheads as the inflammation can be pushed deeper back into your skin and eventually cause scarring
How to prevent acne scars
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We’ve all been there – scrubs, tears, every trick in the online skin bible in our pursuit in removing unwanted acne scars. To understand how skin treatments can resurface your skin back to smoothness, we explore the different types of acne scars and which treatments are best suited in the pursuit for your skin’s smoother future. Commonly associated with each other but fundamentally not the same, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and acne scars are both visible, textural results that are often left behind from acne.
What is post inflammatory hyperpigmentation?
Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation occurs when there’s discolouration left on the skin. It’s a flat area that ranges in colour from red to pink, brown or purple dependant on your skin tone. From disruptions in the healing process of wounds, rashes and pimples, inflammation arises from the trauma caused to the skin. When the skin heats up too much, melanin is produced, leaving a darker colour. Not to despair, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation fades over time. However, if you have an event or just want to reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation, certain skin treatments can help in smoothing out the skin tone and texture such as Skin Needling using the innovative DermaPen technology. A motorised head containing micro needles safely punctures the skin, to trigger cellular repair and renewal to effectively reduce the appearance of an uneven complexion, scarring and your skin’s texture.
Acne treatments: Turn that Zit to Zilch with Chemical Peels and LED Light Therapy
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Fluctuating hormones, changes in lifestyle and eating habits can stress out our skin. Investing in acne skin treatments, can help you turn that zit to zilch – read on to find out how.
Addressing deeper issues (skin, that is)
There are causes of acne that can be preventable and those that are slightly more difficult.
Vamping up your beauty routine with acne treatments such as the Acne Beta Peel + LED Light
Therapy targets stubborn acne causing bacteria beneath the surface of your skin, banishing it to irrelevance and beyond!
The Acne Beta Peel uses a combination of Salicylic Acid and Dioic Acid to deeply exfoliate the skin, soothe redness or inflammation and reduce future breakouts. It can also treat
– Clogged pores
– Blocked comedones which are small skin coloured bumps often found on the forehead and chin
Whilst the Acne Beta Peel deeply penetrates the skin to tackle acne causing bacteria, the healing properties from the LED Light Therapy treatment accelerates the healing process by
stimulating collagen and cellular repair.
Post treatment, Results Active Protect SPF50+ is a MUST HAVE as it ensures that your skin is nourished but also protected from the sun. Oil free and lightweight, it can be used under your everyday makeup long after your skin treatment to ensure that your face stays away from the harmful ageing rays of the Sun.
To maintain a clear complexion long after your treatments, Results Active Clean is an everyday cleanser for the face and neck. Sulphate and paraben free, it gently removes makeup and impurities without disrupting the pH balance of your skin.
Acne causes: Uncovering the dirt on acne causes
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- Working in a customer/client facing role as well as interactions in daily social interactions
- Disrupting the application of makeup if the skin is broken
How to prevent acne: 4 steps to banish those blemishes!
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Acne – it happens to the best of us, at the most unexpected times. But did you know with consistent maintenance of your skin through healthy lifestyle habits and effective skin treatments reduces your chances of experiencing acne? Let’s find out how!
- Cleanse
Tired from a night out or gym session and just want to sleep? Roll straight into bed and you’ll be taking a one-way ticket to the high chance of acne formation. Forecast? Cloudy with a chance of breakouts. Whether it’s sweat or makeup, the buildup of oil, skin debris and pollutants are some of the main causes of common acne. Common acne presents itself in the form of whiteheads and blackheads where dead skin cells, oil and/or bacteria is trapped in your pores. Cleansing your skin in the morning and night clears your skin from the amount of oil, dead skin cells and pollutants that have accumulated through the day. Did you know that the oils in your hair could be contributing to your breakouts? Ensuring that you wash your hair regularly, especially after a hot Summer’s day or a sweaty workout will reduce your chances of acne forming on your face.
Know your peel – a Guide to Chemical Skin Peels
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Know your Peel- Chemical peels are a medical grade weapon in the battle for perfect skin but how do they work & which one is right for you?
Chemical Skin Peels can target dull complexion, uneven skin tone, skin ageing, pigmentation marks & blemishes, they can even tackle acne head-on, revealing luminous & radiant skin. Let’s go a little deeper into the world of chemical peels to discover what each peel does, to aid that choice of which peel is right for you!
What is a chemical skin peel?
A chemical peel is the application of a safe chemical solution, which penetrates through the top layer of skin, performing 3 main actions:
- Deeply exfoliates, removing dead and damaged skin cells
- Targets specific areas; e.g. treating toxins, oil, bacteria & imperfections below the skins surface
- Stimulates collagen production
What happens on the surface?
Similar to a snake shedding its skin, after a chemical peel we often loose our top layer of dead skin, revealing the new skin underneath, resulting in a smoother complexion. When peels are in action it’s easy to achieve these immediate and visible results
- Smoothes skin
- Reduces fine lines & wrinkles
- Reduces congestion & pore size
- Brightens dull/lifeless skin
- Evens skin tone
- Reduces pigmentation & blemishes
So, what happens beneath the surface?
Depending on the peel recommended to you by our clinical therapists, your cells will go through some changes that will help treat your skin priorities from inside & out.
Peeled to perfection
Each peel is designed to target your skin priorities, you will find all our peels have similar superficial results, whilst targeting those nasties from within. So now for the low down:
Pigmentation White Peel
What it targets
Targets pigmentation on the surface and beneath the skin
How it works
Destroys the cells that are rich in melanin from beneath the skin and eliminates any pigmentation on the surface.
Results
- Effectively brightens and evens skin tone
- Eliminates skin cells rich in melanin E.g. from sun damage and hyperpigmentation problems.
- Breaks down pigmentation
- Prevents further pigmentation production
- Increases skin luminosity
Acne Beta Peel
What it targets
Targets oily skin, acne & breakouts on the surface and the bacteria causing it, within the skin.
How it works
Unblocks pores and clears away dead skin cells preventing the congestion where spots love to form, kills the bacteria which causes breakouts and treats existing blemishes on the surface.
Results
- Brings blemishes under control
- Reduces swelling & redness
- Delays new spot formation
- Deeply cleanses
- Reduces pore size
This peel is often used in conjunction with two types of LED Advanced light therapy to promote healing & control bacterial growth.
Photo Rejuvenation Age Peel
What it targets
Targets the surface of the skin and also beneath
How it works
Removes dead skin cells, which often contain pigment and impurities (which cause fine lines) and stimulates collagen & elastin.
Results
- Forces skin to regenerate
- Smoothes out fine lines and wrinkles
- Skin feels & looks refreshed
- Allows skin to naturally hydrate better
Mandelic Peel
What it targets
Formulated specifically for darker skin types, targets mainly the surface of the skin.
How it works
The mandelic peel is an all-round peel, slower to work, it gently cleanses pores, removes dead skin & impurities, stimulates collagen & elastin & soothes.
Results
- Forces skin to regenerate
- Smoothes out fine lines and wrinkles
- Evens skin tone variations
- Calms & tones down blemishes
Next steps?
With the summer party season in full view, you have just enough time to book in your course of 4 -6 treatments fortnightly to shine bright like a diamond!
Results Laser Clinics is one of Australia’s most trusted providers of Laser Hair Removal, Skin treatments & Cosmetic Aesthetics Treatments. We are committed to delivering results that make you look & feel your best. Book your free Skin Analysis and complimentary consultation with our experts today! You can also save time and buy treatments from the comfort of your own home via a Results Online account! Our full-price list can be found here.