For weeks you have been preparing for tomorrow night’s big event, and all of sudden you notice a breakout of acne on your face! Have you ever wondered where acne comes from? Your mother may have told you that it comes from consuming foods that are high in sugar or fat, or from not washing your face. However, many people are surprised to find out that neither of these factors are a cause of acne.
The actual cause of acne is the body’s increased production of the hormone androgen, a hormone produced by both men and women. The androgen hormone stimulates the sebaceous glands to produce more oil causing the pores in the skin to become blocked preventing the oil from coming up to the surface of the skin. Acne, an infection caused by skin bacteria, directly feeds on and breaks down the trapped oil in the skin. As the bacteria increase, waste products and sebatic acid are created, and the sebaceous gland becomes inflamed – causing what you know see on your face as a blackhead, a whitehead or pimple.
The days of stressing about a potential break-out on your big day are now over? With a simple course of IPL treatments, within 15 minutes per week for three to four weeks, acne is a thing of the past, and anyone with permanent acne can greatly benefit from this treatment!
The innovative and advanced IPL treatment filters light from a flash-lamp in two targeted ways to ensure that that only light with the appropriate wavelengths is allowed to reach your skin to prevent future acne. As haemoglobin, which is the red pigment in blood, absorbs the light and heats up in the fine blood vessels that supply the sebaceous glands, it causes a minor injury to the sebaceous glands which decreases the overproduction of oil that leads to acne.
This solution to dealing with acne is easy and essentially painless. As any potentially harmful wavelengths are filtered out an IPL, you do not need to do anything in order to prepare for your session. However, it is important that in the weeks leading up to your appointment, you should avoid going into the sun as it is important to keep your skin as pale as possible. This is to prevent too much light from being absorbed by a darker complexion.
As no anaesthetics are required and individuals vary in their thresholds of pain, it is difficult to predict how much, if any, pain a particular individual client will feel when he or she receives the treatment. To date, patients describe a wide variety of sensations such as a slight pinch to how your skin feels after too much sun exposure.
Although there may be some redness on your skin after the treatment, people normally do not need any post-treatment care. However, some people with more sensitive skin may ease any discomfort by applying ice or a prescribed ointment to the treatment area immediately after treatment. In the case that you have sun-damaged skin, some of the pigmented spots may become darker, but they will eventually disappear.
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