Transcript Chapter 23 – 12’ – pages 733 - 737 Chapter 13 – 12 – pages

Facials - Electrotherapy
 Enhance facial treatments
 Increase efficacy & penetration of products
 Magnifying lamps
 Analysis
 Extractions
 Tweezing
 Steamers
 Heats & produces steam
 Softens tissues
 Accepts products
 Relax & soften follicle accumulations
 Heating coils that boil water
 Use distilled water when possible (prevents mineral
build-up)
 Steamer precautions
 Asthma/lung disorders
 Claustrophobic
 Avoid too close to face
 Hot towels
 No steamer is available
 Warm wet towel wrapped around face
 Leave nose exposed
 DO NOT use on:
 Sensitive skin
 Claustrophobic
 Rosacea/redness-prone
 Rotating electrical appliance with interchangeable
brushes
 Various sizes & textures
 Back treatments
 Larger & stiffer bristles
 Face treatments
 Smaller & softer bristles
 Mechanical exfoliation
 Applied after steam
 Thick layer of cleanser or moisturizer
 Buffer so bristles do not scratch skin
 Removes dead skin cells
 Stimulate blood circulation
 Brushes thoroughly cleaned & disinfected
 Never use brushes on:
 Drugs that thin or exfoliate the skin
 Retin-A®
 Differin®
 Tazorac®
 Rosacea
 Sensitive skin
 Pustular skin
 Forms of skin inflammation
 reddening
 Increase circulation
 Jet-spray lotions and toners/astringents
 Use suction only on nonsensitive and noninflammed
skin!
 Spray used on any skin
 Hydrate skin
 Help clean off mask
 Use of electrical current
 Caution Box – page 735
 Contraindications:
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Heart patients
Pacemakers
Metal implants
Epilepsy
Seizure disorders
Afraid of electric current
Open or broken skin
When in doubt get a Dr. note
 Modalities = electric currents
 Applicator directing electric current from machine to
client
 High Frequency – 1 electrode
 Galvanic Current – 2 electrodes
 Polarity
 Positive, anode, red, +
 Negative, cathode, black, -
 Softening and emulsifying hardened sebum stuck in
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hair follicle
Oily areas with multiple comedones and more acneprone skin
Products alkaline fluids/gels act as solvents
Extraction made easier
Negative pole applied to face over product
 Current forces products deeper into follicle
 Chemical reaction occurs
 Loosens impacted sebum
 Both electrodes wrapped in wet cotton
 Active electrode
 Applied to skin in oily area
 Active electrode
 Negative current
 3 – 5 minutes
 Inactive electrode
 Held by client in right hand/behind right shoulder
 Process of using galvanic current to allow water-
soluble products containing ions to penetrate skin
 Products will be labeled for Iontophoresis
 Negative current
 Products with negative ions - able to penetrate skin
 Positive current
 Products with positive ions - able to penetrate skin
 Type of galvanic current with a very low level of
electricity
 Helps tone skin
 Produces a lifting effect for aging skin that lacks
elasticity
 Nikolas Tesla
 Stimulate blood flow
 Helps products penetrate
 Works by warming tissues – allows for better
absorption of moisturizers
 Applied after extractions
 Acne-prone skin
 Germicidal effects
 Glass contain various types of gas (neon)
 Mushroom
 Rake
 Wand
 Direct Application
 Applied to the skin
 Indirect Application
 Client holds electrode
 Creating an electrical stimulating massage
 2 Caution boxes page 736
 Caution box page 737
 State Regulatory check page 737
 Using light exposure to treat skin conditions
 Infrared lamps
 Heat the skin
 Increase blood flow
 Hair and scalp treatments
 Light-emitting Diode (LED)
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Uses concentrated light flashes very rapidly
Helps with wound healing
Minimize redness
Warm lower-level tissues
Helps stimulate blood flow
Improve acne-prone skin
 Type & color of light varies according to treatment
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objectives
Red lights – aging and redness
Blue light – acne prone skin
Safe treatment for most clients
AVOID on clients who have seizures
If questionable – get Dr. approval!
 Mechanical exfoliation
 Shooting aluminum oxide crystals at the skin
 Exfoliates dead skin cells
 Closed vacuum
 Shoot crystal
 Bump off dead skin cells
 Vacuum up by suction
 Fast visible results
 Treat surface wrinkles & aging skin
 Requires extensive training
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 Constant & direct current
 Positive & negative pole
 Chemical changes
 Table 13 -2
 Low level of electricity that mirror’s body’s natural
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electrical current impulses
Iontophoresis
Firming, toning, soothing skin
Help heal inflamed tissue
Newer units have negative * positive polarity in 1 probe
not 2
More relaxing for client
 Improves blood & lymph circulation
 Produces acidic & alkaline reactions
 Opens & closes follicles & pores
 Increases muscle tone
 Restore elasticity
 Reduces redness & inflammation
 Minimizes healing time for acne lesions
 Improves natural protective barrier of skin
 Increases metabolism
 Used during aging-skin treatments
 Gives skin
 Softer
 Firmer
 More hydrated appearance
 Violet ray
 Thermal or heat producing current
 High rate of oscillation or vibration
 Does not produce muscle contractions
 Effects either stimulating or soothing
 Electrodes made from glass or metal
 1 used at a time
 Stimulates blood circulation
 Increases elimination & absorption
 Increases skin metabolism
 Improves germicidal action
 Relieves skin congestion
 Did You Know? – page
 Caution Box – page 272
 State Regulatory alert – page 272