Skin Care: Seeking Help Outside The Home

One thing that we tend to start focusing on soon after the start of puberty is skin care-especially that on our faces

. When we're younger, it's usually about acne. As we grow older, we add a host of other concerns about the organ that covers our bodies, such as wrinkles, acne scars and uneven tone.

We are bombarded with television, radio and magazine ads for products that are supposed to help us with these concerns-usually in miraculous ways. Some manufacturers dedicate half-hour blocks of infomercial time to hawking their miracle cures for everything that ails our hides. There are times; however, when we consider seeking outside treatment to get even more help than over-the-counter remedies can give us.

Spa Treatments: Many people, when they decide to go a little farther with their skin treatment, seek the services of a spa. This can be a great idea, as long as you keep in mind that your choice of this place can be almost as important as your choice of doctor. Whenever you're allowing someone to treat your body, you need to feel confident that they know what they're doing and are giving you the best possible care.

Spa treatments can include such things as herbal facials and various forms of non-medical exfoliation. Before you undergo any procedure, be sure that they explain to you exactly what it is and what they're going to do. This is especially important if you have any allergies.

Medical Treatments: You may decide that you want to go right to the big guns with your skin care and seek the help of a medical professional-usually a dermatologist. Just because you're having a procedure done by a doctor doesn't necessarily mean that it will be harsh or involve some recovery time, but those possibilities do exist.

Doctors can offer such treatments as dermaplaning, which involves actually scraping off the top layer of the skin, or milder forms of dermabrasion that involve using crystals or diamonds to slough off the top dead layer of the epidermis. Once again, it's important to discuss the details of any procedure.

Maximizing the Benefits: Even though you may be a passive participant during a skin care procedure at a spa or doctor's office, what happens afterward is up to you. Scraping or abrading the top layer of the derma is going to leave it sensitive for a while, and it's your job to give it some extra care. Wear sun block, keep it clean and keep it moisturized, and you should be able to reap the benefits of the procedure you had done for a longer time.

Spa and medical procedures are being improved upon all the time, and there's no reason why you shouldn't take advantage of that. Many are now becoming affordable for more than just the rich and privileged, which is good news for a lot of us.

by: Abigail Aaronson

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