Facials are becoming quite the rage in the world of cosmetic skin care. They moisturize, cleanse, exfoliate, and all kinds of other good stuff, but can they help you prevent or reduce the appearance of wrinkles and age spots?
Facials---A Natural Alternative
A facial is a fancy spa treatment, becoming all the rage among our fad-fascinated society. By using a series of natural ingredients, including minerals and vitamins, in combination with a eucalyptus or Aloe Vera base, facials are used mostly by women in hopes of keeping their skin looking young and healthy. Keeping in tradition, retail manufacturers have created a number of “do-it-yourself” facial kits that are available at department stores, grocery stores, beauty boutiques and drug stores.
These treatments are great for relaxing, getting a good cleanse of the skin and getting that refreshing feeling, the one that follows when you return home from a great vacation. They are great preventative measures for wrinkles, as the ingredients involved promote collagen production in the subcutaneous layer of skin and also use the steps and ingredients related to maintaining healthy skin. They cannot reduce the appearance of wrinkles, however, and they cannot undo damage.
Its no secret that these treatments can cost an arm and a leg at a spa. The creams and lotions used are usually hand made by a trained professional, using only the freshest and highest quality ingredients. Not only are you paying for the product at a spa, but you are paying for the time it takes to make the product and have it applied by that professional.
If you perhaps find the cost of a spa facial treatment to be disconcerting, it may be comforting to know that you can create your own facial treatment in your very own kitchen. The Internet offers a large variety of websites dedicated to providing the public with recipes for at-home facial treatments, and most of the ingredients you’ll find are probably in your refrigerator or cupboard. This is much more cost effective than visiting a spa.
Also available for those who may not have the time or interest in creating their own treatment substance are the at-home kits previously mentioned. These are, for the most part, equally cost effective and also require less time involved – buy it, open the box, follow the directions.
In short, facials are great preventative measures but they cannot undo damage that has already been done. This is part of good skin care and should be part of a daily routine for anyone who finds themselves concerned with the appearance of wrinkles and age spots.
Thanks for the info. I am interested in home treatments myself. The spa’s around my home in LA cost too much money for a facial.
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