Added: 12/12/2005 |
Miraculous face paraffinFace paraffin therapy is one of the most pleasant procedures in beauty salon service. Also it is available to use paraffin for face care at home. The paraffin itself represents white wax-like substance, a little transparent, without taste and smell. The advantage of paraffin is its universality. It can be used for face, foot, hand and body treatments. Except cosmetic effect the paraffin keeps healthfulness. It helps in the cases of sprains, rheumatism, arthritis and different pains. Face paraffin masks cleans the skin, fresh and nourish it, have age-defying effect.
The secret of paraffin miraculous effects is kept in its mechanism of action. The paraffin stops air access to the skin and its temperature rises on 1-2º. Face paraffin mask keeps warmth and moisture inside and they start operation: mollify superficial corneal layer of the skin and open all pores. So at the moment health-giving agents can penetrate into the deepest layers of the skin without difficulty.
Face paraffin procedure contains some items. After the facial skin cleaning first layer of the face paraffin is drifted on prepared skin. After covering face with a gauze pad three more face paraffin layers are drifted on this pad. This mask should be kept for fifteen minutes and then taken away carefully in direction from the neck to forehead. Afterwards a light massage procedure takes place. The effect would be improved by cold herbal compress. You must make sure that this paraffin will not be reused even for foot paraffin therapy.
Paraffin has one more very valuable property, forming its healing remedy. The volume of this substance decreases significantly while cooling. And very this property is the cause of "squeezing" effect of different paraffin applications. From early beginning this effect is mostly invisible, but gradually while cooling it is intensified, getting the top in 25-30 minutes. The result of the procedure is tight coverage of all nearby tissues. It facilitates skin and wrinkles "smoothing". It means that face paraffin procedures have rejuvenescence effect.
Miraculous action is not so huge in the case of deep wrinkles but constant therapy could provide reducing of all little wrinkles. Also it helps to stop face edema. That is why paraffin therapy is often prescribed in the postoperative term. Usually face paraffin is applied in combination with moisten creams and thermal lotions. All these properties are taken into account while using professional facial paraffin bath and facial paraffin refill.
The result of salon paraffin therapy is really astonishing but it is necessary not to forget that paraffin as any other remedy connected with thermal procedure has specific contra-indications. And it is strongly recommended to clear them up before beauty salon visiting. In general cases the contra-indications include essential hypertension, infectious diseases, diabetes. The rest of illnesses prevent local applications. The detailed information can be provided by professional cosmetician.
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