Lasers, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, oh my. We will’t get sufficient of our skilled therapies for the unimaginable outcomes they ship. However in terms of chemical peel aftercare or common post-procedure skincare, generally it’s laborious to know what our pores and skin wants and when it wants it. 

“Skilled procedures really stimulate the physique’s pure restore system through what we name a “managed harm course of,” explains Anna De La Cruz, Glo’s VP of Product Growth and Grasp Aesthetician. “This sounds method scarier than it’s. Consider a therapy as a sign to your physique’s pure therapeutic processes to revive and restore, boosted after all, by the unimaginable lively components the process delivers. And, that is the place the post-procedure skincare actually comes into play.”

“Take a chemical peel for instance. Knowledgeable exfoliation therapy, it sloughs away lifeless floor pores and skin cells, clearing out and eradicating any particles that’s constructed up over time, and stimulates collagen manufacturing, so it will possibly successfully ship focused actives on a deeper stage. Because of this you’ll have totally different levels of downtime post-peel relying on the degrees of actives within the therapy.”

Pores and skin will really feel extra susceptible and delicate after your skilled therapies. It might even be extra delicate to daylight. “Throughout this time, ensuring you’re following a post-procedure care plan will each heal the pores and skin and encourage optimum therapy outcomes. And, there are some key skincare components that may actually assist with this,” provides Anna.

Chemical Peel Aftercare + Submit-Process Skincare

“The pores and skin is in a fragile state publish therapy, so most frequently we let the therapy do its factor, then we begin specializing in serving to speed up the restore. That is the place our favourite ingredient, vegan epidermal development issue (EGF) is available in. EGF is likely one of the most phenomenal reparative brokers obtainable, so publish therapy, two companion merchandise are key: Bio-Renew EGF Drops and Bio-Renew EGF Cream,” explains Anna. “As well as, if the pores and skin has prolonged redness and or is feeling tight or itchy, Treatment Gel is a superb possibility. It’s an OTC system with hydrocortisone that’s labeled per the FDA as an anti-pruritic—helps to alleviate itching, redness, and swelling.”

How Does EGF Assist Submit Process Pores and skin?

“As an unimaginable reparative and strengthening agent, EGF helps stimulate pores and skin therapeutic, making it the right addition to a post-treatment restoration ritual. Submit therapy, your pores and skin is in a extra delicate and infrequently sensitized state, making it susceptible to break in addition to reactivity—assume dehydration, flaking, and a decent feeling, in addition to irritation. EGF helps defend pores and skin towards this harm,” shares Anna.

However how does it work? “Dehydrated pores and skin over time can result in extra reactive pores and skin, so we wish to battle dehydration every time we will. EGF is a grasp at this. By boosting the pores and skin’s barrier perform, EGF helps pores and skin’s capacity to retain moisture and forestall transepidermal water loss (TEWL). Our Bio-Renew EGF Drops have been clinically confirmed to extend pores and skin density by 66% in a single month, which implies pores and skin is extra resilient and fewer irritable. An additional benefit is that EGF will assist enhance pores and skin’s texture and smoothness—bye bye flakey pores and skin, whereas boosting radiance and softening the looks of advantageous strains and wrinkles. Simply add Bio-Renew EGF Cream as your every day moisturizer to double-down on this hero ingredient. Signal me up!”

And, when you’re questioning if EGF is an ingredient you need to use on-the-daily, no matter whether or not you’ve had a therapy, the reply is a convincing “sure”.

“It is easy to wrap your head round harm and restore whenever you think about a wound that requires a bandage or some sort of particular care. However, the day-to-day actuality is that many issues in the environment that come into contact with our pores and skin—UV rays, blue mild, free radicals, pollution, and so forth, are damaging it, and dare I say “wounding” it. Whereas we’d not really see this harm after we look within the mirror, over time this collected publicity and harm can result in accelerated indicators of getting older. And, after all for common pores and skin hydration, smoothness, and radiance, EGF must be a staple in your every day skincare ritual, in addition to publish therapy too.”

What different issues ought to we be doing as a part of our chemical peel aftercare and to safeguard our post-procedure pores and skin? “Day by day sunscreen of at the least 30 SPF is crucial to advertise pores and skin well being and defend towards harm. Discover a sunscreen you want and put on it on a regular basis, one year a 12 months, not simply post-treatment. We love Oil Free SPF 40+ for this.”

How To Care For Pores and skin Submit Process

Relying on what therapy you’ve had, you’ll have to take further measures to verify pores and skin is nicely protected and nourished.

Prime Care Suggestions

The principle focus is to assuage the pores and skin. It will assist within the therapeutic course of.

• Introduce key answer serums for soothing and restore. Our Bio-Renew EGF Drops are a should.

• Hold pores and skin moisturized and occluded (this implies to kind a protecting layer on pores and skin’s floor to stop moisture loss). Our Bio-Renew EGF Cream works completely with the drops to help and restore pores and skin.

What Not To Do Submit Therapy

What you don’t do to your pores and skin publish therapy is as essential as what you do.

Keep away from:

• Direct solar publicity and put on sunscreen every day for 2 weeks publish chemical peel. Notice: You need to put on sunscreen on a regular basis no matter having a therapy or not.

• Train for twenty-four–72 hours publish therapy, relying on the power of therapy.

• Steam and scorching water.

• Waxing and using depilatories for 3 to 5 days publish therapy.

• Laser therapies and microdermabrasion for 3 weeks publish therapy.

• Swimming and sauna use for at the least per week publish therapy.

By no means:

• Vigorously rub the pores and skin.

• Use a mechanical scrub.

• Choose at any flaking or sloughing, as this may occasionally trigger scarring.

“Most aestheticians will attain out to you 24 hours publish therapy to test how your pores and skin is responding to the therapy and reply any questions you might have,” provides Anna. “Taking good care of your pores and skin on this method will assist your therapy ship the very best outcomes, and guarantee these outcomes are long-lasting too.”