How Do In-Home, Soft Lasers Help Your Skin? The soft lasers used for home laser treatment, or Low Level Laser Therapy, LLLT for short, is very helpful to the patient because it is readily available at any time. You don’t have to make doctor’s appointments and rearrange your entire schedule to get your treatment. You can do it yourself, at home, when you have the time. You only need to use it for less than twenty minutes. The recommended time is between six to eighteen minutes so you have a broad range of time to which you can adjust your treatment.
What Does A Soft Laser Do For My Skin?
Beurer Soft Laser
LLLT can be beneficial to your skin in several different ways. It works great in eradicating blackheads and whiteheads. It speeds up the healing process for acne as well through the function of bio-stimulation. This method will allow fast cell overturn by stimulating mitochondrial action to increase the production of Adenosine 5-triphosphate, or ATP. The synthesis of collagen is also shown to increase. Because of this faster action of how the cells work and repair themselves, healing time is diminished and skin health promoted.
Many Conditions Can Be Helped With Soft Laser Treatment
Other conditions that have benefitted from soft laser therapy are bruising and ulcers. Sufferers from psoriasis have found relief from itching, burning and bleeding. Herpes simplex sores and pressure sores have been greatly helped with the laser. For cosmetic uses, a soft laser is effective in the treatment of spider veins on legs as well as on wrinkles of aging skin. It seems the uses of this tool are many and the risks of using it almost non-existent. It can even be used around the soft skin surrounding your eyes, just be sure you do not look directly into the laser light. This treatment will not burn you, hurt you or harm you in any way.
Multiple Treatments Are Better
If you have acne, your skin will reap great benefits from using the low light laser on it. This laser is so safe that it can be used directly on the skin itself. A cover is recommended to protect the laser’s aperture if you would use it directly on the skin. The recommendations are for the use of the laser at about a little less than half inch away from the skin. Either way will be effective. Multiple but shorter daily treatments seem to have better results than one longer treatment a day. Twice a day, morning and bedtime for six minutes each time, are often recommended.
Different Time Tables For Acne And Wrinkles
Most people can see results from their treatment within a few weeks. Depending on what it is you are treating, with the minor problems you can see positive results much faster. Wrinkles, especially deep-set wrinkles, will take a little longer. They reach deeper into the skin and it will take much more work for the new cells to regenerate and the old, dead cells to be expelled onto the surface from where it can then be sloughed off. With a home laser winkle treatment, there is afterward no swelling or irritation of any kind. You can do your treatment in the morning and then go on to work without any skin discoloration or unpleasant itching or burning.
November 30, 2011 – Atlanta, GA – Nourish Products, a leading manufacturer of skin and hair products based in Atlanta, GA, announced this week a new product to their line of herbal and natural products – Herbal Skin Toner.
We were able to get a sneak peak and trial of this new facial toner that compliments Nourish’s Herbal Face Wash. We weren’t disappointed. As toners go, we think its one of the best we have tried…it worked its wonders on those of us with oily skin, and its “no alcohol” formula was welcomed by those of us who have sensitive skin.
As the name implies, this is an herbal extract and natural oil based formula. Though the product has some synthetics such as Panthenol, it is rich in ingredients such as witch hazel, Melissa leaf, aloe, nettle leaf extract, and black willow – all carefully formulated (per the manufacturer) to clean pores, reduce bacteria, and reduce oiliness of oily-prone skin and facial tissue.
Natural, Herbal Formula for Oily Skin Problems!
Like many of the Nourish products, its not only natural-based, it contains no alcohol – a key for those using this toner to help clear acne. Many acne products – especially medications like Accutane – have a tendancy to severly dry skin in an effort reduce oil production – a main cause of acne. The active ingredients in Herbal Face Toner work to compliment each other and the aloe barbadensis and water base work well to naturally hydrate.
No Alcohol – And it Works!
When used with the Face Wash, Herbal Skin Toner should be applied lightly with a clean cotton swab or cloth after washing and rinsing your face. Generally there is no need to apply a moisturizer unless your skin becomes especially dry. One thing we do like about this product in particular is that you can use it several times per day. If you are like me, my skin becomes oily around lunch time and then again before I finish work. I tried it a couple of times a day and was pleased with the results. In all fairness, I doubt I’ll be carrying around a bottle all day, but it is great for a quick clean-up and refresh when I get home.
In fact, I have my son using it this week (who is sufering from a 16 year old breakout) and he applies in the morning, when he comes home from school and at night before he goes to bed. He hasn’t needed to moisturize his face and the acne looks measurably better.
Price-wise, Nourish’s Herbal Skin Toner is certainly in the range of similar products. In fact, I’d say it is on the low side considering it is a non-alcohol formula. In comparison, many products with similar ingredients are in the $20+ range. You can buy at SkinEnergizer for $16.75 and they generally discount to $14.99. When I checked the SkinEnergizer.com site today it was listed in their Deal of The Day section for $9.99…a bargain for this toner.
If you are looking for a face toner that does not have alcohol but is effective at cleaning oil, dirt, and bacteria, you should definitely give the new Herbal Skin Toner a try!
Many of us have to deal with oily skin…some have to deal with very oily skin. Though there are tons of products available to get a clear complexion and reduce the oils, there are a couple of fundamental techniques and products you can use for help.
First, oily skin is generally caused by excess sebum produced by the sebaceous glands. Sebaceous glands are located in the follicle and skin pores. They especially concentrated in and around the “T zone” located across the forehead, on the nose and across the chin area. Heat, general over-activity, reactions to skin products and enlarged pores can lead to increased amount of oil deposits on the facial skin – as well as enlarged pores – that trap bacteria, dirt and impurities – that can lead to inflammation, acne and blemishes.
Use an oily face wash that controls and regulates oil production. Most are formulated with Zinc. Zinc helps slow the production of oil from the sebaceous glands and helps your face remain smooth, healthy and oil-free. Oily skin face washes should be used 2-3 times per day.
If you need more help, try an oily skin face mask or a toner. These give you more “bang for your buck” and can help reduce acne, blemishes and the chronic “shininess” associated with overly oily skin.
If you think enlarged pores are a problem, consider using a microderm abrasion cream to gently exfoliate. Exfoliation is good for facial tissue. It can help clear pimples and oil as well as cleanse and purify tissue. It also helps promote regeneration of healthy skin cells.
It might be the change in weather, time of year or an unusual number of sun spots (?!), but we have received an unusual amount of calls/emails and requests for information regarding getting rid of pimples and blemishes – especially from teens and their parents.
Teens, Pimples & Blemishes
It’s probably pretty widely known that changes in hormones, especially among young adults as they go through puberty, is a leading and primary causes of pimples and blemishes. Active hormones excite sebacous glands in pores that lead to an increase in oil production in the skin – especially around the “T zone” across the forhead, down the nose and on the chin.
Increase in oils on the facial tissue can have several affects:
Increase pore size
Cause inflammation and irritation
Trap dirt, makeup and bacteria
Encourage development of pimples
With that said, there is little you can do about acne caused by heredity and genetics, however, there is hope. Most of the symptoms – beakouts, oiliness, irritated or tender skin and infection can be effectively treated. So, at the worse case scenario, you can help eliminate pimples buy regulating the source of infection by reducing oil on the skin.
So, how do you do that?
We recommend using acne products that contain Zinc. An acne face wash, acne tone, or even a mask (masque) with Zinc or Zinc PCA can regulate and control sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands. Most are non-alcohol that keeps from drying-out the skin, and all are often formulated with other ingredients that can help as well, such as Jojoba Oil, Emu Oil, Panthenol, Shea Butter, etc.
As a note to the above comment: Most acne treatments do contain alcohol or alpha hydroxy. While on the surface these are not necessarily bad for your skin, they can dry-out the facial tissue that can lead to drying, craking and inflammation. Emu oil can treat acne by penetrating deep into the skin, carrying with it active ingredients that flush out toxins and impurities.
Treat the Symptoms – Leave Heredity Alone
All of these help “treat” the skin as well as to clear-up the acne and out breaks of blemishes. And as part of an acne treatment regimen that works, you can begin the process by using a light abrasive microdermabrasion cream. These work well for removing used and worn skin cells from the surface of the skin. This not only deep cleans impurities from the pores, but helps reduce pore size – reducing the opportunity for fungus, bacteria, and infection to become trapped and propogate.
As a teen and young adult, dealing with pimples and blemishes is not a pleasant thing. Most often the stress of middle or high school and going through puberty is enough. Using a proven method for dealing with acne – even if only treating the symptoms – can help get rid of acne temporarily or permanently.
The benefits of Emu Oil are far ranging – from very common use in hair products to skin care.
Emu Oil is what is known as a “carrier oil”. It has the ability to deeply penetrate the layers of the skin (and scalp) unlike many other oils such as Jojoba, Mineral or Argan. This penetrating property allows its healing abilities to treat common skin problems where they start – most often in the dermis layer of the skin.
It is a natural anti-bacterial making it ideal for treating burns, cuts, and wounds (even scars from surgery or injury). It is also an anti-inflammatory having the ability to reduce inflammation, irritation and to soothe itchy and redness.
The video below is a quick overview that discusses some of it’s benefits that include treating skin rashes, acne, abrasions, and stretch marks. It can be used by itself or combined with other lotions, creams and shampoos to generally improve efficacy of the product. There are a range of Emu Oil products available and you can find it as a key active ingredient in many high-end treatments.
