Glow Up: Perfect Skin Prep for Any Special Occasion
Preparing your skin for a special occasion such as your wedding day, requires thoughtful planning and a dedicated skincare routine. Achieving noticeable improvements in skin health and appearance, whether you are targeting lines, acne or pigmentation, takes time due to the natural cycles of skin renewal. So if you're looking forward to walking down the aisle with radiant, glowing skin, it is crucial to start early and follow a consistent regimen. Our skin subscription service is designed to help you reach these goals by providing personalised, expert-recommended products and treatments tailored to your unique needs. With these services, you can embark on a skincare journey well in advance, ensuring you look and feel your best on your special day.
Let’s discuss why good skin takes time!
1. Skin Regeneration Cycle: The skin undergoes a natural regeneration process approximately every 28 to 30 days. This cycle involves the shedding of dead skin cells and the emergence of new cells from the lower layers of the skin. It takes multiple cycles to observe a noticeable difference in skin tone and texture. This is because the skin’s surface doesn’t immediately reflect the deeper changes occurring at the cellular level.
2. Collagen Production: Many anti-aging treatments, such as our skin needling and IPL aim to boost collagen production. Collagen is a protein that provides skin with its structure and elasticity. However, the synthesis of new collagen fibers is a slow process. The quality and amount of collagen produced also decreases with age, so it often takes several months before improvements in skin firmness and the reduction of wrinkles become apparent.
3. Reduction of Pigmentation: Treating hyperpigmentation, whether due to sun damage, melasma, or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, involves the gradual lightening of dark spots. Ingredients like vitamin C work to inhibit melanin production, but this process takes time. Furthermore, pigmentation often extends into the dermis (the deeper layers of the skin), and therefore a consistent treatment and skincare regime are required to achieve improvements in skintone.
4. Skin Barrier Repair: For overall skin health and resilience, the skin barrier must be strong and intact. The philosophy of Dermaviduals is centred around the importance of nourishing the skin barrier, as opposed to ablating it, as this leads to water loss through the skin. Damage to the skin barrier can cause issues like dryness, diffused redness, sensitivity, and inflammation. Repairing this barrier involves using gentle, hydrating, and nourishing products consistently over time to restore its function and appearance, which cannot be rushed. Damage to the skin barrier will be identified by your therapist, and a regime to address this will be devised.
5. Gradual Introduction of Active Ingredients: Powerful anti-aging and brightening ingredients from the Dermaviduals range need to be introduced gradually to avoid irritation and damage to the skin barrier. The skin requires time to build tolerance to some ingredients, and the benefits become evident only after sustained use.
6. Professional Treatments and Recovery: Our intensive treatments such as IPL and skin needling require multiple sessions spaced 4-6 weeks apart. Each treatment session stimulates skin recovery, repair and regeneration, with cumulative results becoming more visible over time.
7. Consistency and Patience: A large part of skin results are compounded from a consistent daily skincare routine, and these are crucial for achieving and maintaining skin goals. Patience is essential, as skipping steps or frequently changing products can disrupt progress and prolong the time required to see results. As part of this, sunscreen is an imperative part of preserving the collagen induced from your in-clinic treatments.
8. Cumulative Effect: The cumulative effect of skincare routines and treatments plays a significant role. While an individual treatment or product application might show immediate results, the consistent application over several months compounds to substantial, long-lasting improvements.
Understanding and respecting the skin’s natural processes is key to achieving significant and sustainable improvements. For those preparing for an important event like a wedding, starting a dedicated skincare regimen several months in advance allows enough time for these gradual changes to manifest, ensuring a healthy, radiant complexion when it matters most.
For more information on our skin subscriptions, please see the Enhance Skin Club tab. If you would like to discuss our skin subscriptions to find out which option might fit you best, please reach out.
