Teenagers are a growing group of clients using beauty parlors. This is not a surprising phenomenon, given that during puberty everyone begins to focus more on their appearance. Teenage people experience many physical, hormonal and emotional changes. First of all, the body quickly increases its mass and height. Tertiary sexual characteristics appear (among others, the appearance of
specific body and facial hair, a typical distribution of fat in the body).
The so-called hormonal storm results in increased sebum secretion. In the face, neck, décolleté and back, greasy hair and increased sweating. In addition, acne often appears in various forms (e.g. blackhead, papulo-pustular, purulent, concentrated).
All changes occur in a relatively short period of life, which is why a teenager may feel insecure. To help the skin of a teenager, it is worth using the help of a cosmetologist.
What treatments cannot be performed on a teenager?
In order for a teenager to undergo therapy in a beauty salon. The client’s card should be accompanied by a card permitting the procedure signed by hand by the parent or legal guardian.
Despite having the parent’s signature, the cosmetologist sometimes cannot perform the procedure on a teenager. This is the case, for example, with ultrasound procedures. The contraindication to perform procedures using sonophoresis or cavitation is the infinite period of bone growth.
The same is true for laser treatments. An unstable hormone balance is an important contraindication during laser therapy. As is well known, teenagers undergo many hormonal changes.
For this reason, laser therapy could be ineffective or could lead to a number of adverse reactions, e.g. prolonged skin regeneration.
What cabinet procedures can be safely performed by a teenager under the watchful eye of a cosmetologist?
So what can a cosmetologist suggest to a teenager in a beauty salon? At our Institute, each procedure is preceded by consultation with a cosmetologist. Based on the diagnosis of skin condition, interview and exclusion of contraindications to perform the procedure. The specialist individually proposes a cleansing plan. First of all, cleansing the skin.
If a teenager does not have inflammatory changes on his skin, a good cleansing procedure is to perform diamond microdermabrasion.
Diamond microdermabrasion is the exfoliation of keratinized epidermis with the help of tips covered with diamond dust. We exfoliate gradually with linear movements. The procedure is painless, does not require recovery, and irritation after the procedure should disappear up to 48 hours. During the procedure, dead skin is exfoliated, which is why subsequent preparations will be better absorbed through the skin. The appearance of the skin after the treatment is significantly improved: blackheads are reduced and the skin becomes softer.
However, if your teenager has many blackheads, then diamond microdermabrasion alone may not be enough. It is worth combining diamond microdermabrasion with manual skin cleansing in one treatment procedure.
After exfoliation of the stratum corneum, the cosmetologist applies a preparation that relaxes the epidermis and facilitates the removal of blackheads. The skin is then exposed to water vapor, so that impurities should be removed in a less painful way. After a few minutes, the person performing the procedure washes the skin loosening product. And begins the procedure of manual skin cleansing.
