Skin Makeover Tip #7: Go Through a Series of Light Chemical Peels

Most skin types can benefit from light chemical peels. There are many different types of peels available depending on your skin concern. Deep chemical peels are usually only performed once, but the side effects are great causing you to hibernate for a week in the house. A series of lighter chemical peels will offer you not only minimal downtime, but you’ll get a better result by treating the skin several times with the exfoliation they provide.

Renée Rouleau Skin Care Spas offer a Skin Repair Program and an Acne Repair Program. It’s a series of peels and repair treatments performed once a week for six weeks to smooth and even out the skin tone. Read about our corrective skin peel services here… Read more

Skin Makeover Tip #5: Get Started With Caring For Your Skin

For skins with breakouts: The first rule is: Make a commitment to not pick at your skin. Breakouts usually last just 3-5 days, but when you pick at a blemish, the red mark that lingers can be there for 1-2 months! We know it’s tempting, but you can make problem skin much worse by forcing bacteria deeper into the skin, resulting in scarring and further breakouts. A better solution for problem skin is a regular monthly facial, where your pores can be cleaned professionally. Read: Are you guilty of picking at your skin?

To prevent breakouts: Go easy on the use of harsh, acne products. Unless your case of acne is severe, most acne products can make it worse. These products can be extremely drying, and although they will help dry-up and heal the individual breakouts, they will over-dry other non-broken out areas resulting in dead skin cell buildup. The cell buildup will then act as a barrier to trap oil under the skin causing more clogged pores and breakouts. So your effort to clear up your skin will actually cause you to break out more! Read: Use low-foaming cleansing gels to wash your skin… Read more

Skin Makeover Tip #4: Do a Patch Test with New Products

If you have extremely sensitive and allergic skin, it’s always recommended to do a patch test for compatibility prior to using any new products. When you’re trying a new line you’re excited to dive right in and use everything, but if you have a negative reaction to something you’ll never know what it was.

What’s considered sensitive and allergic skin? The kind of sensitivity that would require patch tests is those who are prone to getting rashes, hives or itchiness from products.

How to do a patch test: The best place to patch skin care products is the side of the neck. This area is actually more sensitive than the skin on the face but a good place to test out any new products.

Apply a small amount of product to the side of the neck, rub in and wait 24 hours and if there isn’t a negative reaction, you’re all set… Read more

Skin Makeover Tip #3: Schedule a Consultation

Once you have a few recommendations of skin care facilities, schedule a consultation. What may be fabulous for your friend may not be right for you. The key to a good consultation is to ask a lot of questions; particularly the cost of treatments, side effects and the results that they can guarantee. Also, bring in your collection of skin care products to let your esthetician assess what you are using to determine if your products will give you the results you are looking for.

Be wary of someone who says you must toss all of your products and buy theirs. I’m a firm believer that for the most part, products won’t do major harm to the skin. You’ve paid your hard-earned money to buy those products, and someone should be sensitive to that. You can use up your products and gradually transition into the new recommendations… Read more

Skin Makeover Tip #2: Find a Reputable Skin Care Professional

You can’t go it alone and you’ll need expert advice along the way. Start by looking for a reputable esthetician/skin care professional that can develop a game plan for your skin. Ask friends and search on-line to see who the best in your area is. It’s important to find a spa or salon that offers a wide range of skin care services to give your skin everything it will need.

The Renée Rouleau Skin Care Spas has been named “Best Facials in Dallas” by Allure, InStyle and D Magazine!

Don’t live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area? Click here to read more helpful tips on how to find the best place in your area to get facial treatments.

See skin makeover tip #3 tomorrow! … Read more

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