The wonders of electricity: AC and DC in the beauty industry

Did Andre Marie Ampere, James Maxwell and Michael Faraday suggest that their discoveries would be used in the beauty industry in three hundred years? So, let's see what science offers us in this direction.

High voltage galvanotherapy used in non-surgical practice of rejuvenation. This technique uses direct current pulses.

Negatively charged interstitial fluid and plasma proteins are attracted to positively charged electrodes applied to the skin. This stimulates blood circulation, which reduces swelling on the face.

The procedure is safe, but unpleasant to the senses. In addition, it has contraindications, which are important to remember. You can not carry out this therapy for people suffering from individual intolerance to the current, in the presence of metal in the body (dental crowns, artificial valve in the heart).

Everything happens like this: you undergo computer diagnostics and analyzes, you are smeared with a lipotropic gel, electrodes are attached and pulsed currents are passed through your skin. The procedure is repeated 10-12 times - and in the end you go young and beautiful for one and a half or two months.

Miostimulation - uses alternating current, which acts on motor neurons. Do not be afraid, not to the brain, just to the nerve endings. Neurons cause muscles to twitch (in scientific terms, to contract). It turns out a kind of gymnastics, to which you personally do not make any efforts. Moreover, not all, far from all muscles can be reached using conventional gymnastics!

There is smooth muscle that is beyond our control. And the current can make it contract. This electric gymnastics helps to delay the process of age-related muscle atrophy and sagging. If you start doing it in advance, about 40 years, you can avoid surgical tightening - lifting.

Miostimulation helps to adjust the tone of the face, waist, hips, buttocks, neck. The procedure is the same as in the case of high-voltage galvanotherapy: they apply a conductive gel, electrodes, turn on the device and leave you to “twitch” for 30-40 minutes.

The usual course is 15-20 sessions 2-3 times a week. In modern devices, a neurostimulator is provided, which relieves pain. Household stimulants, which are sold in stores, can only be used to maintain the effect of procedures in the salon. From one domestic stimulator is of little use. The procedure has contraindications: current intolerance, metallic inclusions with the body, skin diseases ...

Microcurrent therapy involves the use of a weak pulse current, up to 600 microamps. Because of this, the current does not reach the muscles, but affects the membranes of skin cells. This procedure is rather pleasant to the senses. It favorably acts during the rehabilitation period after plastic surgeries, helps to heal the sutures, and remove swelling. There are no contraindications for microcurrent therapy.

Electrolysis. Problem areas of the body are affected by alternating current, with a power of 12 W and a frequency of 10 to 99 Hz. When exposed to an adipose cell by an alternating current, it “burns out” and in the process a protein is formed that is beneficial for the skin.

The current is supplied using special electrodes with diamond tips, very sharp and thin as a syringe. They are injected into the skin to the depth of body fat. They are administered in pairs at a distance of 4-5 cm from each other and to a depth of 4-6 mm from the skin surface. In total, up to 24 needle electrodes are obtained. However, this procedure removes fat, but does not improve the appearance of the skin. For skin tightening, galvanotherapy and myostimulation, as mentioned above, should be used.