A spa is the perfect place to get the latest and greatest skin-care treatments and stay on top of the newest offerings. There is a lot of new trends in the skin-care industry to learn about, especially now that the economy is picking up again and spas are focusing on new treatments and not just surviving. There’s much more out there than just facials, although those will never go out of style, of course. Here are some cutting-edge skin-care treatment that are shaping the future of the beauty industry. Why not give one of these a try today?
Turning Back the Clock
Anti-aging treatments have always been popular, but they’re not just for the 40-plus crowd any more. Women in their 20s and 30s and embracing the importance of starting a skin-care regimen at an early age. This demographic is new to the world of antiaging treatments and they are eager to give them a try. In fact, they are more likely to believe in results from these treatments than older women are.
Mandarin Oriental New York offers one such treatment, called the Opulent Rejuvenesence facial. It combines cosmetic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy’s Beauty by Clinica products with intensive facial technology. This treatment features manual lymphatic drainage along with facial massage to lift, hydrate and revive the skin.
Burke Williams Beyond the Spa, which has multiple locations in California, boasts an anti-aging facial that blends stem cells with an illuminating concentrate that regenerates, firms, brightens and evens your skin tone. It’s such a potent treatment that the spa recommends no more than 30 minutes of any other spa treatment along with it.
Treatments to Avoid the Knife
Botox was a revolutionary product in the world of skin care, providing an alternative to invasive surgical face lifts. We’d all love more treatments that bring back a youthful face in an instant, and spas and skin-care companies are delivering. By combining the latest topical products with new machinery, those seeking a face-lift look can get one with ease. Products with ingredients like hyaluronic acid, collagen and peptides are best at providing the lift without the need for a scalpel.
Also, a new option called microneedling is gaining quite the buzz. During this procedure, the aesthetician creates micro punctures in the skin with a tiny pen-like instrument or roller, which causes the skin to go into healing mode. What happens is your skin produces new collagen, plumping up fine lines and tightening skin. It takes multiple sessions, but many people find it worth the time and investment.
Typically, an anesthetic cream is applied and allowed to soak in for about 30 minutes, following by a cleansing, application of serums and the microneedling treatment itself. There is minor swelling associated with this and sunscreen is a must, but the results are well worth it.
It’s What’s Inside That Counts
Many spas are also focusing on the fact that people are concerned with diet and other factors that contribute to aging, such as sun damage, stress and lack of sleep. In response, spas are employing experts in these fields to address these issues, either in presentations or for consultations. If you have questions about how to improve your diet to improve your skin, your spa may just have a nutrition expert on hand who’ll be able to help.
In fact, there’s even a book dedicated to an anti-aging diet, called 7 Years Younger: The Anti-Aging Breakthrough Diet, published by Good Housekeeping. It focuses on foods that help you lose weight, boost energy, stave off diseases like diabetes and improve the look of your skin. It’s true that what you put into your body will be reflected on the outside!
Naturally Beautiful
More and more spas are offering organic skin-care products due to client demand. Although this is not a new trend, these products are becoming more legitimate by being certified by the USDA. In this way, spas can ensure their products are indeed organic and not just based on a company’s claim to be. This is becoming more and more important to those who are invested in the environment and also in having their skin treated with natural and not chemical products.
It’s not just products that are being certified, it’s also spas themselves. Ecocert, a certification body that specializes in the environment, offers a Being Certification Program for spas that want to promote themselves as environmentally friendly.
Express Treatments
It would be nice if we all had a day or even several hours to dedicate to a facial treatment, but for many of us that’s just not the case. Between work and family commitments, it can be hard to find some me time. Spas are realizing that in order to attract busy clients, they have to offer express treatments that can be done over a lunch hour or before the kids get out of school. Many spas are now offering 30-minute facials designed for time-starved clients.
Cosmetic Day Spa in Virginia offers an express, customized facial that is designed to give maximum effect in minimum time. The facial can be targeted to treat acne, eliminate fine lines or brighten and tone the skin, all in a timely manner based on your needs.
A rejuvenated economy is helping to bring these rejuvenating skin-care treatments to the forefront of the spa industry. There’s never been a better time to try something new and find a new favorite facial treatment.
Take some time to relax and unwind.
Alicia
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