At Medical Grade Aesthetics, we receive plenty of calls from people looking for facials. However, when they hear we don’t provide the typical “relaxing spa day” kind of facial, they hang up and look elsewhere.
We get it—most people think of facials as an occasional “treat yourself” kind of service. Most people don’t think they actually improve your skin health.
And they’re right—occasional, spa-day-style facials don’t improve your skin health. They only improve your appearance for about a week. And while there is a time and place for the relaxing self-care facial, we want to deliver real, lasting improvements to your skin. That’s why we offer medical grade facials near Janesville.
What are the steps of a facial?
Medical grade facials build upon the basic steps of a typical facial. Basic facials include:
Cleansing
First, your aesthetician cleans your pores, removing leftover makeup, sweat, dirt, and other debris from the surface of your skin.
Exfoliation
After cleansing your skin, they use chemical and/or manual exfoliation techniques to remove the dead and damaged cells from your epidermis and improve skin texture.
Serums
After exfoliation, your aesthetician uses specially curated serums and creams to target specific issues like redness, acne, scarring, and more.
Massage
This step usually occurs when your provider applies the serums. Your aesthetician massages products into your skin, helping them to absorb more deeply while also improving lymphatic drainage.
Sunscreen
After incorporating the serums, they finish off your facial with some SPF to protect your skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun.
The Medical Grade Difference
Basic facials are designed to cleanse and hydrate your skin. However, medical grade facials cleanse and hydrate as well as improve collagen and elastin production. Your body produces essential proteins, including collagen and elastin, to keep your muscles, tissues, and skin flexible.
After the age of 20, our natural production of these proteins decreases. Damage from pollution, UV rays, and injuries also breaks down collagen and elastin. However, you can naturally improve your body’s production of these proteins with high-quality medical grade facials.
Most medical grade facials build upon the basic steps of a facial using medical aesthetic techniques or technology. This means you can get a deeper cleansing, improved exfoliation, or added medical benefits like radiofrequency.
While medical grade facials deliver more effective skin rejuvenation treatment, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to compromise on the relaxing benefits you associate with a typical facial. All of our medical grade facials near Janesville are still comfortable and relaxing—even as they deliver transformative results.
Our Facial Options
Think you’d like medical grade options better than your usual facials? We offer a variety of options that are backed by science and proven to deliver results that reveal your skin’s natural glow.Here are the choices you have when you visit us at Medical Grade Aesthetics.
Glo2Facial
The Glo2Facial includes radiofrequency technology to gently heat the skin, increasing collagen and elastin production in your dermis. It also includes unique Oxfoliation™ technology to create a CO2-rich environment on the surface of your skin. This causes your body to increase the oxygen levels, improving cellular metabolism to restore and strengthen the structural integrity of your skin.
DiamondGlow
The DiamondGlow facial improves exfoliation using 6 interchangeable diamond-crusted exfoliation tips. We can change those out to personalize your exfoliation, but each option is safe and comfortable—even for those with sensitive skin. The DiamondGlow facial works well for those looking to target scarring, wrinkles, and other skin texture concerns.
TriaWave
Our patients love the TriaWave facial because it uses a combination of heat from ultrasound and electrical currents to lift and tone facial tissue. The electrical currents improve muscle tone, providing more structure to better support the skin and smooth mild-to-moderate wrinkles and fine lines. It also increases collagen and elastin for additional benefits and long-lasting results.
Add-Ons
You can further enhance the effects of our medical grade facials near Janesville with our add-on dermaplaning treatment. Dermaplaning gently scrapes away the uppermost layer of your epidermis, removing dead and damaged skin cells along with the vellus hair (or peach fuzz).
This helps create clearer skin, allows skincare products to absorb more deeply for greater effects, and helps makeup lay more smoothly.
The Facial Process
Want to hear what to expect when you come in for a medical grade facial? Here are the steps you will take when you visit our team for a high-quality facial experience.
Step 1) Consultation
First, you meet directly with one of our providers, who talks with you about what issues you would like to address. Because this is a general consultation, you can discuss any wellness or aesthetic concerns you’d like to address. Your provider will learn more about your medical history and conduct a quick examination of your skin to understand potential causes of your concerns.
Once they understand your needs, your provider talks with you about your options for treatments, taking the time to explain each in detail. Together, you create a treatment plan to enhance overall beauty and wellness, whether that includes facials, Emface, RF microneedling and Botox, or any of our other treatments.
Step 2) Facial
When you arrive for your facial, your provider asks you to relax in one of our comfortable treatment chairs while they wipe away any stray dirt, sweat, and makeup from the surface of your skin using a 3 step cleansing process. Then, they begin addressing your concerns with the specific facial you both decided to include in your treatment plan.
While each of our medical grade facials near Janesville looks slightly different, you can rely on our providers to show consistent care and dedication during treatment. They talk through the steps they are taking as they perform your facial, making sure you feel comfortable during the entire treatment and understand the process.
Step 3) Results
After you receive one of our facials, your provider talks with you about scheduling additional sessions. While you can improve your skin slightly with occasional facials, scheduling them on a regular basis helps you see the most true and lasting improvements.
However, after your first facial, you will see immediate improvements in your complexion, with those results lasting about a month. We recommend scheduling facials on a monthly basis to maintain your natural glowing skin and improve your skin health over time.
The Importance of Receiving Facials Consistently
You may not believe in the importance of receiving monthly facials, but if you’re looking for results that last longer than a month, then regular facials are what you need.
Your skin is more than just part of your appearance—it is also an organ that protects your muscles, other organs, and tissue from environmental pollutants and toxins. It does this by absorbing those pollutants into your pores.
While your body has a natural exfoliation process to purge these toxins, it does not remove everything. Facials lend a helping hand, deeply cleaning your pores and allowing your skin to absorb more water and oxygen to support the protective barrier and functions.
Getting the occasional facial helps, but with regular medical grade facials near Janesville, you can easily provide your skin the nourishment it needs to stay healthy and happy. In return, your pores shrink, scarring and wrinkles smooth out, acne fades, and people you meet notice your overall revitalization. And let’s not forget about the benefits of meeting with your own personal skin specialist for ongoing assessment and recommendations!
Supporting Your Facials With At-Home Skincare
You can (and should) also support your skin health by pairing your in-office treatments with at-home skincare.
Taking care of your skin works much like taking care of your teeth—you go to the dentist every few months, get a deep cleaning and a checkup, and then go home and maintain your healthy smile by brushing and flossing daily.
Well, keeping your skin healthy and beautiful follows the same logic. After you receive your in-office medical grade facials near Janesville, where we provide a deep-cleaning for your pores, you support and maintain your results by using at-home skincare products. Your regimen should include a morning and an evening routine.
Your morning routine should include:
- Cleanser
- Serums
- Moisturizer
- Sunscreen
Your evening routine should include:
- Cleanser
- Toner/Exfoliator
- Serums
- Night mask
If you do not have a regular skincare regimen, or if you need help selecting the best products for your specific skin concerns, one of our expert providers would love to meet with you for a skincare-specific consultation. They help identify your skin type, discuss the root causes of your issues, and recommend the best products to help you unlock your natural glow.
It’s Time to Face the Facts
Get ready to experience the heightened effects of medical grade facials near Janesville by requesting an appointment with our team. And if you’re not quite ready to commit to an in-person appointment quite yet—no problem!
We also offer a complimentary treatment planning tool to help you discover and explore the best options for treatment based on your individual needs.
