Hi everybody, I'm Dr. Harshana Bijlani,
Medical Head, Ageless Clinic
Today, I'm going to talk about a facial that I love.
It's trending all over the world
and it's a huge rage right now.
It's the Liquid Gold Facial.
So let me tell you why I introduced it in my clinic.
Two main reasons:
One, to help with pigmentation and glow.
Second, to help with microageing.
Before we get into the facial,
I thought let me talk about these 2 things
for those of you who may want a little bit more
information about how it may help you.
First, glow / pigmentation.
What is pigmentation?
Pigmentation is general darkening of the skin.
So, freckles, age spots,
a pimple mark that is left on your skin,
a little bit of sun tanning,
maybe melasma which is the hormonal pigmentation that we get.
These are all types of pigmentation.
Unfortunately we as Indians
have a genetic tendency
and the fact that we live in a hot tropical country,
we are far more prone to pigmentation
then we are to wrinkling.
The next reason why I introduced it
is something called Microageing.
Now maybe a lot of you'll don't know what Microageing is.
If you split the word,
Micro - tiny, Ageing - ageing.
So what does microageing mean?
It means,
that before you actually see visible signs of ageing
starting to happen on your face
we're actually ageing on a microscopic level,
tiny amounts at a time.
So studies have shown, that we loose
1% of our collagen
every year from the age of 25.
So what is collagen?
Collagen is, if you imagine a building
collagen will your scaffolding of the building.
It's the building blocks of the building.
So that's what collagen is.
It keeps our skin firmer, it keeps our skin tighter.
So, we're actually loosing that as we grow older.
Hence the word, microageing.
It helps us with open pores,
it helps us with a glow,
it helps us with pigmentation,
it helps brighten the skin,
it helps us with fine, pesky lines that we have.
It helps with dry dehydrated skin,
so it helps give more moisture into our skin.
It helps tighten our skin a little bit,
so you'll actually find the skin just look that much tighter.
And it helps with firmness of the skin.
Anybody above the age of 25,
unless you're not pregnant or breastfeeding,
only because it's not studied in those cases.
But apart from that, anybody can do the facial.
I would recommend perhaps doing it once a month,
initially to see the visible results of it.
And then you can start combining with the other facials
and then extend the duration of the facials.
The 1st step would include the Ageless deep cleansing process.
So this is an age old technique that we have mastered.
And that's just to clean your pores
and get rid of that dead skin
and just make the skin a little bit more supple.
The next step that we have, is a mask.
Now this mask is no regular mask.
It's an amazing gold Korean mask,
which is infused with all these gold botanicals
and amino acids which just help moisturise the skin
and plump it up a little bit.
The 3rd step, which is the most crucial part of the facial
is using this little microdosing bottle.
So, this microdosing bottle, if I hold it up,
you won't even be able to see the needles on top of it.
But when I put it on your skin,
you'll feel a little pricky sensation
once all that amazing stuff is going into your skin.
You don't need numbing cream for this.
And there's no pain per say.
Maybe, slightly on a scale of 1-10,
most of my patients say it's around 1 or 2.
So that's the facial for you.
What is the post care after the facial?
Can I put makeup? Can I go out?
So on the day that you do it, we recommend
you not to put makeup
only because you have all that good stuff infused into your skin.
You want to keep it there as long as possible.
So we usually recommend,
leave it on, sleep with it in the night
and wash it off the next morning.
The next day you can use your moisturiser,
your sunscreen, your night products
everything as normal.
You can even put makeup the next day.
After this entire facial is done,
what we recommend is good quality home care products.
So good antioxidants, your vitamin C,
your Idebenone, all this good stuff you can use.
Hyaluronic acid, continue using it at home
to prolong the results of your facial.
I hope you like this facial.
In the meanwhile, stay tuned and stay Glamrs.