Today we're going to do something a little bit different.
We're going to be investigating
on a real person whether microdermabrasion
is better or a chemical peel. What microdermabrasion and chemical peels do
is exfoliate the skin. Now obviously this is a very important process
in maintaining healthy and glowing skin
but we're looking at two very different processes here
microdermabrasion is a physical process
where you put some suction on the skin and suck the skin up
to a diamond coated head which gently abraids
the dead skin off. Whereas chemical peels do a similar job
except they use chemicals and usually a light acid instead of
a physical force to exfoliate the skin. So what is exfoliation used for
it can be used for a number of things including
just making the skin look a bit brighter, and giving it a glow
or it can be used to treat some medical problems with the skin for example, acne.
It can also be used to reduce sun damage or to improve skin
pigmentation
such as sun spots on the skin or freckles, so
how we going to test which is better, microdermabrasion,
or chemical peels. What we are going to do on Somaiye, our subject
is we going to do a split face study. So on one half we are going to do a microdermabrasion
and on the other half we are going to do a chemical peel, and we're going to follow her progress
has see how she feels at the end of it and see which one
works better for and how skin looks. So we're going to clean both sides the face
above all makeup and any sort of skin impurities
then we're going to tone the face and then we're going to start
our split face experiment. So what we have here is a microdermabrasion machine
and what it does
is it sucks the skin up to this diamond coated tip
with gently abrades the skin and takes off any of that dead skin layer.
So what we're going to do on the right side the face is microdermabrasion,
and on the left side we're going to do a chemical peel. Are you ready Somaiye? (answers 'yes')
Ok, let's do it. So...
so it's a very relaxing gentle process most people
find it quite relaxing and enjoyable. It goes usually for about
an hour or so I if you do the whole face
but because we're only doing half the face it's not going to take that long
and as you can see, the skin
is turning mildly red,
and you can almost see sometimes little bit of
skin flaking off at the same time.
Now how's that feeling Somaiye? (Answers 'Lovely, I'm enjoying it')
that's good
One of the things that Somaiye would would like to address with the skin
is a couple of blemishes and congestion around here and both the microdermabrasion
and chemical peel should help with. We got to find out which one is better.
We've finished the microdermabrasion now on the right side the face
and I think you should have a feel Somaiye, have a feel of this side
and compare it to the other side. What do you feel?
(Answers: Wow! Much smoother!) Much smoother!
So it's immediate improvements in the skin, immediate softness and smoothness
so now we're going to give the chemical peel a go...
The chemical peel we're going to use on the left side the face for comparison
is a 30 percent glycolic acid peel. Glycolic acid
is actually derived from sugarcane and it's also known as a fruit acid peel.
It's actually light peel which won't give Somaiye much downtime
but it should give her a nice exfoliation
of the skin.
So we are going to apply the glycolic acid peel with a gauze
evenly across Somaiye's left side of her face
and what and she'll feel is a bit of tingling...
I'm going to neutralise this peel after five minutes, with an alkaline substance.
OK!
So, the peel's been on for about five minutes now
and we're going to neutralise it with some alkaline substance
which is contained in this gauze
you might feel a bit of a tingly sensation as this goes on
and this ends the effect of the peel. So hereafter, what Somaiye might expect
is a mild bit of redness and a slight
flaking or peeling the skin this bit of spray just to cool the face
So... we've done
the chemical peel on left microdermabrasion the ride
and all we have to do is wait about a week and see what the results are.
alright so it's been a week since I experiments
and although during the experiments the side with the microdermabrasion
felt really nice afterwards I felt like the side with the chemical peel
felt a lot cleaner and fresher than the side with the microdermabrasion
I didn't have any down time with either side there was no
peeling whatsoever from either side and now that it's been a week
I'm after I have the micro and peel I feel that the side when the peel just
feels
cleaner, fresher, brighter than the side with the microdermabrasion.