Anti-aging creams, serums and treatments are one of the biggest businesses in the world. Walk down any cosmetics aisle and it’ll be a bombardment of promised retinol complexes, collagen elixirs, peptide mixtures to erase fine lines and aging skin.
And yet, to most of us, the treatments are underwhelming at the very best. Maybe the product itself wasn‘t at fault. Maybe it was the surface where the product was used.
Here‘s a silent discovery that is helping more and more people discover the ultrasonic skin scrubber. And it is breaking down the myth of anti-aging skin care as we know it.
Why Fine Lines Appear in the First Place.
It is much easier to learn how an ultrasonic skin scrubber can work to reduce fine lines when you understand what is causing the fine lines to form in the first place.
Fine lines are the visual manifestation of wrinkles which are formed when the collagen and elastin (proteins which give the skin its shape and resilience) matrices break down as we age.
This breakdown is caused by several factors including: repetitive facial expressions, exposure to the sun‘s rays, dehydration and decreasing cell metabolism.
But here‘s what most antiaging marketing fails to mention, much of that shadowing that makes the fine lines look more pronounced can actually be caused by buildup.
Dead skin cells, oil and pollution cling to the face‘s natural creases and accumulate, darkening the shadows that fall around the lines. You‘re not simply looking at the lines you‘re looking at the gunk that has collected in them.
But that isn‘t going to get rid of the lines, but it certainly makes them look softer. And there‘s nothing quite like an ultrasonic skin scrubber to smooth them away!
The Mechanism Behind the Results.
An ultrasonic skin scrubber would employ high frequency vibrations, approximately 24,000- 30,000 Hz, across a flat metal spatula to treat moist skin. These vibrations would cause cavitation to dislodge and remove cells, congestion and debris from the surface without abrading, causing acid burning or inflammation.
This holds particular significance for aging skin. Inflammation appears to be a significant contributor in prematurely ageing the skin (something referred to by some as ‘inflammaging’).
Although abrasive scrubs and aggressive chemical peels may achieve an exfoliating effect in the short term, this stresses the skin and leads to a reactive inflammatory reaction that over time, causes more damage than the exfoliation does good.
The ultrasonic skin scrubber circumvents this by never initiating the inflammatory process. The vibration is isolated, accurate and sufficiently gentle to be used with near daily frequency without instigating a stress response.
Absorption: The Step Everyone Is Missing.
And this is where the really exciting fun begins with the anti-ageing story. While a majority of us shelling out for the latest and greatest serum or treatment are not experiencing the benefits, the money we are paying for it is not because the formulas are not effective, rather, congested blocked skin does not allow them to be absorbed!
Retinol, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide will only work as effectively as the skin allows them to. When dirt and dead cells block the top layer of skin, even the most potent mixture is unlikely to penetrate any further, and will simply sit on the surface.
An ultrasonic skin scrubber prepares that pathway. Although users do treat the skin before starting an anti-aging treatment, the ultrasound home use procedures work the epidermis so that the skin is better prepared to effectively absorb and work with any anti-aging product used.
Stimulation: The Benefit That Goes Deeper.
Apart from cleansing the skin surface, the oscillations of an ultrasonic skin scrubber provide a massage to the dermal layers beneath the skin surface.
This massage heats the dermal layers stimulating them and encouraging lymphatic drainage and stunning blood circulation both of which tend to decline with age resulting in dullness, puffiness and that glow of health often associated with young skin.
Higher circulation allows our new cells to be oxygenated and healthier. Higher lymphatic drainage gives us less water under the skin, the most natural way to a sleeker jaw line and a slimmer looking face. Neither of those benefits can be bought in a jar. They come from movement and an intelligent, targeted vibration delivers that movement in just minutes.
Consistency Beats Intensity.
The ageless theory that stronger is better is one of the longest myths around anti-ageing routines. Stronger peelings, higher strength retinols, more aggressive resurfacing treatments following a the more the merrier theory. Here, this often results in a phenomenon of continuous irritation, healing and compromised skin barrier health, which in turn hastens visible aging.
The use of the ultrasonic skin scrubber is another concept as the build up caused from the steady, gentle action occurs over time. Since it is applied 2-3 x in a week it is keeping the skin clear and stimulated so there is NO recovery, the skin responds gradually.
This least inflammatory throughput approach has long been recommended by dermatologist‘s as the most effective long term skin quality solution, and the ‘ultrasonic skin scrubber’ reflects this.
The Secret Isn‘t Really a Secret.
It‘s not the type of product that antiaging forums promote because it doesn‘t have the kind of off-the-charts appeal of “Before and After” shots, even though the results are a slow-but-sure race to better skin that keeps on giving. Nothing wrong. That‘s how healthy wrinkles should be. Stable, supported and sustainable with every gentle stroke.