Alumier MD Skin Care
Medical Grade skin care for in-clinic treatments and home care products.
- Rosacea
- Acne
- Hyperpigmentation
- Ageing skin
- Dry
- Oily
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At skin Happy we are all about offering a more natural route to aesthetics. Using products and machines that stimulate your own natural body processes to improve not only the appearance of your skin but your confidence too.
Using Medical grade skin care that is individually tailored for your specific skin condition we can provide either refreshing facials or chemical peel facials which will see your skin looking radiant and you feeling confident, carefree, and skin happy.
Refreshing Facials
First Lets talk about giving you a quick fix feel good refreshing facial.
I check if your skin needs to be conditioned and this is where refreshing facials can put your skin on the right path to improvement and enhancement.
A hyper-customised refreshing facial can improve your skin barrier bringing comfort and nourishment to your skin in as little as 2 weeks and are all suitable for ages 14+.
Five Refreshing Facials to make your skin happy.
One type of facial does not fit all skins. Therefore, I hyper-customise my refreshing facials to suit the diverse needs on the face (or body). This means, for example if you have an oily T zone but dry cheeks, I will use different masks or products to suit those specific needs.
Aqua Infusion Mask:
This lightweight oil free mask provides intense hydration by naturally increasing the skin’s ability to retain moisture with a blend of natural sugars, low molecular weight hyaluronic acid and natural moisturising factors (NMFs). By soothing irritation and improving skin barrier function.
Deep Moisture Mask
This intensely rich mask is ideal for dry sensitive and irritated skin types infusing moisture into the skin this mask brings comfort and nourishment resulting in hydrated plump and glowing skin.
Enzyme Retexturing Treatment:
A highly effective and gentle fruit enzyme resurfacing treatment for most skin types it combines fruit enzymes (papain and bromelain) to exfoliate dead skin cells and promote skin renewal.
Refining Clay Mask:
This highly absorbent mask rich in naturally occurring clays and minerals cleanses and exfoliates skin while drawing out impurities. Rosa canina fruit extract improves the appearance of oily skin and pore size while lactic acid and fruit enzymes enhance cellular turnover. Aloe and green tea soothe and protect leaving skin feeling fresh and clean.
Chemical Peels
Like the refreshing facials, one type of chemical peel does not fit all skins. Again, I hyper-customise my chemical peels to suit the diverse needs on the face (or body). This means, I can tailor the peels to suit any skin type from sensitive/rosacea skin right through to acne, pigmentation and ageing skin.
The superficial to medium depth chemical peels I use DO NOT have the same downtime as deep peels which are often the only ones shown on TV for dramatic effect. Deep peels make the skin red, raw, sore and recovery is around 3 weeks+. These peels must only be carried out by a medic, they do have their place but for mainstream rejuvenation, improvement and maintenance this is not required or necessary.
Downtime with the superficial to medium depth chemical peels can be nothing or at most 3-5 days of mild small patches of dead flaky skin cells that can easily be flicked away. (Nobody would think anything other than you have a bit of dry skin). I provide a post treatment kit to minimise this down time further (which consists of a gentle face wash, intense moisturising and hydrating balm and sunscreen).
What is AlumierMD’s peel philosophy?
I offer a selection of superficial to medium depth peels known for their excellent results and safety profile. I believe in repeated treatments for progressive and gradual results, and to avoid the side effects and downtime associated with deeper peels. Chemical peels should be performed by a trained skin care professional in a clinical setting (aka, Tina at Skin Happy) so that they are delivered safely and effectively.
When peels are performed regularly, the skin gets used to this process and begins to rejuvenate itself like younger skin. To be sure that the body doesn’t react to this deep exfoliation as it would to trauma, which can lead to pigment changes, exfoliation must be introduced gradually giving the skin time to adjust.
Tina, your skin care specialist will complete a thorough skin analysis and recommend an individualized treatment program to address your skin concerns. She will create a personalized program that combines professional treatments with home care products since they work synergistically to improve the health and beauty of skin. Pre-treatment products precondition the skin, accelerate results and minimize complications. Post-treatment products minimize complications, soothe the skin and then maintain the results. Professional treatments enhance the results of your home care products.
Why should beneficial ingredients be applied post-peel and not within the peel solution?
Most beneficial ingredients for the skin tend to degrade or denature when placed in the low pH of chemical peel formulas. With that scientific information in mind, AlumierMD peels use only the pure acids; anti-aging, antioxidant and brightening booster ingredients are applied post-peel in our Brightening Accelerator keeping all components effective.
Peels remove the outer dead layers of the stratum corneum, so the booster ingredients are better absorbed when applied post-peel. Our multilayer process can be customized by your skin care professional according to your skin profile and concerns.
Treatment expectations
Beautiful skin doesn’t happen overnight. A single chemical peel can provide the immediate effect of bright and radiant skin. However, more significant results in treating textural issues, fine lines and inflamed acne take time.
The Science of Chemical Peels
What is a chemical peel?
Chemical peels cause intentional damage to the epidermis and/or dermis with the goal of stimulating new tissue to improve skin texture and tone.
Chemical peels have been used dating back to Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra used sour milk to improve the appearance of her skin, according to some sources. Lactic acid (an alpha hydroxy acid) is the active ingredient in sour milk.
How can chemical peels benefit the skin?
Chemical peels improve skin texture and firmness, decreasing fine lines and wrinkles. Peels also even out skin tone, improve acne-prone skin and reduce pore size appearance.
How are chemical peels classified?
Chemical peels are classified as superficial, medium or deep, depending on the depth of penetration of the ingredients used. Superficial peels exfoliate to various levels of the epidermis. Medium-depth peels treat through the papillary dermis and deep peels to the mid-reticular dermis.
The strength of a chemical peel is determined by the type of ingredients used, their concentrations and the pH of the formulation.
How do superficial chemical peels work?
Superficial chemical peels decrease the pH, which loosens the connections between dead skin cells, inducing exfoliation and stimulating new cell growth. This process causes superficial layers of dead skin to peel off, revealing a smoother and more radiant complexion. Chemical peels can also thicken the epidermis, increase dermal volume and stimulate collagen.
Superficial peels rarely cause side effects. However, hyperpigmentation can still occur with darker skin types.
How do medium and deep chemical peels work?
Medium and deep chemical peels cause protein coagulation and cell necrosis (cell death) in the epidermis and dermis. This induces inflammation and the wound-healing cascade, which leads to dermal regeneration including collagen stimulation. Since medium and deep chemical peels treat through to the dermis, re-epithelialization starts from the epidermal lining of hair follicles outwards.
Medium and deep chemical peels require more downtime and carry with them a higher chance of side effects including hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, infection and scars.
On what areas of the body are chemical peels used?
Chemical peels are usually performed on the face, but may also be used on the neck, décolleté, back and hands.
What are common peeling agents?
Some common peeling ingredients include alpha hydroxy acids, beta hydroxy acids, trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and retinol. Alpha hydroxy acids include glycolic acid (originally from sugar cane), lactic acid (originally from milk), malic acid (originally from apples and pears), tartaric acid (originally from grapes) and mandelic acid (originally from bitter almonds). Salicylic acid (related to aspirin) is the only beta hydroxy acid.
Not all peels are created equal, and one peel type doesn’t suit all. Certain ingredients may be more effective for treating acne, while others may be more successful in treating hyperpigmentation or the signs of aging.
What is the difference between an AHA and a BHA (salicylic acid) peel?
AHA peels work by reducing sulfate and phosphate groups from the surface of corneocytes to decrease corneocyte cohesion leading to exfoliation of epidermal cells. Salicylic acid peels are lipid soluble allowing deeper penetration into the follicle. As well as exfoliating, salicylic acid works as both a keratolytic and comedolytic agent by causing cells of the epidermis and in the follicle to shed, clearing the pores and allowing room for new cell growth. In addition, salicylic acid has anti-inflammatory properties and is able to neutralize bacteria at low percentages. These properties make salicylic acid ideal for acne.
What is an enzyme peel?
Like a chemical peel, an enzyme peel is also a treatment used to improve skin texture and appearance. Enzymes are applied to the skin, which loosen the connections between dead skin cells, inducing exfoliation and stimulating new cell growth. This process causes superficial layers of dead skin to peel off, revealing a smoother and more radiant complexion. Enzyme peels both nourish and exfoliate the skin and are usually made with fruit enzymes. The most popular fruit enzymes are papain, found in papayas, and bromelain, found in pineapple.
