A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO
IN-CLINIC PROCEDURES
By Danielle Hadley
Chemical Peels
If you have struggled to get your complexion
back to its pre-sun damaged best, a chemical
peel is a great way to visibly brighten, smooth
and rejuvenate the skin. A relatively quick pro-
cedure to perform, a peel is essentially an
intensive exfoliation treatment that you will
really feel working. “Chemical peels can take
approximately 30 minutes to perform, so they’re
often considered to be a quick lunch-time treat-
ment with no downtime,” explains Raimonda
Vaskiene, skin specialist at Blush + Blow salon
in London. “Chemical peels vary depending on
the problem they treat and are categorised based
on the depth of the procedure as either superfi-
cial, medium or deep. Superficial peels have no
downtime and during the treatment the client
cannot feel any pain, only a slight itchy or tingly
sensation. Medium or deep peels are more
uncomfortable and you might feel a stronger
tingling sensation, but there is no pain involved.”
The most popular peels will leave skin looking
noticeably fresher after just one treatment, but
more intensive peels can take up to a week to
reveal their true benefits. According to Raimonda:
“The immediate benefit of a light peel is a general
brightening of the skin's appearance. A deeper
peel provides the same benefits as a light peel,
plus it repairs and rejuvenates the skin.”
Micro-Needling
You might be familiar with the term ‘micro-nee-
dling’ or dermarolling – we explained how to
do it at home in our last issue – and the treatment
is just as popular in clinics. Administered in
much the same way as you would do it yourself
at home, where a device packed with tiny needles
is rolled over the skin to stimulate collagen
production, clinic-based treatments tend to use
a dermaroller with much longer needles (any-
thing larger than 0.25mm is common, going
up to 3mm for severely scarred or damaged skin)
to inflict deeper trauma on the skin in order to
deliver better and more dramatic results.
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Medicine
R
eady to take your skin care routine to
the next level? Booking in for a non-sur-
gical aesthetic procedure might be the
boost your complexion has been waiting for.
Not sure where to start? We’ve created a handy
guide to some of the most popular in-clinic
procedures to help you find the one that will
work for you and your skin.