Spotlight Magazines Spotlight on Mansfield South May 2015 | Page 10

Spotlight Magazine O Lift A Little ften coined the ‘non-surgical facelift’, Microcurrent Facials have been a popular treatment in Salons and Spas for a number of years, thanks to their proven abilities to re-educate muscle tissues, which in turn help to firm and tighten the skin. Today’s professional systems have made these electrical-based treatments incredibly affordable and thus Microcurrent Facials are becoming increasingly in-demand by time poor, skin conscious clients. A Microcurrent is produced by using a low frequency interrupted direct current giving you a ‘faradic type current’. The current is measured in microamps, which is a millionth of an amp. This is shown as µa, and as its name implies is a very small amount of current. The electrotherapy treatment is used to tighten and tone or relax muscle fibre offering re-contouring of the area being worked. On the face, Microcurrent reduces fines lines and tightens sagging skin. Microcurrent uses two probes to apply the current to the tissue and as the electrical pulses pass in both directions between them during the treatment, it does not matter which way the probes move as they are both doing the same work. When a muscle lengthens or shortens, the skin lifts and firms. Working from the belly of the muscle outwards will have a lengthening effect on muscles that have become increasingly contracted from years of making facial expressions. Working a muscle from the origin and insertion point inward will have a shortening effect that is necessary for those muscles that have become elongated over many years of age and gravity. Jenny Dunville We are the only salon in Mansfield offering this exclusive Elemis facial technology 7 super- charged facials, 5 advanced technologies, 1 machine... Elemis biotec is the unique fusion of actives, touch & technology Available NOW. Call for further details and a trial session T: 01623 43 93 94 | W: alexsa.co.uk | E: [email protected] 61 Southridge Drive, Berry Hill, Notts NG18 4RJ 10 www.spotlightlocal.co.uk • 01623 706570 • [email protected]