Southern Style: Hitting The Reset Button for your Face

Contrary to the appearance of my modeling photos, which I will be the first to admit are touched up, my skin can always use some extra help.

 

There’s scarring from a childhood bout with chicken pox, there’s two scars from incidents with the monkey bars as a child, and just the general issues of living in the modern world with pollution in the air and wearing makeup. It’s doubtful my skin can or every will be perfect.

 

And yet, I still try, mostly in vain, to get there.

 

Sometimes you just need to hit the reset button for your skin. One of the ways you can do that is with microdermabraision. And while I’ve had many microderm treatments before, none was as soothing and pleasurable ast the microdermabraision treatment I got as Beesa Skincare recently.

 

Brooke Kinross, owner and esthetician, explained to me it was because this verision was really more of a spa treatment than just a regular microderm.

 

In layman’s terms: it was a good hour long time of relaxation, with a deep cleaning of my skin, followed by a soothing treatment and at least one moment where I almost fell asleep with the result of my skin being obviously cleaner right after but also the next day.

 

In industry terms, I have to ask Brooke what exactly we did!

 

Brooke, step by step, what exactly did you do to me?!

 

Every facial should include some form of exfoliation to help remove dead skin buildup and allow all of the products to better penetrate the skin. They can’t work very well when they sit on top of  dead skin cells!

 

 

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There are 2 main types of exfoliation, chemical and physical. I actually performed both on you during this facial, using a method I refer to as “stacking”, because I believe it delivers the best results.

After cleansing the skin, I performed a Microdermabrasion treatment. This “physical” form of exoliation uses a wand that is mildly abrasive (the wand I used has finely crushed  human-made diamonds on the tip). The wand has a small suction hole in the tip also, and the dead skin is sucked up as the wand passes over the skin.
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I prefer to make two passes, one vertical and one horizontal, to try and ensure I exfoliate every part of the face, neck and decollete. Moving down the face, towards the heart, follows the flow of lymphatic drainage which removes toxins from the skin along with reducing puffiness.  
I then applied a chemical exfoliant, a mild 20% Glycolic Acid peel, which continues the cleansing process by going into the pores to help dissolve dirt, oil and makeup while also breaking apart the bonds that hold together dead skin cells, leaving the skin with a very healthy, dewy glow. 
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Now the skin is ready for extractions to clean out the pores, a facial massage to increase blood flow to the skin (which in turn brings oxygen and nutrients to the skin), then a mask to calm the skin and treat any other specific challenges. I ended the facial with an eye gel, moisturizer and lip balm.
So I have to be honest, I never knew there was so much science to a facial!
no makeup- no filters!
no makeup- no filters!
I left feeling amazing, and my skin quite literally glowed. I came in specifically asking Brooke’s help because I had some kind of issue with breakouts as of late- now I know I just needed to hit the reset button for my skin 🙂
Love to all y’all,
Molly

Love, Molly Kate

Molly is a communications professor, parent, Southern culture commentator, and social media marketing maven. She is also a freelance writer who has worked with a variety of publications and online magazines including Bourbon & Boots, Paste Magazine, Macon Magazine, the 11th Hour, Macon Food & Culture Magazine, and as the Digital Content Editor for The Southern Weekend.

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