Dry and flaky skin - Ai Beauty Clinic

Is your skin as dry as the Sahara Desert? So frustrated that no matter how many layers of moisturiser or cream you have put on, the makeup does not sit nicely on the skin, sometimes it is even scaly or flaky? Skin dryness is usually not a serious problem, but it is a common and fundamental skin condition that you need to tackle. What is the best way to hydrate the skin?

Introduction

The outermost layer of our skin is our natural skin barrier that protects our skin from any environmental threats while simultaneously maintains the skin’s water balance. However, the skin barrier is not always healthy, especially when we grow older, have a poor lifestyle, have improper skincare routine or are irritated by external threats. The damaged skin barrier loses its ability to retain water at the stratum corneum. When the stratum corneum has lower than 10% water content, the skin will become dry, rough, cracked and flaky. Flaky dry skin is a common skin problem, especially for people with dry skin type.

Causes

Dry skin is caused by the critically low water content at the stratum corneum, the lack of water dehydrates the skin and sometimes causes skin scaling.

○ Genetic: Born with dry skin;

○ Vitamin A and C deficiency: Diet that lacks vitamin A and C can cause skin dryness;

○ Insufficient intake of water: Insufficient intake of water, fruits and vegetables. Smoking and drinking habits. These unhealthy lifestyle and eating behaviour are more commonly seen in the younger generation;

○ Ageing: As we age, we lose some function of sebaceous gland and sweat gland, which will cause the lower production of sebum and water on our skin, leading to a drier skin;

○ Impaired stratum corneum: Stratum corneum can be damaged by our behaviour or skin conditions such as frequent facial exfoliation, excessive face cleansing, dermatitis and acne outbreak. Damaged stratum corneum will cause the skin to dry or even crack;

○ Environmental factors: Our skin is prone to be dehydrated quicker at certain weathers or locations such as autumn, dry weather and in the northern areas;

○ Skin diseases: Skin inflammation or skin diseases can also cause dry and flaky skin;

Symptoms

A dehydrated skin not only has an unhealthy appearance such as tight skin, dull skin, cracking skin, fine dry lines, flaky makeup skin but also gives a tingly and sensitive skin.
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Affect groups

People with dry skin type; People who have flaky skin after applying makeup; People who have dehydrated skin; People who have tingly and sensitive skin caused by skin dryness; People who have dry skin and fine lines caused by age.

Treatment

The most straightforward and simple treatment to improve dry skin is to pump water back to the skin. Mesotherapy for the face offers an instant and deep hydrating effect among aesthetic beauty treatments. In Ai Beauty Clinic, based on your skin condition, we offer tailor service to plan a skin hydration treatment that is the most effective for you. Combining mesotherapy with hydrafacial treatment can enhance the hydrating effect, it is because hydrafacial can clean the pores, remove dirt and heal the skin barrier, leaving the skin ready to be pumped with mesotherapy.

A. Mesotherapy

What is Mesotherapy:

Mesotherapy can be used as a regular skin rejuvenation treatment that helps maintain our skin in a good condition. It is a non-surgical treatment that injects solution with various vital nutrients to our skin directly, which has a significantly higher absorption of nutrients than using skincare products.

Ai Beauty Mesotherapy:

Injections are administered by British GMC/NMC registered medical staff, you can get a unique and customised skin rejuvenation solution.

B. Hydrafacial

What is Hydrafacial:

Hydrafacial treatment can fundamentally improve skin conditions (including blackheads, skin dryness, fine lines, sensitive skin, yellowish skin tone, large pores, acne and photoaging) in 30 mins without causing pain and downtime, helping to restore a healthy and strong skin.

Ai Beauty Hydrafacial:

Providing a high flexibility on the types of treatment tips and the content of essence and a high compatibility with other skincare treatments (e.g. photoelectric, microneedling), regardless what skin conditions or desired results you have, hydrafacial can be tailored for everyone.

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With rich experience of treating clients of various conditions, led by a famous British medical chief trainer, practiced by doctors and nurses who are GMC/NMC-registered and worked in NHS national hospitals, Ai Beauty provides certified and safe medical beauty treatments.

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