如果你是一个提前到达水疗中心预约的人,以最大化你的蒸汽房时间 – 或者如果你曾经享受过一杯刚倒的茶的温暖,那么面部蒸汽的概念可能对你非常有吸引力。作为温和,天然的苛刻去角质护理的替代品,草药面部蒸汽基本上是你面对的茶(不,你不喝它们)。它们看起来像百花香,由干草药混合而成;你把一些舀到一个碗里,把沸水倒在上面,把毛巾盖在脸上,然后让所有蒸汽包裹你约五分钟。除了可以帮助温和去角质外,面部蒸汽还可以帮助活性成分更好地渗透皮肤。
“我长时间痤疮挣扎,我发现正常的去角质剂非常有磨损性,”护肤品牌Skin Owl(她也是一位经过培训的化妆品化学家)的创始人Annie Tevelin说。 “通过我的研究,我发现当你加热皮肤并蒸汽时,它会起到酶促去角质的作用,”她说。所以她创造了 皮肤猫头鹰美容蒸汽, 洋甘菊,玫瑰,薰衣草,金盏花,茴香,荨麻和紫草的混合物。 Tevelin建议在清洁后每周使用两次蒸汽,并建议先将面部油涂抹在皮肤上,这样可以帮助成分渗透。
根据Tevelin的说法,面部蒸汽还可以帮助抵消衰老的迹象。 “面部蒸汽有助于促进水合作用,这意味着它具有舒缓,平滑的效果,并且还能增强光泽,”她说。但我仍然有点怀疑:我听说热量会使痤疮和红斑痤疮发炎(从而加剧),我不太确定一点蒸汽可以替代好的,老式的面部磨砂膏。所以我问纽约西奈山医院化妆品和临床研究主任Joshua Zeichner。
“面部蒸汽可以帮助滋润和软化外层皮肤,增强活性成分渗透到皮肤中,”Zeichner说。但他说,这是那些成分的淡化版本。 “虽然通过蒸汽引入皮肤治疗可能会有所帮助,但活性成分的浓度会降低,而且可能比直接涂抹在皮肤上的效果要差。”这使其成为敏感皮肤类型的理想治疗方法,这些皮肤类型很容易受到局部乳霜和血清的刺激。但矛盾的是,Zeichner警告说,热量和蒸汽可能引发“面部潮红”,所以任何容易发红的人都可能想要避开。
像任何一个好的皮肤护理冒险家一样,我决定试一试。我跟着Tevelin的指示,让混合物陡峭几分钟,然后我把脸放在上面。虽然把头放在一个热气腾腾的舒适碗上的想法无疑听起来很吸引人 – 特别是当天气开始降温时 – 我发现它实际上有些不愉快。我不仅发现香味让人联想到烤鸡(一切都很好,但不是我选择的理想香气),但我真的很热,出汗,我的发际线变得疯狂。如果没有能够滚动浏览我的Instagram Feed的话,静坐五分钟就会很糟糕。 (对不起,我是千禧一代。)在我的蒸汽疗程后,我的脸上有一个粉红色的红晕,就像我刚刚解决的那样,但我没有注意到任何我甚至模糊地等同于去角质的东西。是的,我的皮肤感觉柔软和光滑,但如果任何死皮细胞脱落,这个过程是如此微妙,我甚至没有注意到它。
那么,我会再次尝试面部蒸汽吗?当然。如果我在这个冬天的某个时候感冒了,也许我会把它作为鼻窦清除,皮肤发光治疗。但是我不打算在很快就采用它代替我精心磨练的皮肤护理程序。
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If youre someone who arrives early to your spa appointment to maximize your time in the steam room—or if youve ever enjoyed the warmth of a freshly poured cup of tea—then the concept of facial steaming might be very appealing to you. As a gentle, natural alternative to harsh exfoliating treatments, herbal facial steaming is basically your faces version of tea (no, you dont drink it). They look like potpourri, made up of dried herbs mixed together; you scoop some into a bowl, pour boiling water over it, drape a towel over your face, and let all the steam envelop you for about five minutes. In addition to helping gently exfoliate, facial steaming can also help active ingredients penetrate the skin better. “I struggled with acne for a long time, and I found that normal exfoliants were very abrasive,” says Annie Tevelin, founder of skincare brand Skin Owl (shes also a trained cosmetic chemist). “Through my research, I found that when you heat up the skin and steam it, it acts as an enzymatic exfoliant,” she says. So she created Skin Owl Beauty Steam, a blend of chamomile, rose, lavender, calendula, fennel, nettle, and comfrey. Tevelin recommends using the steam twice a week after cleansing, and suggests applying facial oil to the skin first to help the ingredients penetrate. According to Tevelin, facial steaming can also help counteract signs of aging. “Facial steaming helps promote hydration, which means it has a soothing, smoothing effect and can also enhance radiance,” she says. But Im still a little skeptical: Ive heard that heat can inflame acne and rosacea (thus making it worse), and Im not sure a little steam can replace a good, old-fashioned facial scrub. So I asked Joshua Zeichner, director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. “Facial steaming can help moisturize and soften the outer layer of skin, enhancing the penetration of active ingredients,” Zeichner says. But he says its a diluted version of those ingredients. “While introducing skin treatments through steam may be helpful, the concentration of active ingredients will be lower and may be less effective than