Are facial extractions good or bad?
Skin-care experts reveal whether or not they’re the best way to keep your skin clear.
But for others, using this method to entice impurities out of your skin is cruel and unusual.
Below, were uncovering the heated debate thats popping up in treatment rooms all over.
So are facial extractions good or bad?
Keep reading for the verdict.
Elena Chang is an esthetician at Clarins Madison Avenue Skin Spa.
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Elena Chang is an esthetician at Clarins Madison Avenue Skin Spa.
Ewa Wegrzynowska is the national skin spa training manager for Clarins.
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It would be ridiculous.
Id feel like I was taking clients money and just pretending that their skin was healthy.
And so do her clients: most facial treatment bookings are for extractions, confirms Wright.
The brass ring is clear skin.
But most of us are dotted with blocked pores and bumps that we cant fully clean ourselvesor we shouldnt.
I dont want my clients doing it themselves, says Wright.
Elena Chang is an esthetician at Clarins Madison Avenue Skin Spa.
you should probably know what to look for, what not to touch, and apply the right pressure.
They just fill and fester and stretch pores to the size of saucers.
(Are you picturing that?)
You should leave with glowing skin, and none the wiser that youve had extractions.
Its a test of your facialists skill, she says.
If I didnt do them for some reasonlike lazinessmy clients would pay for them elsewhere.
Were both invested in the skins health, says Wright.
New Yorkers like massages but they come in for extractions.
Its an idea shared by luxe holistic-leaning spa brands likeSodashiand many French beauty brands.
(Youd be hard-pressed, ahem, to find a spa in Paris that does extractions.)
Pulling and pressing the pores weakens them and the skin fibers like collagen and elastin.
But in the long run, youve got damaged skin thats lacking strength and elasticity.
And maybe an extra broken blood vessel or two, they say.
This is especially true if you opt for DIY extractions.
The massage helps drain toxins and impurities.
And our powerful plant-based facial oils help regulate skins own oil production.
The theory being thatoil helps facilitate the flow of oilinstead of allowing the pore to trap it.
(Thats the case with Sodashis popular Revitalising Yellow Clay Mask.)
For a derms take on extractions, check out the video below.
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