Facials are a popular skincare treatment that involve cleansing, exfoliating, and nourishing the skin on your face. They are typically performed by a licensed esthetician, who will first analyze your skin to determine the best course of treatment.

Here are a few of the many benefits to getting regular facials:

1. Improved skin texture and tone: Facials can help to exfoliate dead skin cells, which can leave your skin looking smoother and more radiant. 

Hyperpigmentation is something we all know about.

What causes it? Can it be prevented?

Let’s find out. 

What is melanin?

Melanin refers to a natural skin pigment that determines the skin, eye and hair colour of different persons depending on the amount of melanin that they have. 

The skin cells that produce melanin are known as melanocytes. 

What’s interesting is that everyone has the same number of melanocytes, some people just produce more melanin than others. 

 When less melanin is produced, the hair, skin and eye colour will be light. 

When more melanin is produced, the hair, skin and eye colour will be dark. 

Did you know that hydration and moisture are not the same thing 👀Let’s unpack that.  Hydration is defined as causing something to absorb water. As such, dehydration occurs when something loses more water than it retains.

Moisture as defined by the Cambridge dictionary is ‘a liquid such as water in a substance or on a surface’. Some moisturizers are occlusives, emollients and protein rejuvenators and some humectants are also moisturizing. Water evaporates from the skin rather quickly therefore, moisturizers are oil based and this causes water to be sealed into the skin and prevents the skin from drying out.