Cosmetic electrotherapy is a series of beauty treatments that use a low electrical current that passes through the skin to produce some therapeutic effects such as muscle tightening in the body and removal of the face micro. It is based on electrotherapy, which has been studied and accepted in the field of rehabilitation, although "the scientific and medical societies tend to override or reject the use of electrotherapy for healthy muscles".
The use of electricity in cosmetics goes back to the end of the 19th century, almost a hundred years after Luigi Galvani discovered that electricity can make muscles in the frog's legs (see galvanism). Subsequent research in electrophysiology has been undertaken by the likes of Robert O. Becker, Dr. BjÃÆ'¶rn NordenstrÃÆ'¶m, former chair of the Nobel Committee of Selection for Medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wing, who invented some of the first micro-currents. device.
Video Electrotherapy (cosmetic)
Treatment
There are four main types of treatment, which differ in the types of currents they use (see Comparison chart, below), including:
- Galvanic Treatment
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) (also known as Faradic treatment)
- Micro-current neuromuscular stimulation (MENS)
- High frequency treatments
Galvanic Treatment
Galvanic treatment in the beauty industry has been described since at least the 1970s and earlier. Sometimes called galvanism, treatments aim to repair the skin in two ways: (1) cleansing: a process called desincrustation , and (2) fertilizing the skin condition, through electro- -chemistry called iontophoresis (also called ionization). This is achieved by the application of a small, constant, direct current. Treatment works on the principle that charged ions in the skin are attracted or rejected from electrodes, which produce certain chemical effects.
- "Galvanism works by penetrating the active substance into the subcutaneous tissue, where they act on ineffective circulation to bring about an increase in vascular and lymphatic exchange in the region.It is solved in a natural and harmless way, and aided by the effects in fact from the galvanic currents of the tissues, enhances cell membrane function, and enables trapped fluids and fats to be dispersed and eliminated. "
Galvanic treatment is often used on the face (facial galvanic treatment) and on the body to treat cellulite (treatment of galvanized cellulite).
Faradic Therapy
Faradic's treatment has also been described in the beauty industry since the 1970s and earlier. These treatments bind the muscles by repeatedly contracting them with electric current, producing firming and toning, and increased muscle metabolism aims to get rid of waste products more easily. Faradic treatment is commonly used on the face and body, and works by contracting muscles with short pulses of direct current that are disconnected.
This treatment is also called neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), and some manufacturers produce equipment using their own terms, for example, Slendertone calls it electronic muscle stimulation, or this treatment is called after the manufacturer's name, such as Ultratone or Slim Master.
Micro therapy
Microsurgery (MENS) has been in existence since the 1970s in medical applications and is distinguished by the use of an almost invisible micro-ampere current (ie a nine of amp), but mimics the body's own bio-electric current. This treatment is designed to soften skin wrinkles and rejuvenate the skin, including skin damaged by sunburn, acne, stretch marks, cellulite and scarring.
This ATP increase also energizes the facial muscles, similar to how exercise energizes the muscles of our body. Unlike elsewhere in the body, the facial muscles are directly connected to the skin, so the result of energizing the muscles often gets better, the appearance is elevated. When used on the face, treatments have become known as "non-surgical facelift" and "face lift".
Microsurgery works by passing a very small direct current through muscle tissue to stimulate the Golgi tendon organ.
Different microstructures, especially the frequency and shape of the transformed voltage (waveform), have different effects on the network.
High frequency treatments
High frequency treatments use low frequency low frequency currents, transmitted through glass electrodes. Because high-frequency currents convert some oxygen in the air into ozone, this treatment has germicidal action, and it also dries and warms. As a result, this treatment is used to help healing and also to help desquamation (natural exfoliation) and stimulate sweat and sebaceous glands.
At frequencies up to 250,000 Hz, hollow glass electrodes work like fluorescent tubes and are sometimes called "violet ray" or "violet wand" (though the color depends on the gas in the glass). Two electrodes are not needed and splashes can occur when the electrode is close to the skin. Because the effect may be fun, similar devices are used in erotic electrostimulation.
Maps Electrotherapy (cosmetic)
Maintenance and flow
Characteristics of the current treatment include: (a) whether it is (direct or alternating), (b) the frequency of the current, (c) the current size (all very small), and (d) the duration and shape of any pulse.
Comparison
Note
- Desinkrustation - A skin cleansing process that softens and emulates hardened follicle sebum.
- 1 Amp = 1,000 milliAmps (mA) = 1,000,000 microAmps (? A)
- 1,000 Hz (cycles per second) = 1kHz
Terminology
The origins of the term "galvanic" and "Faradism" are described in medical journals, The Lancet, in 1851. A note reads:
- "We should not neglect to state that Dr. Duchenne closed the paper ( Archive , May 1851) on the subject with these words: 'Because it would be useful to create a word to be precise indicating electricity by induction, and its application, perhaps it is not permitted to use the name of the philosopher who has discovered this kind of power? In the same way as 'Galvani' has given his name to electricity by contact, so can we provide electricity wisely with induced the name 'Faraday.' This electricity would then be called 'Faradism,' and its application of 'Faradization.' Such names will establish a clear distinction between electricity and contact and that by induction, while they, at the same time, pay homage to a philosopher to whom medical science owes the invention far more precious in the therapeutical point of view than Galvani.
It should be noted that:
- "Some terms like galvanic and faradic stimuli are unique to physiotherapy.The definitions given in the literature are far from universal.... The Clinical Electrophysiology Department of the American Physical Therapy Association establishes an integrated terminology for clinical electrical currents - that is, (a) direct current (b) the alternating current (c) of the current pulse (Kloth and Cummings, 1991)... However, this terminology appears to be little adopted and inconsistency remains in literature ".
See also
- Bio-electric stimulation therapy (BEST)
- Electrotherapy - the use of electricity as medical treatment
- Stimulation of electric muscles (neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES))
- Erotic electrostimulation
- Neuromuscular electric stimulators (MENS)
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) - use of electric current to stimulate nerves for therapeutic purposes
References
Bibliography
- Lorraine Nordmann, Professional Beauty Therapy: Official Guide to Level 3 , 4th Edition, Publisher Cengage Learning EMEA, 2010, ISBNÃ, 1-4080-1928-0 ISBNÃ, 9781408019283 , 496 pages. Chapter 8: "Electrical Maintenance"
- Dawn Mernagh-Ward, Jennifer Cartwright, Health and beauty therapy: practical approach to NVQ level 3 Issue 3, Publisher Nelson Thornes, 2004, ISBNÃ, 0-7487-9035-7, ISBN 978 -0-7487-9035-7,420 pages. Chapter 5. "Facial and Body Electrotherapy Treatment"
- John Low, Ann Reed, Ann Reed (SRP.), Electrotherapy explains: principles and practices , 4th Edition, Elsevier Health Sciences Publisher, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7506-8843 -7. 564 pages.
- Basanta Kumar Nanda, Simple Electrotherapy , Publisher Jaypee Brothers Publishers (2008), ISBNÃ, 81-8448-261-2, ISBNÃ, 978-81-8448-261-4. 548 pages
External links
- BABTAC, Beauty Care Association and UK cosmetology site: Galvanic Treatment | "Galvanic Cellulite Treatment"
- The Electrotherapy Museum website
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