The decollete area is one of the "poorest", relatively speaking, in terms of the degree of grooming and care for the vast majority of women. Cosmetologists see this very well at each of their procedures - if even at the age of 30-35 +/- years the skin is elastic, smooth, without wrinkles and age spots, then closer to 40 years old it instantly, quickly and dramatically ages. It loses its smoothness, elasticity and tone, looseness and folds appear - especially the long longitudinal between the mammary glands. Similarly, the area between the neck and collarbone. And the issue of rejuvenation procedures becomes very relevant.
It is up to the neckline in women that most often "they simply do not reach their hands. "If the neck still receives its share of care cream - and not least the "extra" for the face, which needs to be "smeared" somewhere, then very, very few fall below it. Body cream - to be quite frank - not every woman uses it. Yes, and in a beauty salon, most procedures are carried out on the face - the neck is involved in them, but, unfortunately, the decollete very rarely gets its portion of pleasure. Even the legs, especially the heels, are much more nourished with nourishing creams.
Beauticians, sitting down on their work chair, perfectly see this sad picture - it opens up to our eyes in all its glory. And often they combine facial procedures with décolleté skin care.
Neckline: the face ends here!
The skin in this area is much weaker than the front - there is no dense layer of pancreas, there are very few sebaceous glands - against this background, daily constant home care is very important. And it, in fact, is no different from facial care - the same cleansing, toning, the use of serums, masks and face creams. Expand the face area to the upper chest - and thus constantly nourish and moisturize the décolleté area. Even the observance of such simple rules will have a beneficial effect on its appearance.
And if you combine the care of this area at home with professional procedures in the beautician's office? In addition, it is very convenient and does not require unnecessary loss of time, since it occurs in parallel. Yes, on the part of the client, this will slightly increase the bill of the procedure - each beautician decides on this issue with the client in his own way, coming to a mutual agreement. Such options are especially convenient when the client begins a course of facial treatments - in this case, the specialist has at least 10 sessions to restore tone, moisture and grooming to the decollete area. And the woman, in turn, is interested in remembering that the face ends on the upper chest, and this is at least. The neck and décolleté are included in this area by default.
Professional care: what manual methods can be offered
The most elementary and relatively inexpensive thing that can be done at no extra cost during a professional procedure is to work with the chest area in parallel, using all the same tools. Cleansing and gentle periodic superficial exfoliation by hand is the start. Acid products have proven themselves very well for care - masks, special acid gels and serums, as well as peels. For example, the same glycolic acid - in the lines of manufacturers of professional cosmetics, such positions are always present.
After washing and drying the skin, applying such a preparation is a matter of a few seconds. Leave it to work for 15-20 minutes, depending on the instructions and with strict adherence to it - especially when it comes to chemical peels. However, full-fledged procedures on the decollete area using chemical acids are a separate job, and it makes sense to carry it out separately from the face due to the specifics of working with chemical peels. But a variety of acid-containing serums and masks are a completely different matter, they are easier and easier to combine with the study of the face. Manufacturers recommend covering some products with a film to enhance their work, and, accordingly, the result. And do the usual procedure on the face.
After the specified time has elapsed, the acid preparation is quickly washed off - and here there is already further space for imagination. Serums with glycosaminoglycans, ampoules with elastin and collagen, nourishing, moisturizing or lifting masks, seaweed masks with their subsequent "warming" - any preparation from the arsenal of each cosmetologist will fit for the decollete zone. There are masks that manufacturers advise slightly warming up before applying them - to enhance their effect. It is very convenient to do this on a cup of hot water - an impromptu water bath, putting a bowl on it with the required amount. While the stage of make-up removal and cleansing is being carried out, the contents of the bowl will have time to fully warm up. It should be noted that this is very comfortable for clients just in the autumn-winter period - a warm mass, covered with a film on top, helps a lot to relax.
Similarly, you can work with the hands - another weak part of the body in women. Given that the skin on the hands is much tougher and rougher, it is worth connecting scrubs and special hand creams from the arsenal of paraffin therapy. Cold paraffin is an excellent choice for a beautician's office. Scrub, nutrient mass, cold paraffin, gloves and subsequent warming - such a procedure will have a very noticeable effect on the condition of the hands.
While the beautician is working with wrinkles on the face, all this time the mask will strengthen and smooth the skin of the décolleté area. Well, when the final post-procedural mask is on the face, 10-15-20 minutes of its work is quite a sufficient period of time for the beautician to switch to the upper chest and significantly enhance the procedure with hardware methods.
Neckline: hardware capabilities
Hardware methods significantly expand the possibilities of a beauty salon for the care and rejuvenation of the decollete area. When it comes to physiological and safe methods, the following procedures firmly hold the palm:
- vacuum massage
- Microcurrent therapy
- RF lifting
The most convenient option for a specialist is vacuum massage. For the reason that it can be carried out on the same nourishing or lifting mask - since they usually include a variety of oils.
Therefore, having applied the final mask on the face, it is easy to switch to the décolleté area without wasting time and additional resources - just remove the film. The skin is prepared by preliminary procedures and is ready for further processing. For work, we recommend taking vacuum-ball nozzles. Their action is softer than that of glass, they need a very small amount of oil or cream - given the nutritional basis of the applied products, they are quite enough for the job. 10-15 minutes of such active exposure with each procedure - and the improvement of turgor, tone, smoothing wrinkles will be very problematic not to notice.
A significant additional bonus for the client is the study of the anterior part of the entire girdle of the upper limbs and trapezius muscles with nozzles during this procedure. In fact, this is a massage of the front part of the stress-dependent zone. In addition to strengthening and rejuvenating the décolleté area, a person receives a wonderful relaxing and regenerating massage.
From a practical point of view, it is very convenient to carry out the procedure of microcurrent therapy and RF lifting on the neckline. This will take more time - when choosing this option, the skin must be thoroughly cleaned for the passage of electric current. In terms of purely technical performance of RF lifting work, it is somewhat easier to do - but this is already a matter of choice, individual preferences and technical capabilities of a particular specialist. You can additionally enhance the procedures with diamond microdermabrasion, ultrasonic peeling, electroporation - which allows a specific device. Even 7-10 such procedures can significantly strengthen, improve, smooth and rejuvenate the skin of the decollete area.
With the advent of spring, when warm sweaters are replaced by more open blouses, and then blouses, T-shirts, sundresses and dresses with bare shoulders, the restoration procedures carried out in winter to rejuvenate the décolleté skin will be very useful. And the woman will meet spring and enter summer with straightened shoulders and proudly raised head.