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Cleaning the face with gelatin from black spots

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Last reviewed: 17.10.2021
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To maintain a good skin condition, there are not enough daily means to care for it. Cleansing, toning means, various moisturizing, nourishing creams, masks are necessary for the skin, but periodic more thorough cleansing can not be ignored. Modern cosmetic salons are equipped with various devices capable of eliminating skin defects, but in a furious rhythm of life, it is not always possible to cut out the time for them and they are not expensive. At home, it can be combined with other useful things. There are different ways to clean the face and one of them is cleansing your face with gelatin.

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Indications for the procedure

Why is gelatin selected as a cleaning agent? It is made of connective tissue of animals and consists of 85% protein - collagen, which has a high degree of penetration into the skin and participates in the metabolic processes of its cells. From it depends the elasticity, elasticity, evenness of the relief of the face. Due to its viscosity and ability to pull the skin, it helps exfoliate the keratinized particles, refreshes and tones the skin, makes it smooth and velvety. Other indications for purging gelatin are black spots - comedones, acne, other lesions, excessive secretion of sebum. Most of all, the gelatin mask is suitable for mature, fading skin.

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Preparation

Always any cleaning of the face is preceded by preparation for the procedure. It consists in demakyazhe and cleaning the surface of dust and other contaminants with the help of familiar means, suitable for the type of skin. It is also important to steam your face over a steam bath for 5-10 minutes. In order to better open the pores, you need to use herbs or essential oils. Face dry with a soft towel and immediately apply a mask.

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Technique of the cleansing face gelatin

Before applying a cleaning mask of gelatin, you need to prepare it. To do this, gelatin is diluted with water or broth of herbs at room temperature in a proportion of 1: 5. After its swelling, place the vessel on a water bath and stir until a homogeneous mass is obtained, but in no case leading to a boil. The technique of cleaning involves the deposition of several layers one on the other. It needs to be done quickly. Frozen gelatin is applied to the skin from the bottom up, bypassing the area around the eyes, allow to dry and repeat the procedure. Layering should be a lot, to make the mask dense. Talking, laughing, grimacing is not allowed. After the gelatin is completely hardened, it needs to be removed, beginning from the edges to the center of the face.

Face cleaning with activated charcoal and gelatin

Gelatin mask can be supplemented with other ingredients at the stage when it is already taken off the water bath. Activated charcoal helps effectively to cleanse and rejuvenate the face. This component provides deeper cleansing due to fission of contamination, it dries out the skin, tightens it, reduces pores, smoothes, soothes irritations. For cleaning, you need a teaspoon or 3 plates of gelatin, an activated charcoal tablet, two teaspoons of water or milk. Coal is ground into a powder and added to the prepared gelatinous mass. The frequency of the procedure is once a week. To achieve tangible results, you need at least one and a half months.

Contraindications to the procedure

Cleaning of the face with the help of gelatin is contraindicated in cases of skin lesions, the presence of inflammatory foci, various dermatological problems. It is not suitable for dry skin, too. It dries it.

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Consequences after the procedure

Failure to comply with the required temperature of the mixture for a mask can lead to undesirable consequences and complications in the form of a burn. In the rest gelatin is harmless, it can be safely applied and due to its unique properties it will bring a noticeable positive result.

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Complications after the procedure

After removing the mask, the residues should be washed off with warm water, rubed with lotion and apply a moisturizing cream or a honey soothing mask. For this, you need to combine honey with olive oil, lightly heat and apply for 15 minutes on the face.

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Reviews

Women who purge the face with gelatin are happy with this recipe. In the reviews it is noted its economy, simplicity, speed (the whole procedure takes an average of 30 minutes), efficiency. After it, the skin is soft, silky, smooth, the contour of the face is more pronounced, pigment spots or freckles are not so noticeable, the complexion improves, and wrinkles become less deep.

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