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Microcurrent disincrustation: mechanism of action, methodology, indications and contraindications
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Microcurrent desincrustation is a gentle effect of low-intensity currents and desincrustation lotion, which allows for a pronounced saponifying effect without reddening the skin.
The main difference between this method and the classical desincrustation procedure is the current strength, which is 120-180 μA.
Due to the use of low-power current and frequency interference, the microcurrent desincrustation procedure is as effective as classical desincrustation, and the absence of side effects (dry skin, redness of the skin, metallic taste in the mouth, tingling, pricking on the skin) makes it the preferred method of choice.
Direction of the method:
- saponification of excess skin secretions:
- skin cleansing;
- opening of pores.
Indications for microcurrent desincrustation:
- a large number of small blackheads;
- combination skin, including thin, dry, sensitive skin with comedones;
- oily, porous skin;
- dense infiltrated skin with follicular hyperkeratosis, with small dense comedones that are difficult to remove by mechanical cleaning;
- photoaging;
- fine-wrinkle type of aging;
- deformation type of aging.
Alternative methods:
- disincrustation;
- Ultrasonic peeling with desincrustation.
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