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Cleaning the face with aspirin at home: recipes, masks, reviews
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Aspirin peeling cleanses the face, thanks to the active substance acidum acetylsalicylicum. Acetylsalicylic acid, which forms its basis, has a fairly wide range of applications in cosmetology. Aspirin can be used if necessary to cleanse the skin of keratinized epidermal cells, remove inflammation, normalize sebaceous gland secretion, treat acne, remove comedones and narrow pores.
Systematic cleansing of the face acidum acetylsalicylicum leads to a decrease or disappearance of various types of peeling, the shade and elasticity of the skin improves. Aspirin peeling is especially recommended for people with a fatty skin type, which is most prone to acne and inflammation of a different nature. Aspirin prevents the spread of infection into the deeper layers of the skin of the face and prevents the appearance of new rashes with inflammation and swelling.
Acetylsalicylic acid has a moisturizing property and helps maintain a normal balance of moisture in the skin, giving it firmness.
Advantages and disadvantages of cleansing face with aspirin
From the correct use and preparation of cosmetics with acidum acetylsalicylicum depends on the achievement of the expected effect and benefit. The duration of exposure of the aspirin mask should not exceed a twenty-minute interval. If there is itching and burning, the procedure is urgently interrupted and rinsed face with boiled water of comfortable temperature. More gentle are face cleansing with aspirin with honey or jojoba oil, because these ingredients soften and nourish the skin. Acetylsalicylic acid does not enter into aggressive chemical reactions with components used for peeling. This is an advantage of using aspirin in cosmetology.
Indications for the procedure
Cleaning the face with aspirin gives a positive result, if exactly follow the instructions for use and the correctness of the peeling.
A cleansing mask with aspirin is used, when the skin with active secretion of the sebaceous glands tends to form pustular inflammations. After use, they become less noticeable or disappear altogether. Bumpy and shiny skin becomes matte and velvety.
Because aspirin promotes moisture and moisture retention in the upper layers of the epidermis.
The use of peeling is recommended for mature skin. As a result of the action, small mimic wrinkles of the face are smoothed, elasticity is returned to the skin.
It must be remembered that the peeling mask contains a medicinal product, the unintended use of which can lead to an unforeseen result.
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Preparation
Aspirin peeling is preceded by 2 steps.
Cleansing. The skin should be thoroughly cleaned with a washing aid (foam, gel, just do not scrub to avoid micro-trauma to the skin surface). Gently wash with plenty of water, get soaked with a towel or paper napkins.
Dispensing. In order to maximize the opening of the pores on the skin, you need to use a steam bath for a face made of medicinal herbs (cords, chamomile, sage, etc.). The duration of the procedure is 10 minutes.
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Technique of the face cleansing with aspirin
At the end of the steam rinsing procedure, trying to cover as much as possible the problem areas, carefully, a massage mixture containing acidum acetylsalicylicum is applied over the massage lines. It is forbidden to use in the area of the nasolabial triangle and around the eyes. The product is left on the face for a quarter of an hour, after the end of time, wash your face with comfortable temperature water and gently pat it with a clean towel.
Home cleaning of the face with the preparation of acitinosalicylic acid is recommended to be done once a week.
The effectiveness of the mask with acetylsalicylic acid does not appear instantaneously. It is necessary to conduct a course of such procedures on the order of 10 and the result will be excellent. Due to cleaning the face with aspirin, small mimic wrinkles become less noticeable, and the skin will be tender and velvety. When fighting with freckles, this procedure will lighten them a little.
Masks and facial scrubs with acidum acetylsalicylicum are preferably used in the evening. After the procedure in the next few hours, do not expose the skin to ultraviolet rays. If you need to go outside in the daytime, be sure to apply sunscreen.
Cleaning the face with aspirin at home
Aspirin can be cleaned in a beauty salon or at home.
Using pure aspirin at home, you can prepare yourself a mixture for cleaning your face skin. The acid contained in it can help with oily, porous, and also mature and fading skin. When cleaning the face with aspirin, the following ingredients will be required: acetylsalicylic acid-free tablets (3 pcs.) Mash to powder and sift through a sieve; for oily skin you need to take some water - 0.5 teaspoon; for dry skin, you need to add 0.5 teaspoon of jojoba oil; 1 tablespoon of honey.
The components of the mask can be mixed well until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Put in a water bath.
The resulting mixture should be creamy, so that it can be easily applied to the treated areas, without fear of spreading.
Face cleaning with aspirin and honey
This mask with aspirin and honey is suitable for deep cleansing of the face at home. Honey, which is part of the mask, has a nutritional and moisture-saturating effect, especially when penetrating deep layers of the skin. Here are a couple of masks recipes:
- 4 tablets of acetylsalicylic acid without shell are added to water (1 teaspoon), and then a few drops of liquid honey. In the presence of allergic reactions associated with the reception of api-products, it is allowed to replace honey with vegetable oils (for example, olive oil).
- Rub aspirin in tablets without shell (3 pcs.). Dissolve in water (0.5 teaspoon) and add jojoba oil (0.5 teaspoon) and 1 teaspoon of honey.
- Mask for cleaning the face with aspirin. A good antiseptic solution is obtained by dilution of aspirin with boiled water or water for injection. Making at home cosmetic products containing aspirin, it is advisable to use various ingredients (oils of different plants, apple cider vinegar or honey), selecting them depending on the skin type.
- With lotion. 3 refined uncoated tablets are added to the cleansing lotion.
- Cosmetic mask. A few drops of water are added to 2 crushed aspirin tablets and combined with any regularly used cosmetic mask.
- With oat flakes. 4 mashed to powder without cachets of aspirin, dissolve in 1 teaspoon of water and mix with 1 tablespoon chopped oatmeal.
- Classical. Tableted aspirin (3-4 pcs.) Without shells is ground, brought to a powdery state. Add boiled water or water for injection and stir to the state of gruel.
- With lemon juice. Grind the tabletted aspirin in a mortar in the amount of 6 pieces to a powdery state, add lemon juice, and the resulting mixture to process the skin of the face.
- With yoghurt. Aspirin in tablets (2 pcs.) Moisten a few drops of water and mash and grind until smoothly add milk yogurt (1 tablespoon). Exposure mask on face 15-20 minutes.
The described masks have a double effect:
- Have an exfoliating effect.
- They are masks, because they moisturize, restore the skin, normalize the work of the sebaceous glands with increased secretory activity.
In the masks additionally, various components can be used: sea salt, cosmetic clay, kefir, sour cream, vegetable oils and fruit juices.
Contraindications to the procedure
As with most drugs, it has side effects. Acidum acetylsalicylicum is no exception. From procedures using salicylates, it is better to abstain during pregnancy and lactation, with hypersensitivity to the base active ingredient, in the phase of exacerbation of chronic somatic disease regardless of genesis. When manifesting venereal or dermatological diseases from peeling, it is necessary to abstain. Violation of the integrity of the skin (the presence of small scratches, abrasions, wounds) is the reason for refusing chemical peeling. It is necessary to wait for complete healing and restoration. Before the first use of face cleansing with aspirin at home, it is imperative to perform a sensitivity test for this drug. It is necessary to take a small amount (a few drops) of cooked aspirin peel, put on your wrist. If after 15-20 minutes on the treated area of the skin there is no itching, burning or redness, then you can start peeling.
Consequences after the procedure
Like most cosmetic procedures, cleansing the face with acidum acetylsalicylicum has its positive and negative properties. It is always necessary to observe reasonable restrictions. Do not disregard advice and instructions on how to use and perform procedures. It is necessary to adhere to the exposure time specified in the instruction, remove money from the person in time, and if there are any unpleasant sensations, urgently stop therapy. Using scrubs, there is no need to diligently rub your face. Movements should be neat and soft.
If the chemical peel is applied too often, couperose may occur. It is necessary to alternate aspirin cleansing with facial masks. A prolonged exposure to the mask on the face can lead to dry skin and peeling. It is recommended to perform cleaning activities in the evening. If the procedure was carried out in the day, then after its termination, allow some time to restore the skin. Before leaving the street immediately after the peeling, it is necessary to apply sunscreen, especially in summer - with a lot of UV radiation.
Care after the procedure
After cleaning the face with aspirin, the skin should be allowed to calm down and recover. To do this, you must follow certain rules of facial care. After a chemical peel, do not go out for a while.
During rehabilitative activities, you can use soothing masks, use moisturizing and nourishing creams. All these procedures will help protect the skin from possible desiccation and flaking.
Reviews
About aspirin masks, scrubs, lotions leave a variety of reviews: from fully enthusiastic to deeply disappointed. The effect largely depends on the individual characteristics and accuracy of the instruction.