treatment

Journey to smoother skin

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Sometimes I get very confused with oil seeds and warts. But in any case, we just gotta know that they are irritating and ugly! They make the skin look rough when all we want is smooth skin 🙁

When I visited The Face Aesthetic Clinic, I was like “WAH, Dr. Zhang is DAMN good looking!!!” I couldn’t stop telling James this. LOL. Of course, I was not there to admire him, I was there to tell him the concerns I had with my face. I told him that I wanted the newly developed oil seeds to be removed but he told me the tiny spots were warts and not oil seeds. Then I went “WARTS? I HAVE WARTS ON MY FACE?”

 

 

The tiny dots on my face are warts and warts are EXTREMELY common. How do you tell the differences between a wart and an oil seed? The easiest way is to differentiate the color as warts look slightly brown in color.

 

I even have them on my eyelids. They can spread (omg like cancer cells!) throughout the body but they are harmless although they are caused by viral infection. Go and take a look at your face in the mirror right now. I am pretty certain that 50% of you have warts as well but have never look at them carefully.

 

 

When I thought of the 5 days downtime – no makeup, no skincare, just a mask and some eyeliner – I was quite turned off by the idea. Actually you can makeup when the wounds are dry enough but I would prefer to keep everything clean and neat.

Then I thought, if I can sacrifice the 5 days for a smoother and flatter skin, why not?! I did not take me much time to convince myself. Lol. And so tadahhhh!! I went for the treatment – Electrocautery. It uses heat on the living tissue to achieve hemostasis or varying degrees of tissue destruction. Mine was quite mild so it was done pretty fast.

Numbing cream was applied prior the treatment and then put to rest for 15-20 minutes before the laser. Laser sounds painful but it did not hurt a single bit for me because it was a very very mild laser.

 

 

IT DIDN’T HURT A SINGLE BIT. Numbing cream work wonders yo! The entire “burning” process only took me 10 minutes. You can’t even feel it when Dr. Zhang is done.

 

 

I left the clinic with a facial mask on (as usual) because I had no sunblock on and I wouldn’t step out of anywhere without sunblock. I had facial mask with me for the next 3 days as well.

Although the downtime requires a minimum of 5 days, my skin recovered within 4 days! I don’t know how or why but they started to peel on the 3rd and recovered on the 4th.

Again, I have to repeat this, DO NOT ever visit any beauty parlor to get your mole, oil seeds or warts removed. Not only they are not safe, you DO NOT want scars on your face too.

Once again, confidence boost greatly with the clear skin! More selfies coming your way on my Instagram! :X

 

 

 

I was thinking of removing the annoying mole on my right cheek but everyone already me gave me a firm no when I asked for their opinion 🙁

 

Maybe I’ll go back to Dr. Zhang for some facial enhancement soon! 😀

 

Anyway, for people who are interested, they are located at 20 Malacca Street 048979. Nearest MRT station: Raffles Place. Call them at 6223 6788 for appointments!

Benzac – For Acne Prone Skin

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I have a confession to make. I do not have excellent skin and my skin can be quite sensitive at times. As I had already mentioned earlier in my older entries, I had an awful acne outbreak due to allergy from a friend’s skincare product.

I was so desperate for it to heal but we know, healing from breakout takes time and it can be quite a painful period.

Just nice, I took up a challenge at the same time. It was a 5 day challenge by Benzac which helps in acne.

Benzac specializes in treating mild to moderate acne sufferers. It contains benzoyl peroxide which helps unblock pores and kills acne bacteria within 48 hours.

I was given 3 products to try for the 5 days.

1) Benzac Daily Facial Liquid Cleanser
2) Benzac Facial Scrub
3) Benzac AC 5 Water Base Gel

As the cleanser which was given to me was mainly for oily to combination skin but I have dry skin, I only use it every night before I go to bed. The cleanser removes impurities, helps unblock pores and controls oiliness without drying my skin.

Suitable for daily use if you have oily or combination skin.

The Benzac Facial Scrub is suitable for ALL skin types and helps to exfoliate and deeply cleans the skin while reducing skin oiliness without damaging the skin.

I only managed to use it twice throughout the 5 days challenge as scrub can cause dry and flaky skin if you scrub your face away. So my advise is to only use it once every 2-3 days.

My skin felt clean and fresh after the scrub and it does not leave the skin dry or wrinkled. Thumbs up!

The scrub looks slightly yellowish and it does not have any medicated scent. You can also see a lot of microbeads with the naked eye.

Lastly, the Treatment Gel demostrates fast, effective results and long-term benefits in clinically tested trials. This works like magic. Like I said, I was so desperate for it to heal and I was actually very hardworking throughout the 5 days with this gel.

Just so you know, there are different strength for the gel. Always start the treatment with a smaller dose.

I was given the 5% gel and trust me, my outbreak was pretty bad. It was all over the cheeks and forehead. The gel is a spot treatment and should ONLY be applied to affected areas.

This was only applied after I had already cleansed and hydrated the face and was ready for bed.

The gel works by killing the bacteria that cause acne, drying the acne pimples and helping the skin to peel. New skin would grow and heal after that.

It can also unplugs blocked pores and contains acrylates copolymer beads that absorb excess oils and release glycerol which reduces the risk of irritation.

The gel will appear colourless after rubbing. As it could be drying, I only applied a tiny amount to the acnes every night. Visible results could be seen in just 3 days of application so I became pretty hopeful after that!

Remember, Cleanse, Scrub, and then Gel!

Lucky me, Benzac gave me acne-free skin again! I am looking good again!

TSUBAKI Out of Bath Treatment

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Having tried TSUBAKI’s shampoo and condition during the previous launch, I really do like the effect and scent of the different shampoos. Now, TSUBAKI has just launched its out-of-bath leave-in treatment series for the first time in Singapore – Damage Care Hair Emulsion, Damage Care Hair Water, Shining Hair Water.

Developed using the latest technology – Highly penetrative boost formula, the Out-of-Bath series will be introduced to complement the existing In-Bath series, as well as to provide the complete suite of hair carefor Asian women.

A leave-in treatment, the Damage Care Hair Emulsionencompasses a new highly penetrative boost formula where luxurious repair ingredients are blended with the penetrative essence for improved permeability. The selected camellia oil penetrates deeply into the core of each hair shaft to repair and restore suppleness.

Pump 1 or 2 pumps and spread it on both palms and start applying it to the hair by rubbing on the hair ends. I like to work with it on semi-dry hair.

I hate products that leaves a sticky and oily feeling on the palm/hair. However, this does not leave any sticky residue! Yay!

Next….

Hair Water!

White: Damage Care Hair Water
Red: Shining Hair Water

The Damage Care Hair Water is created to instantly repair, protect against damage and makes hair elastic and lustrous right from roots to tips. It can protects the hair against UV exposure during the day and leave your hair smooth and manageability along with a hint of camellia and green fragrance.

Shining Hair Water instantly replenishes moisture and shine to the hair, making it silky smooth and lustrous. Like the Damage Care Hair Water, it also protects the hair against UV exposure during the day, creates silky smooth hair without oily feel and leaves a hint of camellia, honey and fruit fragrance.

The Select Camellia Oil can repair damaged hair surface and creates a protective coating, providing hair with a rich radiance. It also has the ability to seal in moisture throughout the hair.

Both of the textures are very much like water, and water has no oily feel.

Use any of the products after washing and towel drying the hair.

Hold the spray nozzel 5 – 10 cm away from the hair and spray generously. You can comb or brush your hair with your fingers after that 🙂

TSUBAKI Damage Care Hair Emulsion Damage Care Hair Water and Shining Hair Water are available at $16.90 each exclusively in Watsons stores from 06 February 2014 onwards.