Over the last year or so, ‘glass skin’ has been the ideal aesthetic that many women want to achieve, a super-hydrated look characterised by a glowying, healthy, youthful appearance.
However, getting the glass look isn’t easy, as it requires incredible hydration, lots of elasticity and a wrinkle-free visage, which is why picking the best skin specialist in Birmingham to perform the right treatment is essential.
Can you achieve glass skin through skincare alone?
While many creams, lotions and serums are advertised for this look, glass skin, which originated from Korean beauty, needs more intensive treatment to get to the core of skin hydration.
Rather than making the skin look softer or covered up, this is all about really penetrating the deep layers and making sure they are as healthy as they can be.
By repairing any damage and really treating each layer, this helps the skin remain hydrated and full of elasticity and collagen, giving off that youthful and radiant visage.
What skin treatments help to achieve glass skin?
There are three main procedures that target skin health so that it can glow. If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll have heard us talk about the three that we recommend: microneedling, thulium laser and polynucleotides.
It isn’t just a matter of having one of these treatments and being able to step out of the clinic looking like Hailey Bieber, who is famous for her glossy skin. In fact, you need a combination of visits, as each procedure targets different things.
However, together they will work towards giving you the glazed doughnut aesthetic that many people want these days.
Microneedling
Microneedling is a popular treatment for skin damage, as it encourages the skin to repair itself.
It uses micro needles to create tiny punctures in the skin, which then sends a signal to the body to start healing. This encourages it to produce collagen and elastin to repair the tiny wounds, as well as the deeper damage.
As a result, skin appears smoother as the old tissue is broken down and new cells are activated.
Thilium Laser
Lasers treat blemishes, such as redness, pigmentation, inflammation and sun spots.
It works by targeting water molecules in the skin and encouraging it to produce collagen and elastin. As well as evening out pigmentation, this also helps to smoothen fine lines and wrinkles through the stimulation of collagen, which naturally declines as you age.
Polynucleotides
While you might not know what polynucleotides are, you are likely to have heard of salmon sperm injectables. Well, this is what they are, along with other forms of DNA, such as trout.
These are injected into the skin, stimulating fibroblast cells that produce collagen, hyaluronic acid and elastin.
This enables the skin to appear more elastic and firmer, as well as have a more even tone. In addition to this, it helps to keep the skin hydrated, creating that ‘glass skin’ glow.
Polynucleotides are particularly effective for older, thinning skin, as it gets rid of that crepey appearance and helps skin appear bouncier and more radiant.
By combining all three treatments, you can keep skin really hydrated, repair historic damage, tone down pigmentation, improve skin quality, and smooth fine lines. All of this will go a long way to helping you achieve the ultimate goal of luminous, resplendent glass skin.
