Avoid sun exposure, makeup, and strenuous exercise initially.
Post-Procedure Care and Infection Protection
In the contemporary and highly progressive sphere of cosmetic treatment through injection, one is often not fully familiar with what steps one should take after being treated with facial mesotherapy. The treatment consists of injecting hundreds of needles of different sizes directly underneath the epidermis through which one can deliver substances such as B vitamins, hyaluronic acid, etc., directly into the mesoderm layer. From a professional perspective, the main concern after the treatment is that since one of the outermost layers of the skin – namely the epidermis – has literally been perforated by all those needles, the skin is very prone to bacterial contamination, especially in the first 24 to 48 hours. This is exactly why, if you want maximum results from the treatment, you need to be very selective regarding the external products and the general lifestyle that you adopt after your facial mesotherapy session.
Key Rules About Conduct and After Treatment of Facial Mesotherapy
Strict compliance with a set of guidelines regarding the things that should be avoided after your facial mesotherapy treatment will enable your dermis to properly recover from the micro-wounding and the infused nutritional combination, which will protect your skin from the healing process.
- Hand Contact & Use of Unsanitary Items for Face: Do not touch your face after hand contact, applying makeup, or using dirty cosmetic sponges, because this might introduce germs into open micro-channels. Besides that, makeup products might get stuck beneath the skin and cause localized breakouts, granulomas, or dermatitis.
- Active Skincare & Exfoliants: Don’t apply active skin-care preparations like retinoids, AHA/BHA, or Vitamin C for 3 to 5 days. Skin that has been compromised will experience severe irritation and prolonged flushing if one is careless enough to apply strong chemical agents.
- Heat & Humid Places to Avoid: You should not go outside in the heat or spend your time at saunas during these 48 to 72 hours. The body will respond by opening the blood vessels leading up to the face. This increases the chances of swelling, bruises, and discomfort on the skin’s surface, in addition to the fact that sweat coming out through one’s skin opens the door for bacteria to enter the skin at the puncture areas.
- Sunlight & Tanning Booths: Sunlight is known to penetrate into fresh skin a lot more easily and can hinder cellular repair and stimulate melanocyte activity. It goes without saying that an unprotected sunburn after a procedure like face mesotherapy is extremely dangerous and may lead to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (dark spots) of the affected skin.
Preserve Dermal Skin Integrity and Respect After Treatment Boundaries
To be on the safe side for anyone planning on getting a treatment and expecting perfect results from that treatment, one must be very particular about the protective and behavioural boundaries during their recovery period. The tiny micro-channels created in your skin through mesotherapy require a dedicated time period for sealing and integration of the active nutrient matrix into the cellular framework. To help your skin reach the highest level of radiance with zero complications, you have to avoid any contact with your face, makeup, or harsh active skincare products, and stay away from hot showers, saunas, exercising hard, and direct sunrays in the healing period so as to prevent severe localized Inflammatory reactions or post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).
Also, a no-go on smoking and tobacco after your appointment is the only correct decision, even for the time periods before and after your appointments. It is because the nicotine in cigarettes acts like a very strong vasoconstrictor, which can cause the microvessels in your skin to immediately constrict, and this will rob healing dermal cells of the vital oxygenated blood needed for clean nutrient absorption, fast tissue recovery, and optimal collagen formation. This is the reason why the best results are always achieved if nicotine is completely avoided.
Average Healing Period and the Resumption of Safe Skincare
Knowing the natural rhythm of skin regeneration through the layers allows you to safely pick up your regular beauty treatments and cosmetics after the micro-wounding done by the needle to your skin has been sealed:
- Day 1 (Straight after a Treatment): Focus merely on being gentle with your skin. Limit your face to being washed with warm water or only very gentle post-treatment non-sudsing cleansers. You can either put only sterile recommended post-treatment moisturizing creams or thermal water sprays.
- Days 2–3 (Sealing of Microchannels): The tiny holes on the skin seal. It is possible to use mild, non-blocking mineral makeup as a skin covering and a sunscreen in case one has to leave home during the day. However, make sure it contains broad-spectrum SPF 50+ and mineral sunscreen.
- Days 4–7 (Return to Normal): Mild redness and pinpoint swelling have entirely vanished, so you can start a very gentle skincare routine, gradually introducing moisturizers and the mildest of serums (while postponing the resumption of skin exfoliation until day 7).
Facial Mesotherapy in Turkey
In terms of the whole concept of mesotherapy treatment, the choice of LIN Europe Clinic is nothing short of a leap into the world of medicine that provides high-level care and aesthetic excellence. LIN Europe Clinic in Istanbul offers a state-of-the-art setting in which your facial aesthetics, highly effective facial rejuvenation methods, and nonsurgical procedures are handled with clinical perfection and deep human connection through empathy. We are quite aware that the successful outcome of mesotherapy treatment needs the right nutrient mix, proper injection depths, and the ability to adapt to the characteristics of the patient’s soft tissue. That is why we strive to create the most sophisticated environment for our patients that is safe as per medical standards, honest, and supportive, so we can put your trust in us that we will deliver evidence-based treatments and nothing else.
At LIN Europe Clinic in Turkey, a decision of the highest level of commitment is taken for the purpose of making sure that our patients are completely safe in terms of both aesthetic results and their overall health. A very good example of such decision-making practice is the fact that the patient’s skin is monitored by a very thorough examination and at the diagnostic level by using the very latest tools available in diagnostic medicine. The patients who choose us receive all-inclusive pre-treatment analyses and post-treatment healing guidance to help them navigate smoothly and without any difficulty through the process of their skin regeneration and lifestyle change.
FAQ:
For the next 24 to 48 hours, you should refrain from these things: touching your face, doing makeup, using harsh soaps, having hot showers, sweating during the gym, and sunbathing directly.
Avoid getting water and gentle cleanser into sensitive areas of your face. You will only use a very light post-procedure cleanser and water after 6 hours until the next 12 hours from time of procedure. Also, be very careful not to damage your skin by wiping or rubbing with a cloth.
After 24 to 48 hours it will be fine to wear your makeup. During the mesotherapy process microchannels for the nutrients get created and if you do not give the skin time to heal completely you increase the chances of infection by bacteria and also the pores will get stuck.
I think 48 hours of rest is required between you doing a workout and getting mesotherapy treatment. This is because when you are working out you are most likely sweating up and that is very likely to aggravate microcuts as well as cause swelling and bruising from your elevated blood pressure.
These kinds of strong, active skincare ingredients may burn or irritate the skin when applied to the microchannels of the skin after the mesotherapy procedure, which are still open. If you want to start using the product again after some time, it is recommended to wait at least 3 to 5 days between the mesotherapy treatment and the first use of such active product.
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