I’ve often been asked what and if there are benefits with a topical oxygen facial. Can it really give the hyped "glow"? So, armed with some research and images of Michael Jackson's oxygen tank aside, I have this to report:
In medical use, hyperbaric oxygen therapy - HBOT, 100% gas oxygen under high pressure - is used to treat severely infected wounds, burns, carbon monoxide, or decompression sickness.
Oxygen Facials deliver a mixture of hyperbaric oxygen with a serum or moisturizer through an airbrush to ‘pump’ oxygen and moisturizer onto the skin.
Oxygen is a gas, and therefore cannot be mixed with product ingredients. We do not have proof that oxygen can exist in a bottled product or be put into a cream, keep it there, and then have it released when it hits your skin. And if creams did provide some extra oxygen to the skin, the effects would last only minutes at best.
As trendy as the oxygen facial may be, there is no hard evidence of its effectiveness, and academic experts are skeptical. Many doctors say that the oxygen facial's effectiveness has not yet been proven because of a lack of clinical study. Any plumping or swelling effect that you see might be mild inflammation caused by the blasts of compressed air. Or if done with a combination of moisturizing ingredients, the plumping could be a result of water binding ingredients.
Your skin needs a certain amount of oxygen to remain healthy. Having more oxygen than what is needed does not make your skin younger or healthier.
My friend and associate Laura Root - author, small aircraft pilot, L.E, CIDESCO - states:
"The so-called "Oxygen" facials sound as though they would be fantastic for the skin, until you begin a closer examination of what, exactly, transpires in the process. Whereas a hyperbaric chamber completely surrounds the body in a small, enclosed environment with 100% pressurized oxygen,so that there can be an effect on wound healing. In an open environment such as a skin care clinic, even 100% oxygen from a medical tank sprayed onto the skin will disburse into the ambient air, so that there truly cannot be any benefit to the skin. Any transient "glow" would be a result of a stimulating exfoliation or massage, which actually does bring more nutrients to the skin – from the inside via enhanced blood flow!"
That being said, I simply could not find the 'leap' from serious wound care to topical skin care. I believe human skin cannot usefully absorb oxygen sprayed on the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin, as it will not penetrate. If this was the case, you’d find me sitting under the oxygen nozzle on Southwest airlines right now!
Please visit www.scoshskincare.com for more information about Scosh Makeup, Skincare, Makeup Lessons, Facial Treatments and Specials.
In medical use, hyperbaric oxygen therapy - HBOT, 100% gas oxygen under high pressure - is used to treat severely infected wounds, burns, carbon monoxide, or decompression sickness.
Oxygen Facials deliver a mixture of hyperbaric oxygen with a serum or moisturizer through an airbrush to ‘pump’ oxygen and moisturizer onto the skin.
Oxygen is a gas, and therefore cannot be mixed with product ingredients. We do not have proof that oxygen can exist in a bottled product or be put into a cream, keep it there, and then have it released when it hits your skin. And if creams did provide some extra oxygen to the skin, the effects would last only minutes at best.
As trendy as the oxygen facial may be, there is no hard evidence of its effectiveness, and academic experts are skeptical. Many doctors say that the oxygen facial's effectiveness has not yet been proven because of a lack of clinical study. Any plumping or swelling effect that you see might be mild inflammation caused by the blasts of compressed air. Or if done with a combination of moisturizing ingredients, the plumping could be a result of water binding ingredients.
Your skin needs a certain amount of oxygen to remain healthy. Having more oxygen than what is needed does not make your skin younger or healthier.
My friend and associate Laura Root - author, small aircraft pilot, L.E, CIDESCO - states:
"The so-called "Oxygen" facials sound as though they would be fantastic for the skin, until you begin a closer examination of what, exactly, transpires in the process. Whereas a hyperbaric chamber completely surrounds the body in a small, enclosed environment with 100% pressurized oxygen,so that there can be an effect on wound healing. In an open environment such as a skin care clinic, even 100% oxygen from a medical tank sprayed onto the skin will disburse into the ambient air, so that there truly cannot be any benefit to the skin. Any transient "glow" would be a result of a stimulating exfoliation or massage, which actually does bring more nutrients to the skin – from the inside via enhanced blood flow!"
That being said, I simply could not find the 'leap' from serious wound care to topical skin care. I believe human skin cannot usefully absorb oxygen sprayed on the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin, as it will not penetrate. If this was the case, you’d find me sitting under the oxygen nozzle on Southwest airlines right now!
Please visit www.scoshskincare.com for more information about Scosh Makeup, Skincare, Makeup Lessons, Facial Treatments and Specials.
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