Dermatitis and infection instead of wrinkle-free skin: the dangers of facial tapes and patches

The method is based on the special properties of the tape, which improve blood circulation, tissue mobility, and lymph flow. With regular use of tapes, the effect of skin rejuvenation is observed, reducing the depth of facial and age wrinkles, puffiness and “bags” under the eyes. A course of procedures provides a lifting effect, improves skin color, gets rid of the appearance of cellulite and sagging skin, restores beauty and youth, and of course, gains self-confidence. However, it is quite difficult to achieve a high result without understanding the aesthetic changes in the skin and knowledge of the anatomical and physiological age-related processes in the human body. To eliminate the risk of negative consequences and achieve really good results, you need to undergo training in aesthetic taping, take part in a master class, and acquire all the necessary skills and knowledge.

What is taping

It is a safe and inexpensive cosmetic procedure that does not require injections or surgery. Indications for taping are the appearance of wrinkles, decreased elasticity and firmness of the skin, stagnant processes in the face and neck and other parts of the body. The method is based on the use of kinesio tapes - special elastic adhesive patches. The patches are placed in problem areas, such as glabellar wrinkles and nasolabial folds, and fix the skin and muscles in a certain position, providing a relaxing effect. In the process of restoring muscle tone, lymph flow and blood flow improve, metabolic processes accelerate, and a healing and rejuvenating effect is achieved.

Causes of jowls

Jowls are soft tissues of the cheeks and chin that hang down. Such a defect can also be congenital. But most often it is associated with lifestyle and age-related changes: For example:

1. Dramatic weight loss. The process is immediately reflected on the face. The fat layer becomes thinner, and soft tissues lose their “fullness”.
2. Excess weight. Under the influence of gravity, the mandibular fat packet simply slides down, stretching the skin.
3. Removal of wisdom teeth.
4. Swelling from poor nutrition, poor drinking habits, alcohol consumption, and hormonal imbalance.
5. Osteochondrosis, posture problems.

Along with jowls, other unpleasant defects appear - a deep nasolabial fold, a sagging double chin. After 40–50 years, this is a common occurrence. The skin loses its elasticity, the neck becomes flabby, the muscles weaken, and the tissues sag.

It is not necessary to resort to plastic surgery or aggressive hardware cosmetology to cope with age-related or physiological changes in the face. Natural methods of skin rejuvenation and tightening work just as well, but they are much safer and cheaper. One of the effective ways to restore clear facial contours is to remove jowls using tapes.

Main types of taping

Initially, taping was used in sports medicine to speed up rehabilitation after injuries. Gradually, the technique penetrated into cosmetology. Today, aesthetic taping of the face and body is one of the most effective and safe methods providing lifting, facial rejuvenation and figure correction. Depending on the purpose of the procedure, certain types of patches and their application patterns are used:

• lifting, restoration of muscle tone, wrinkle correction are the most popular techniques. Provide for the use of I, Y - shaped tapes;
• correction of facial contours, lifting, lymphatic drainage - tapes are applied in the form of “rays”, “fans”, lymphatic drainage “noodles”;
• lifting effect and lymphatic drainage – taping according to the “flashlight” scheme.

Aesthetic facial taping requires strict adherence to a number of general recommendations:

• Correction should be carried out only on prepared skin;
• Rejuvenation procedures include the additional use of special tape removers, restorative, moisturizing creams;
• Correct application of adhesive tapes must take into account the anatomy of the facial muscles and the location of the lymph nodes.

History of the technique

The kinesio taping technique was first discovered in 1973 thanks to the Japanese reflexologist Kenzo Kaze. True, back then taping was exclusively one of the ways to rehabilitate athletes.

The method gained great popularity in sports after the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and later began to be used for other purposes, acquiring new methods and types.

Now the procedure is widely used by cosmetologists and medical specialists for figure correction and as a means of combating excess weight. What is taping?

Benefits of aesthetic facial taping

The main advantages of this technique are the environmental friendliness, physiology and effectiveness of the procedure. The course of procedures provides the following effects:

• Facelift, facelift;
• Reducing the depth of wrinkles;
• Correction of facial oval;
• Improving skin tone;
• Reducing deformation and stretching of the skin;
• Double chin correction.

Taping in aesthetic medicine also provides the following effects:

• The processes of blood circulation and lymph flow improve, metabolic processes in the skin and muscle tissues of the face and neck are normalized;
• Regeneration and rejuvenating processes are accelerated;
• Tissue swelling is eliminated, including in the area around the eyes.

Colorful trend or alternative to Botox

Many of us have seen colored ribbons on the bodies of athletes. Patches are being distributed on social networks with which you can make so-called fox eyes and tighten the upper eyelid. Invisible tapes are used to instantly improve your face shape and makeup for photography. But more and more often you can find colorful, patterned ones, with different shapes, hearts and leopard print. Why did adults love these colorful stickers?

Dynamic taping is used as a form of complementary work in aesthetic and physical therapy. Colored bands also support at-home anti-aging treatments, but they work best when combined with deep massage.

This method is suitable for all skin types, except very thin, flabby and sensitive. It is best to use tapes in cases of swelling and lymphatic congestion to improve drainage and removal of toxins and, as a result, improve skin tone.

The most popular effect of kinesio taping is the smoothing of wrinkles. After removing the tape, the skin is noticeably smoothed and tightened, folds and wrinkles are reduced. This is explained by changes at the cellular level. As a result, the skin is better supplied with blood, nourished and begins to produce new collagen fibers. Regular use of facial manual therapy in combination with taping improves oval and symmetry and relieves accumulated tension.

Tapes are also successfully used to tighten breasts and skin in the décolleté area. This therapy has no age restrictions, but the younger and richer the skin is, the faster it recovers after the procedure. Cause? After the tapes are removed, the epidermis is slightly damaged, so it takes several days to recover.

Schemes and rules of aesthetic taping

The choice of aesthetic facial taping scheme is made depending on the location of the problem area:

• Taping of the glabellar wrinkle. It is carried out with tapes 2.5 cm wide. The length of the patch is equal to the height from the area between the eyebrows to the beginning of hair growth. The skin at the site of fold formation is stretched to the sides, the tape is fixed from bottom to top without tension;
• Forehead taping for transverse wrinkles. 4 patches 2.5 cm wide or 2 patches 5 cm wide and 4 cm long are used. The tape is applied vertically in relation to the fold on the forehead. One end of the tape is fixed at a distance of 1.5 cm from the eyebrow. Then the skin of the forehead is pulled upward and the remaining part of the tape is glued. After relaxing the forehead, the patch should form an accordion;
• Jowl taping. You will need a tape 5 cm wide. The tape is cut into 2 parts. The patient's head is tilted to the side and slightly raised upward. The base of the tape is fixed at the end of the chin and then the tape is extended to the end of the jaw. You can also apply tapes in the direction from the chin. The skin should not stretch too much.

Basic taping techniques

Each problem requires the selection of the optimal technique and taping scheme. To achieve a rejuvenation effect, tapes are applied to problem areas. Correction of nasolabial folds involves the application of tapes in the middle and lower third of the face.

The technique of applying kinesio patches requires careful study. You can gain the necessary knowledge on how to apply tapes at taping courses and reinforce them when performing practical tasks remotely, at master classes. Otherwise, there is a risk that the effectiveness of the procedure will be minimal. You can learn more about the basic taping techniques by taking part in an aesthetic taping seminar.

Contraindications

Like any procedure, aesthetic taping may have its contraindications. These include:

• Any disease in which there is a rise in body temperature.
• Acute diseases.
• Pregnant women should not have taping in the abdominal area.
• Allergy on the skin surface.
• Thrombosis, damage.
• Oncological diseases.
• Diabetes.
• Diseases of the liver and kidneys, which are accompanied by swelling.

How does the method affect health?

Aesthetic taping in Moscow is one of the most popular non-injection methods of rejuvenation, which significantly improves blood circulation and lymph flow, normalizes metabolic processes, and improves regeneration. If performed correctly, it is even possible to carry out procedures at home. To achieve the desired effect, the course of procedures can vary from 4 to 40 sessions. To consolidate the achieved result, maintenance procedures are carried out periodically.

The method is based on the use of a patch with a special adhesive coating. The special design and configuration of tapes allows them to be used for a wide range of tasks. Thanks to gluing, uncontrolled movements and muscle contractions are blocked. A person cannot involuntarily squint or squint. Fixing the skin activates microcirculation of lymph and blood flow, enhances the saturation of tissues with oxygen and nutrients, and helps minimize expression wrinkles.

The tapes are hypoallergenic, the skin breathes through the fabric base, moisture evaporates freely, which eliminates the risk of the “greenhouse effect” or allergic reactions. The positive effect of taping is noticeable after the first procedure. Regular kinesiotaping sessions can effectively solve the existing problem. However, despite many advantages, this method also has some limitations.

Who is the procedure suitable for?

The cosmetic procedure of kinesio taping does not violate the integrity of the skin, has no complications and is not accompanied by pain. Corrective patches can be applied before bedtime and removed in the morning. Removal of the tapes should be carried out with great care in the direction of lymph outflow.

Important Tips and Recommendations

The main task of aesthetic kinesio taping is to correctly apply adhesive tapes to the problem area. When performing the procedure, the upper layer of skin should be stretched and muscle tissue and facial tissues should be fixed. The list of general recommendations for aesthetic correction includes:

• It is important to study aesthetic concerns and highlight patch areas;
• It is important that folds do not form on the skin;
• It is not recommended to apply the patch to thin skin of the eyelid;
• Several areas can be taped at the same time;
• The intervals between procedures should be 1-2 days.

How to glue and remove tapes at home

It is customary to proceed according to the following algorithm:

• It is necessary to carry out preliminary preparation of the skin - clean it with lotion.
• Before taping your face, apply a light cream or serum to your skin, allow the product to absorb and after 10 minutes you can start taping.
• You should not apply a greasy cosmetic product, because it will disrupt the adhesion of the adhesive layer of the material to the surface;
• Before performing the application, you can perform light massage movements to enhance the effect;
• After completing the application, you need to warm up your palms and apply them to the tapes to activate the acrylic glue;
• Depending on the need, the exposure time may vary, but not less than 90 minutes. Typically, the procedure is performed before bedtime and the tapes are left overnight.

Special sprays are used to remove tapes, but you can do without them. In this case, follow the following rules:

• Kinesio tapes are soaked in cosmetic or any vegetable oil and wait a few minutes for them to soften;
• Tapes should be removed very carefully, starting from one end of the application, separating the skin from the tape with your finger;
• After removing the patches, apply cream to the skin.

Reviews

Kira, 47 years old: “I’m not ashamed of my age, but my hair adds a lot of years, it’s a shame. When I lost weight, my cheeks simply fell, pulling huge nasolabial folds with them. I am against injections and surgeries, so taping interested me. I bought the first set on the Internet, it was designed for 7 days. It didn’t help with ptosis, but I realized my mistake - I need to buy the tape in a roll. The pieces of tape in the set are very small. They are convenient for gluing on the eyebrow area, temples, and crow's feet, but on my bulldog cheeks they are useless. I found Olga Yenko’s video on YouTube, bought a punch with perforation, and immediately took the risk of making an applique for the night. I had some redness that went away after a couple of hours, but the tightening effect lasted the whole day. The technique works even at my age, you just have to do it regularly. I was inspired by the result and bought a rejuvenation course from Olga. I started studying, trying different applications, and added exercises. Within three months I began to look 5 years younger. The corners of the lips are the most difficult to lift, but I continue to work on the problem.”

Lilya, 32 years old: “I don’t have wrinkles or excess weight, but my face has always been round and my cheeks are full. After 30 years, all this began to swell and sag. I learned about taping from a friend who lives in Italy and has been interested in it for several years. She sent me a roll of tape as a gift and recommended diagrams. After the first procedure, I finally saw my jaw angle. But my friend is not an expert, so she didn’t explain many of the nuances, for example, how to apply tapes correctly. At first I delved into it on my own, and then decided to buy the course, because there is too much information on the Internet, but it is contradictory. Thanks to Olga Enko for detailed, competent explanations for beginners. Her teaching style inspired me. She talks calmly, unhurriedly. In the master classes I found a lot of tips to solve my problem. My cheeks lost weight in 3 weeks, my jowls disappeared. Now I do taping 1-2 times a week and get rid of forehead expression.”

Elena, 40 years old: “I have a baby. Late childbirth had a negative impact on appearance. I can’t inject Botox while I’m breastfeeding; the creams don’t give the desired effect. I didn’t have time to delve into the essence of taping, so I immediately bought a training course, tapes and started experimenting. I've been using it for a month, so far I'm happy. At least in the morning, after a sleepless night, I look good, my face is not swollen, there are no folds or creases. Previously, this was a constant problem, because... in one pose. I saw the effect of taping after the first use, I will continue. I don’t have enough time to learn massage and facial gymnastics using Olga Enko’s method, but so far I’m satisfied with the result of taping without them.”

Aisha, 30 years old: “I bought the tapes out of curiosity. I read a lot about them, watched videos, and decided to try them. I chose the ribbons at random. I focused on the price, so that it wasn’t too expensive, but not the cheapest. I started gluing it according to the instructions that were in the package, not yet understanding how it worked. There were no allergies or irritation. But I managed to create a crease on my left cheekbone on the first night. All other strips worked correctly, and the horizontal folds on my forehead completely disappeared. I stopped my amateur activities and signed up for the online course “Sleep and look younger.” Now I’m only working on the forehead area and the oval of the face.”