Microcurrent therapy: indications and contraindications

To date, microcurrent therapy is gaining more and more admirers. This is a fairly effective method that allows you to quickly and practically painlessly return the skin freshness and youth, improve metabolic processes and blood circulation.

Microcurrent therapy in cosmetology

The human body works thanks to electrochemical processes. This is the basis for this procedure. After all, during the session, the skin is exposed to small electrical discharges that mimic the biocurrents and, consequently, have a positive effect on the work of the tissues. It is worth noting that microcurrent therapy affects not only the skin, but also the blood and lymph vessels, muscles and adipose tissue.

For example, correctly selected electric charges trigger a number of reactions in the body that allow to restore atrophied muscles - thus, the face oval is gradually corrected , metabolic processes are activated, and large skin folds are smoothed out.

Microcurrent face therapy allows you to remove the second chin, improve lymphatic drainage and venous drainage, eliminate stagnant processes, remove swelling and dark circles under the eyes. Electric discharges also activate enhanced synthesis of elastic fibers, in particular collagen. Therefore, the course of treatment with microcurrents allows you to get rid of deep and fine wrinkles, make the skin more elastic and fresh.

A similar procedure can be performed not only on the face skin, but also on other parts of the body, including even the most problematic areas. In addition, microcurrent therapy is used to eliminate age spots and acne symptoms.

The advantages of such treatment include the absence of infestation - there is no direct contact with blood during the procedure, which means that the risk of infection and other complications is reduced to zero. In addition, the treatment is virtually painless and does not require a rehabilitation period.

Microcurrent therapy: indications for use

In spite of the fact that microcurrents are a rather new technique, modern cosmetology salons use it to eliminate a lot of problems:

• Necessity of correction of the face oval.
• Prevention of wrinkles and some skin problems.
• Elimination of deep, shallow and mimic wrinkles.
• Elimination of the "second" chin.
• Cosmetic facelift, chest and buttocks.
• Elimination of acne.
• Treatment of all stages of cellulite.
• Elimination of age spots.
• Treatment of couperose (vascular asterisks).
• Microcurrent therapy is used to care for dry, sensitive, aging and flabby skin.

In addition, this technique is widely used to prepare patients for plastic surgery, and also as a rehabilitation tool after surgical intervention, since electric currents trigger regenerative processes.

There are several types of microcurrent therapy, each of which is designed to affect certain groups of tissues.

Despite the fact that such treatment is considered the least dangerous, the patient still has to undergo a full medical examination, which will enable to determine the presence of contraindications. The course of treatment, the schedule of procedures, as well as the technical characteristics of electrical impulses are determined by the doctor, based on the state of the body.

Microcurrent therapy: contraindications

Even such a safe procedure has a number of contraindications. In particular, such treatment is prohibited if there is an electrostimulator, metal pins and other structures, gold threads. People with an individual intolerance to electrical currents such procedures are also not recommended. Contraindications are also considered and some diseases, including epilepsy, heart rhythm disturbances, strokes and heart attacks. And, of course, microcurrent therapy is prohibited during pregnancy.