Skin Care: SRS/RMD System for Anti-Aging

• Skin Care Midterm Review

SRS or RMD (Structural Remodelling System)

• An anti-aging and facial rejuvenation treatment.
• A non-invasive alternative to surgical procedures.
• Designed to slow the natural aging process.
• Age-related changes affecting the face occur on 3 key levels: integument and skin integumentary adipose tissue, muscle and bone tissue.

Why Skin Remodelling Is Needed

• Aging affects the skin, muscles, and bones, leading to wrinkles, sagging, and loss of elasticity.
• The machine counteracts these effects by stimulating collagen production, muscle memory for toning, and improved circulation.

5 Integrated Technologies Used in the RMD System

• Ultrasound: Increases blood flow, fibroblast activity, tightens skin, smooths fine lines and promotes product penetration.
• High Voltage Pulsed Current (HVPC): Stimulates muscle tone, accelerates healing and lifts eyebrows & lids, cheeks, chin, neck, and plumps lips.
• High Voltage Short Pulsed Current (HVPC) (ELECTROPORATION): Creates transient pores in the lipid layer, enhancing product penetration and facilitates active ingredients absorption and tissue repair.
• Galvanic Current (IONTOPHORESIS): Enhances product penetration, stimulates muscle, improves product delivery and muscle tone.
• Pulsed Micro-currents: Restore cellular balance and improve skin texture.

Contraindications

• Medical conditions like pacemakers, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and blood disorders.
• Sever skin conditions, fragile skin and active inflammation.
• Recent dental treatments (within 3 months).
• Pregnancy and metal implants.

Benefits

• Anti-aging, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, lifting and firming.
• Enhances product penetration and deep absorption of active ingredients.
• Improves skin texture/elasticity via tightening, smoothing, hydration, and rejuvenation.
• Muscle toning and contouring - muscle firming
• Promotes cellular regeneration and repair - collagen and elastin production and cellular homeostasis.
• Safe, efficient, non-invasive, and customizable treatment.

How They Affect the Skin

• Epidermis (outer layer): Exfoliation and renewal using ultrasound helps remove dead skin cells, promoting faster cell turnover for brighter complexion.
• Electroporation and iontophoresis increase absorption by temporarily opening channels in the epidermis, allowing active ingredients (like serums) to penetrate deeper
• Dermis (middle layer): Ultrasound and pulsed micro-currents stimulate fibroblast activity, this leads to new collagen and elastin fibers promoting firmness and elasticity
• HVPC enhances muscle tone under the skin, contributing to a more lifted appearance. Increased Circulation:
• Ultrasound increases blood flow, supplying more oxygen and nutrients to skin cells. Micro-currents enhance lymphatic drainage, reducing puffiness, and promoting detoxification.

Galvanic

• Galvanic unit produces a smooth flowing uninterrupted direct electric current (DC).
• A non-invasive, gentle skincare treatment that uses mild electric current to help skin absorb water based products better, stimulate and improve skin, lymphatic circulation and muscle function by firming.

How it Works

• Iontophoresis uses electricity polarity (+/-) to push active ingredients deeper into the skin for better absorption.
• Electro-osmosis helps improve hydration and nutrient delivery.
• Galvanism stimulates small facial muscles, improving firmness and tone.

Affects the Skin in 2 Ways

• Function 1 – DESINCRUSTATION (Cirrus 500) Using the Negative Pole (Cathode): Non-absorbing ALKALINE solution (water and baking soda) is applied.
• Deep pore cleansing liquefies sebum deposits in pores.
• Creates a chemical reaction (sodium hydroxide) that softens the impaction in the follicle.
• NEVER USED on dry & sensitive skin or areas poor in sebaceous glands
• (-) charge activated by esthetician, attracted to (+) pole by client
• The negative current has 2 key effects:
  • Saponification causes a chemical soap-like reaction
  • Proteolysis breaks down the protein in the skin, aids exfoliation.
• Benefits: Deep cleansing effectively removes impurities, dirt, and excess oil and enhances product penetration maximizing skincare effectiveness. Also aids detoxification

Function 2 – IONIZATION (Hydradermie DI and Cirrus 500)

• A process used in esthetics to aid in the deep penetration of treatment serums and gels into the skin.
• Creates a chemical reaction that pushes ion products into the skin.
• (+) charge activated by esthetician, attracted to (-) pole held by client.
• Excellent for ALL skin, especially dry, dehydrated mature skin. Nourishes deeper epidermal layers, improves skin texture/appearance.
• Benefits include deep product penetration, improved circulation, detoxification, skin firming, and hydration & nourishment.
• Useful for dry, dull, or aging skin and individuals with congested or oily skin.

Contraindications

• Heart problems.
• Skin rash.
• Active grade 3 acne and pregnancy.
• High blood pressure and diabetes.
• Numerous metal filling (5+, or have braces)

Indirect HF

• Effective treatment that stimulates blood circulation and the activity of sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.
• Suitable for those with dry skin or dehydration, aging including fine lines and wrinkles.
• Utilizes an ALTERNATING or OSCILLATING current, creating high-frequency vibrations over the skin's surface that causes a heating, stimulating effect.
• Actions on the skin include increasing activity of sebaceous and sudoriferous glands, improving blood/lymphatic circulation, nourishing the eliminating waste products.
• Contraindications: Skin inflammation/disorder/disease, excessive dental metalwork, hypersensitive skin, oedema, nervous client, and facial/body piercing.

Consultation

• Important to ensure safe, effective treatments by assessing health history, lifestyle, and skin conditions.
• Requires health history that identifies conditions, allergies, and contraindications.
• Requires lifestyle factors that evaluates diet, hydration, stress, and substance use.
• Evaluates Skin & sensitivities to determine reactions to heat, cold, and sun.
• Requires treatment history & goals to avoid adverse reactions and aligns procedures to client objectives.
• Safety & compliance demands updated records for legal/ethical accountability and ensures informed consent.

Skin Diagnosis - Classifications

• Fitzpatrick typing evaluates genetic disposition, reaction to sun exposure, and tanning habits to determine susceptibility to sunburn and skin cancer
• Glogau Scale classifies the severity of wrinkles and aging signs into four types: no wrinkles, wrinkles in motion, wrinkles at rest, and predominant wrinkles.
• Rubin Classification examines histologic depth of skin damage using tools like Wood's lamp, skin scanners or dermlites. Levels of photo-damage rate damage from limited to the epidermis, to both the epidermis and papillary dermis, to extending to the reticular dermis.
• Kligman Rosacea & Acne Classification categorizes rosacea and acne severity from erythema in nasolabial folds to inflammation with nodules.
• Focus to classify the skin by genetic factor factors with Fitzpatrick, wrinkle severity and aging with Glogau, depth of damage and photodamage with Rubin, and severity of rosacea and acne with Kligman.

Nervous System

• Neurology is the study of the nervous system and its disorders, controls all body functions and ensures all systems work harmoniously.
• Divisions of the nervous system include:
  • Cerebrospinal (Central Nervous System – CNS) includes the brain and spinal cord and controls consciousness, mental activity, voluntary movements, and senses.
  • Peripheral Nervous System(PNS) includes sensory and motor nerves extending throughout the body that carries messages between CNS and body parts.
  • Autonomic Nervous System (PNS) regulates involuntary functions like heartbeat and digestion and includes the sympathetic division during stress/emergencies and the parasympathetic division during rest/relaxation.
• Nerves are neurons that transmit messages from sensory organs to the brain and muscles.
• Neurons are basic units of the nervous system for transmitting impulses. Sensory (afferent) nerves carry messages from sense organs to the brain and temperatures. Motor (efferent) nerves transmit messages from the brain to muscles for movement
• Reflex action: A automatic responses.

Brain & Spinal Cord

• The brain is the largest nerve mass; responsible for sending and receiving messages.
• Spinal cord connects the brain to the body, protected by the spine.
• There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves that extend from the spinal cord to body muscles and skin.
• Nerve fatigue is caused by overwork, leading to irritability, dull complexion, and exhaustion.
• Chemicals, massage, electrical current, and heat can stimulate nerves
• 12 pairs of cranial nerves emerge from the brain and affect the head, face, and neck.
• Important cranial nerves for facial services include the trigeminal, facial, and accessory nerves.
• Important nerve branches include trigeminal, facial, and spinal nerve branches.

Skin

• Largest and most complex organ, part of integumentary system.
• Healthy skin is elastic, pliable, and soft.
• Has a composition of 70% water, 27% protides, 2% lipids, and 1% glucides.
• Thickest on palms and soles, thinnest on eyelids.
• Functions include:
  • Protection of inner organs Provides barrier & Prevents invasion of irritants and bacteria
  • Waterproofing and UV protection
  • Eliminates and detoxifies toxins and Regulates body temperature
• Epidermis is waterproof barrier against infection.
• Dermis contains appendages such as hair follicles and sweat glands.
• Hypodermis is also known as the subcutaneous layer of basement membrane.
• Thin, soft outer most layer of the skin.
• Contains stratified epithelial layers.
• Largely responsible for the health of the skin.
• The layers of epidermis include stratum corneum, lucid, granulosum, spinosum, and germinativum (basal layer).
• Includes keratinocytes (90-95% of epidermal cells), melanocytes, Langerhan cells, and Merkel cells.
• The keratinocyte life cycle begins at stratum germinativum (basal layer).
• Highly mitotic layer
• Keratinocyte stem cells differentiate and move
• Progresses through stratum spinosum, enters stratum granulosum (keratinization process starts).
• It then reaches stratum corneum where cells undergo desquamation.
• Desmosomes adhesive proteins hold cells together, provides epidermal strength & resistance, and reduction with age can head to fragile skin.

Explore the SRS/RMD system, a non-invasive anti-aging treatment. It addresses age-related changes in skin, muscles, and bones using ultrasound and HVPC. Learn how it stimulates collagen, tones muscles, and improves circulation for facial rejuvenation.