Enzyme peel
Is there perhaps a better name for an enzyme fruit peel? My spa just started using the O2 facial kit from image. And I love it! It is so mild, but most people run scared when you say the word peel, and since this is an enzyme peel with pineapple and papaya in it, it is hardly a peel. I just can not think of an alternative word to use instead of peel, so I don't have to quickly reassure my clients before they start hyperventilating.
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Permalink Reply by mk on
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I always just refer to it as an enzyme "mask", and explain to them that it's just a different way to exfoliate.
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Permalink Reply by coldsalineplexus on
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Agreed.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on
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I like the enzyme mask idea. You could also say enzyme exfoliant or enzyme therapy.
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Also, because they are actually considered peels, I inform my client that the "mask" will create some tingling/itchy/whatever feeling you think it creates. I tell them that this is normal, and once the enzyme is on I confirm with them that it feels active...let them know if it's uncomfortable that I can take it right off. A lot people are very afraid of any discomfort or pain, so giving them some reassurance helps.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie on
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Enzyme exfoliation, light correction enzyme peel, fruit peel, enzyme treatment
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Permalink Reply by Angie McDonald on
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Call it a protein mask, I read where "enzyme" is just another name for protein.
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Not exactly. It is true that all enzymes are proteins, but all proteins are not enzymes, so the words cannot be interchanged in the manner that you suggest. Enzymes are specific proteins that act as catalysts in biological reactions. Keratolytic (keratin - skin/hair/nail protein + lysis - cutting) ezymes, the type mainly used in skincare, which exfoliate, work because they digest the keratin proteins that make up the stratum corneum and physically break apart those proteins. This is a different mechanism than acids which dissolve the desmosomes or "glue" that forms BETWEEN the skin cells, leaving the proteins intact but peeling them away as a result of no longer having desmosomes to ground them. The analogy would be that acid peels dissolve the mortar between the bricks, allowing the bricks themselves (intact keratinocytes) to be carried off, while enzyme peels actually soften and break apart the bricks themselves without affecting the mortar. This is one reason that companies sometimes blend light acids into their enzyme peels, to get a more comprehensive exfoliation. When we use the word "proteins" in skincare, we're usually talking milk, soy, or other large proteins, or peptides which are very very small protein chains, and in these cases, we are usually talking about a "buildig up" rather than a "breaking down" mechanism.
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Permalink Reply by amy marie landron on
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I love this explanation, very informative.
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Permalink Reply by Nina on
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I call peels, peels, but instead of just "enzyme peel" I refer to them as "pineapple & papaya enzyme peel" or "yam and pumpkin enzyme peel" etc etc, because this way clients are going to think fruit, how bad can fruit be on my skin... It can't be bad, that's just it. But I do tell them it might feel a little tingly, I explain to them why, that its a good sign, it's working, I like to allow them to get a feel for it first if they still feel iffy, I offer to apply a little bit on a very small area of their face no charge if they are having a facial, so they can see that it's not so bad at all. And 99% of the time, they go for it afterwards. I also let them know if they want me to take it off, I will take it right off.
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I love the O2 peel we used it in my school
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