Daily skin care is essential for maintaining healthy, nourished, and hydrated skin, but can’t provide the powerful rejuvenating effects of facials. Facials continue to be the gold standard in the cosmetics industry. They are a compressed version of years of proper home skin care.
Oxygen Infusion and HydraFacial are among the most popular facial treatments on the market.
This article explains how they work and what benefits they provide, helping you determine which treatment is best for your skin.
Oxygen Facial Overview
Oxygen Infusion Facial is a cosmetic treatment that has received a lot of attention since Madonna became its advocate. The treatment involves the use of a compression machine, which pushes oxygen and rejuvenating serums into the skin via high-pressure air. It is painless and safe for all skin types.
This is what the procedure looks like:
- The cosmetic provider prepares the patient’s skin using exfoliating agents to remove the top layer of the skin, including dead cells, dirt, and sebum.
- The provider applies a hyaluronic acid serum on freshly cleansed skin.
- Using a wand-like device, the provider delivers a high-pressure air stream containing up to 95% oxygen. This pushes HA, peptides, and antioxidant serums deep into the skin.
The treatment lasts about one hour.
HydraFacial Overview
The HydraFacial is a facial treatment that involves the use of patented technology to exfoliate, cleanse, moisturize, and smooth the skin. It’s recommended to have a trained medical provider perform the procedure. The treatment may cause slight discomfort, but it’s safe for all skin types.
The treatment consists of three parts:
- The medical provider uses a pen-like vacuum device infused with exfoliating agents to cleanse and peel the patient’s skin.
- The provider uses the device to extract all impurities from the pores (sebum, blackheads, dirt). At the same time, moisturizing serums are infused into the skin.
- The final step involves infusing the skin with potent serums containing antioxidants, moisturizing agents, and peptides.
The treatment usually takes about one hour.
Note: Follow the link to read more about what is HydraFacial and what can you expect from the treatment.
Oxygen Facial Vs. HydraFacial: What Is the Difference?
Oxygen and HydraFacial treatments provide similar results, but the procedures and the patients’ experiences differ.
The Procedure
The Oxygen Infusion Facial machine sprays high-pressure oxygenated air on the patient’s skin. The air is vitamin-infused and delivers potent nourishing, protective, and rejuvenating agents into the skin. The patient feels pressure from the air but the sensation isn’t painful.
The HydraFacial machine uses a vacuum-like pen to suction all impurities from the skin and deliver moisturizing, anti-aging serums. The patient may feel discomfort from the exfoliating acids during the first and second part of the procedure.
The Benefits
Oxygen Facial provides the following benefits:
- Improved circulation
- Youthful glow
- Plumper, fuller skin
- Smaller pores
- Reduced acne
- Reduced appearance of fine lines
- Improved skin texture and tone
HydraFacial provides these benefits:
- Deep hydration
- Youthful glow
- Tightened skin
- Reduced acne
- Smaller pores
- Reduced oiliness
- Reduced appearance of fine lines
- Improved skin texture and tone
Exfoliation
Oxygen Facial gently exfoliates the skin using a high-pressure oxygen stream.
HydraFacial does the same using a mix of salicylic and glycolic acid. It provides deeper skin exfoliation and resurfacing than Oxygen Facial.
Results
Both facials restore the skin’s brightness, glow, and firmness. They may also reduce the appearance of fine lines, decrease pores, and reduce acne.
The effects of Oxygen Infusion and HydraFacial treatments are temporary. Cosmetic providers give different recommendations regarding the optimal frequency of the treatments depending on the patient’s skin type and skin concerns. The general advice is to get a facial once a month for best results.
Cost
Our Vibrant Skin Bar experts have extensive experience providing both treatments to patients.
Oxygen Infusion at Vibrant Skin Bar costs $165 per treatment.
HydraFacial at Vibrant Skin Bar costs $250 per treatment.
Note: See Vibrant Skin Bar’s special offer – the Trifecta Facial! Dermaplaning, microcurrent, Oxygen Infusion and HydraFacial, all in one for $399 per treatment.
Conclusion
Both Oxygen Infusion and HydraFacial are non-invasive cosmetic treatments that give deeply hydrated, smooth, and glowing skin. They are popular because they provide instant results without pain and downtime.
If you want to refresh your look before an important event or treat yourself for no particular reason, book a treatment and let our skin specialists at the Vibrant Skin Bar help you today.
To learn about a similar noninvasive facial that improves skin tone and texture read our article microcurrent facial treatment.
