Electrical stimulation is one of the most popular and highly effective methods of facial rejuvenation. It allows an intensive and effective muscle workout. This method uses electrical impulses to act on the muscles and the subcutaneous fat layer, and it also influences the blood and lymphatic circulation systems. Facial muscle function improves, skin firmness increases and skin tone improves.
As it acts, the electrical current passes through the tissues and locally changes the concentration of ions on both sides of the cell membranes. This triggers a response in nerve and muscle tissue. The pulsed electrical current that causes muscle contraction also reflexively enhances blood and lymph flow at the same time. This activates the processes taking place in muscle and nerve tissue.
Electrical stimulation is used for the following purposes:
To increase muscle strength;
To reduce muscle wasting (atrophy);
To activate blood circulation in the muscles.
The muscle response to electrical stimulation is influenced by the intensity of stimulation. This can vary depending on the functional condition of the muscles. One of the key features of electrical stimulation is that all types of muscle fibre are activated at the same time.
Electrical muscle stimulation is a medically safe, effective and remarkably powerful method. Electrotherapy can be compared to massage and exercise, but in this case it is not the surface of the skin that is massaged: electrical impulses penetrate deep down, reaching the deeper muscle layers that human fingers could not reach, and contract, exercise and massage them.
Electrical stimulation has been used widely in medicine for a long time. This is why it is especially encouraging that the method is also effective for aesthetic physiotherapy goals. It is a physiotherapy procedure during which the facial muscles gain firmness and tone, and the facial contour is shaped.
Electrical stimulation allows an intensive and effective muscle workout.