Brilio.net - Pursuing beauty standards seems to be quite a difficult task for women. Even though it is considered difficult, everything is done so that they achieve complete beauty according to the standards set by their environment.
Women certainly have various reasons why they pursue beauty standards:
1. Aesthetics and Appearance
- Beauty or beauty is often considered as something that is aesthetically pleasing. A beautiful face, tall body, neat hair, and stylish dressing all contribute to the definition of beauty.
- Golden Ratio: Some people measure beauty based on the ideal ratio between facial parts, known as the Golden Ratio. This ratio has been used since ancient Greek times and takes into account facial proportions that are pleasing to the eye.
- Florence Colgate, not a well-known celebrity, was named the owner of the most proportional face in Great Britain in 2012.
2. Individual Tastes and Perspectives
- Subjective View: Beauty also depends on each individual's taste and perspective. Some people consider beauty only in terms of physicality, while others judge beauty based on intelligence, personality and attitude.
3. Health and Happiness
- Health: Women today increasingly value beauty that focuses not only on physical appearance, but also on health, happiness and self-confidence.
- Capitalism: The beauty industry exploits beauty standards to market products that help women achieve trend-appropriate looks.
Seeing all this, it is not surprising that many women and even men are joining in on various beauty trends. Not only do they rely on skincare, they also need medical assistance by coming directly to a beauty clinic.
Apart from that, there is also quite a bit of awareness about taking care from within, such as exercising, consuming enough water, and consuming nutritious food that contains the vitamins that the skin needs. Examples include vitamin A which can repair damaged skin tissue, vitamin B which moisturizes the skin, or vitamin C which can be a good antioxidant for the skin.
Nowadays, to support the appearance of the skin , skincare is quite reliable. These external skin care products can solve skin problems. Currently, skincare is also increasingly diverse. In essence, every skin problem has a solution.
However, using skincare does not provide instant results. For this reason, many people compensate with makeup. For example, using foundation as a base for makeup to even out skin tone, using concealer to cover black spots and acne scars , or using makeup just to beautify your face. Examples include blush on which is used to make cheeks more rosy, or eyeshadow.
Technological developments influence the world of beauty
In the past, beauty treatments were only limited to brightening the face using doctor's creams and facial mask treatments, now facial treatments have changed a lot. Currently, there are many new innovations related to beauty treatments that make the face look as if it is wearing makeup, even though there is no makeup at all.
One of the treatments that is currently popular is BB glow or powder embroidery - the treatment gets a facial effect like using foundation with semi-permanent properties on the face.
This trend originates from Korea and gives the effect of a brighter face, covers blemishes on the face, and is like using powder. The process is to insert BB or beauty balm with nano needles into the top layer of the skin.
This treatment is considered fast in brightening the face. However, Dr. Richard Lee, MARS, ph.D said that this treatment did not receive an FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) certificate in the United States, which serves to show that a product or company has met quality, safety and effectiveness standards in its implementation.
Experts and dermatologists do not recommend this treatment because it is considered unsafe and has more risks than positive impacts.
It doesn't stop with BB glow treatments or powder embroidery, now a new trend of BB blush or blush on embroidery has emerged.
Understanding Blush Embroidery
Blush embroidery has the same application method as BB glow. However, the goal is no longer to produce brighter skin and make it look like you're wearing foundation, but to make your cheeks pinker and more colorful like you're wearing blush on.
The result is that your face becomes more rosy and makes you look fresher even if you don't wear blush makeup. The color can also be adjusted according to the user's wishes, just like using blush on. Generally, this treatment is quite cheap, around IDR 350 thousand at beauty clinics, and lasts 4-6 weeks.
Benefits of Blush Embroidery
1. Make your face look fresher, such as using blush on your face
2. The color of the cheeks does not disappear easily because it is embedded into the skin, unlike ordinary blush on
The negative impact of blush on embroidery
Like BB glow, embroidery blusher is not recommended by dermatologists and is considered unsafe for the skin. Blush embroidery makes the face uneven and has a high risk of clogging facial pores. In addition, if your skin is sensitive, irritation and allergies can easily occur. The serious effects can even cause skin cancer. Instead of beautifying it, blush on embroidery actually increases the possibility of new problems on facial skin.
Just like treatment in general can fail or succeed, so does this treatment. The potential for failure of this treatment is high if the process is carried out haphazardly, such as needles that are not sterile, or the contents of the beauty balm are not sterile, not to mention if the skin is not suitable and causes an allergic reaction. If there are signs of allergies and it causes black spots on the face, then this blusher embroidery is far from successful.
According to experts, changing skin color by adding liquids such as blush on embroidery and the like, such as embroidery powder or BB glow, is not recommended. The reason is, skin health must be prioritized. Dr. Ashraf Badawi, MD, PhD, a dermatologist from Egypt, once researched powder embroidery or BB glow, and the results of this research were that people who underwent powder embroidery treatment with laser apparently had a higher risk of skin burning and patients who used powder embroidery had a higher risk of experiencing atopic dermatitis. and contact dermatitis. Apart from that, side effects that can occur are the appearance of PIH and black spots on the face. Wow, that's really scary.
Healthy skin is skin that is cared for naturally, not done instantly. Just like if you only use makeup, you need a double cleanser to clean it, so what about this blush on embroidery which of course cannot be removed using a cleanser.
Even though you need to clean your face, one of the ways is so that the makeup you apply doesn't clog your pores and irritate your face. Apart from that, the use of skincare will not be optimal if you don't use it with clean skin.
You even need to exfoliate so that dead skin cells are removed from your face, as well as dirt on your face. So it will be a problem if the blush embroidery fluid gets into the pores and blocks the pores, especially if it is done regularly and for a long time.
"Beauty is pain", but loving facial skin by maintaining its health and avoiding things that pose dangerous risks is more important. So, after weighing up the benefits and risks of blush on embroidery, do you still want the treatment or not?
Author: Himmatul Ahsana