Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

The future of facials

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Lumixa

WHAT IS IT? As close to relaxing as a high-tech treatment gets, this fluorescent facial looks otherworldly. It’s a souped-up version of LED light therapy – LED can only cover a single wavelength, while this off ers the whole spectrum (blue, green, yellow, red) all at once.

HAVE IT IF… you have inflammation, particularly redness. It’s brilliant for rosacea because once the redness goes down, any underlying broken veins can be removed with a targeted laser to create an even skin tone. If you’re sensitive, don’t like painful treatments or have a compromised skin barrier, this is definitely for you. For everyone else, it’s a great additional booster.

HOW IT WORKS: A patented fluorophore gel is applied to skin and activated by blue LED light. The resulting

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