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Like the Korean face mask , the charcoal face mask is making its rounds through social media. It’s growing in popularity as the new, go-to solution for all your skin woes. Simply apply the mask to your face, wait for it to harden, then peel it off for 100% smoother, more radiant skin. But the realities of this product are actually closer to 10% healthy skin, 45% skin damage, and 45% pain and suffering. That’s not a good ratio at all!
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That said, there are benefits to using charcoal products in your daily routine but the charcoal face mask probably isn’t the best solution to start. In this article, SiO Beauty’s experts will investigate the fact and fiction that surrounds this newest craze. In the sections to follow, we’ll show you:
The benefits of charcoal
The promises those charcoal face masks make
What’s really going on when you peel off a charcoal face mask (and why it’s so bad)
A more effective and less-painful alternative
That’s right, there is a better, less-painful alternative. You don’t have to suffer through the agonizing “peel-and-cry” process any longer. But before we get to that, let’s learn what we can about what’s really going on with the charcoal face mask that everyone is talking about.
THE BENEFITS OF CHARCOAL
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Even though charcoal face masks might not be the best solution to your skin problems, the main ingredient—charcoal—does have some benefits. First, though, we need to make it clear that the charcoal in question isn’t the stuff you put in your barbecue grill. The charcoal used for skin care is what’s known as activated charcoal. It just means it has been treated to increase its absorbency. And activated charcoal isn’t anything new—it’s been around for years. In fact, it got its start in the emergency room as a treatment for accidental poisonings and overdoses. In this case, the charcoal absorbs the foreign substance before it has a chance to enter the bloodstream.
Activated charcoal can be used in a similar way just by spreading it on your skin. The charcoal first draws bacteria, toxins, chemicals, dirt, oil, and other micro-particles to the surface of the skin. It then absorbs those foreign substances and carries them away when you rinse the charcoal off your face.
Unlike other masks, with charcoal face masks, you don’t wash them off, you rip them off. And despite the lofty claims these masks make (which we’ll discuss next), what happens when you peel off a charcoal face mask is less than desirable.
