Acne and blemishes
Acne is a skin condition characterised by the appearance of blemishes and red spots on the face, chest or back.
When your skin is acne-prone, the sebaceous glands get excited and start producing too much sebum, the skin becomes more oily and shiny. In addition, the duct becomes blocked and the sebum becomes trapped, forming an open comedo (blackhead) or a closed comedo (whitehead). Finally, there are also numerous red bumps which are the result of inflammation.
It is important to know that the causes of acne are diverse: hereditary predisposition, hormonal changes, dysregulated microbiota, deficiencies, but also tobacco, pollution, industrial food, sugar, the pill, stress, exposure to the sun or a hectic lifestyle…
At Alaena, we offer you a global and natural treatment, combining micronutrition, cosmetics and care in order to find the cause of these imperfections and to calm the symptoms in the long term.
Micronutritional treatment
A long questionnaire and an initial consultation will enable us to define the imbalances that concern you (permeable intestine, food intolerances, dysregulated microbiota, intestinal candidiasis, omega 3 deficiencies, zinc….). This will allow us to define the changes to be implemented and a personalised programme adapted to your needs and your daily life: avoidance or increase of certain foods, food supplements, additional analyses, etc.
Following this initial consultation and the implementation of these recommendations, you should see a small improvement within three weeks and a real difference after three months. A follow-up consultation will then be necessary to define the next steps (stopping or not the supplements, studying the analyses carried out, setting up a new protocol to treat the related imbalances).
This consultation will also allow you to obtain cosmetic recommendations to treat your acne directly.
Facials for local treatment
Expert anti-imperfection treatment
This treatment, developed by our experts, cleanses the skin thoroughly, helps to eliminate blemishes, tightens pores and protects the skin in the long term.
Regular peels are also recommended. The peel performed at Maison Alaena is concentrated in Alpha Hydroxy Acids. It helps eliminate impurities, blackheads and the oily-skin effect.
Yoga class
Acne is often the result of excessive stress. Indeed, stress contributes to the chronic inflammation that often causes acne in adults. It will also contribute to the rise in cortisol levels, affecting hormones and acne.
Regular yoga practice will therefore indirectly help relieve your acne by addressing the causes of inflammation and the regulation of cortisol levels.
This protocol has been set up by dermatologists and micronutritionists to find an effective and lasting solution to your acne problems.
In the course of their practice, our experts have noticed a significant increase in late acne (adult acne) and have found it increasingly difficult to treat. The known and normally recommended solutions -Roaccutane in particular- were no longer suitable for them because they were too aggressive, too burdensome and not very effective over the long term. After several years of research and questioning, our experts became aware of the skin-microbiota-deficiency link and worked on setting up a complete protocol.