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Networks

this is a fact.

have become two platforms where experts (yes, there

who share their secrets online) and users leave their

beauty practices for their

Some of them may make some sense and there are contrasting realities that support them (in fact, they are often based on ancient beauty rituals), while others range from useless to

such as the myths and truths that proliferate from mouth to mouth.

One of the latest practices to go viral in recent times, who knows if it is partly to blame for the heat wave that has had us on edge the last week, is to

in a bucket of

And what would be the reason for doing that?

Put your face in ice water, a viral practice in networks

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According to those who do it, putting your face in ice water, like

instead of 'whiskey on the rocks', would help deflate a puffy, swollen face with bags... In addition to

and leave it smooth and radiant.

Those would be the results of the so-called

.

Using extreme cold to bring out the best in each face is not new.

already

confessed a long time ago that she uses

that she passed over her face in order to obtain an immediate lifting effect.

And

does the same with a ball-shaped stick, an

a hollow, spherical mold that can be filled with water or any other liquid product to freeze it, which, in the words of the top, "instantly awakens the skin"

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We can even go a step further back.

According to beautician

'face icing' was already used by

in a more rudimentary way, by inserting his face into a bucket full of ice cubes for 30 seconds with the aim of reducing puffiness and dark circles, relaxing the muscles and bring light to the skin... What is fashionable today on Instagram, wow.

Putting your face in ice water: is it good or bad?

If we talk about the effects and benefits that

(it is not in vain that there are aesthetic

at a topical level, as

center

(Barcelona), comments, it "decongests, calms, reduces redness and sensitivity, as long as it is applied to healthy and balanced skin; after that, no other

And, for this purpose, there are already jade rollers or quartz stones, which are cold, or there is even the possibility of putting certain cosmetics in the fridge to refresh the skin, in addition

Pujol emphasizes that in his beauty center they only use cold before aesthetic medicine treatments to reduce the client's epidermal sensitivity, due to its

mild and transitory "anesthetic"

Going back to the bucket of

for Dr. Paloma Borregón, a dermatologist member of the

(Spanish Group of Aesthetic Dermatology of the AEDV) and director of the

"there is no scientific evidence that

On

because it closes capillaries, is a vasoconstrictor, and that

and is good for

"but always used in a controlled manner, because if we apply it without control in the form of ice directly on the skin we could

and therefore blisters".

How to apply cold so that the skin benefits

If we want to get all the good out of the cold without suffering the consequences, "the ideal is to apply the ice indirectly, that is, with

hence the devices shown (such as the one used by

for example) are not the best idea," says Paloma Borregón.

Putting the head in a bucket of ice

is a direct application and therefore it is aggressive, it can produce the aforementioned effects.

"The only way to prevent that from happening would be

before putting it in the bucket," suggests the dermatologist in the extreme case of wanting to put the head yes or yes in a basin with ice.

And never, ever, the experts consulted would recommend the topical application of an ice cube on the face.

In the case of wanting to take full advantage of the cold to decongest the face, Estrella Pujol suggests using a refrigerated utensil, such as

(and never for a long time, a maximum of two minutes), to perform a light draining massage in the area of ​​the eye contour, from the area closest to the temples, towards the tear duct.

It is important to try not to stop the movement so that no area is overexposed to the cold.

In the upper area of ​​the face, the expert recommends doing it with upward movements from the eyebrows to the hairline, and in the lower third, upward movements that go through the lower jaw and up to the temples.

So, this time, according to

putting your face in a bucket of ice water

to take advantage of all the good that cold can do for your skin.

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