A galvanic facial uses direct electrical current to penetrate active ingredients into the deeper layers of the skin. The current is applied to the inner layers of the skin electrically by using a charged gel and galvanic facial machine.
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Galvanic facial which includes electrolysis, iontophoresis and desincrustation – have been standard salon practices for a long time. The earliest, electrolysis, made the switch from a medical procedure to a beauty treatment in the 1880s. Iontophoresis, another medical treatment known under a variety of names, could also be found in some beauty salons by 1903 at the latest.
Late nineteenth-century doctors classified their electrical treatments according to the ‘type’ of electric current being used. These were categorised according to how the current was produced, with each form named after a famous scientist – i.e., franklinic, galvanic and faradic. Two of these, galvanic and faradic found their way into Beauty Culture.
