Skin care providers are in constant pursuit of result-based treatments for clients, wanting the best results as immediately as possible. This passion is in the professional’s nature and the dream is often to find a treatment that does it all.

Treatment stacking involves receiving several different types of treatments back-to-back in the same treatment session for a combined service. It can help treat multiple skin concerns at once and provide improved results. The benefits of treatment stacking may include deeper exfoliation, deeper product penetration, less in-spa treatment time, targeting numerous skin concerns, optimal results, and a synergistic effect. 

BENEFIT BREAKDOWN

Deeper Exfoliation & Deeper Product Penetration

Utilizing two, three, or even four modalities in a single service can deepen exfoliation. Using a mechanical exfoliation method first that is followed with a chemical exfoliation allows the exfoliant to penetrate deeper into skin. Once dead skin cells have been exfoliated, the peel will have a reduced barrier of desmosomes to penetrate and can enter the deeper layers. The same goes for using an enzymatic exfoliation prior to a chemical exfoliant during a treatment. Layering any serums, peptides, or hydrators will result in a deeper product penetration as well. 

Erin K. Bradford, founder of Advanced Aesthetics Skin Care Studio and national advanced educator for PCA Skin, has trained over 30,000 skin care professionals and physicians on chemical peels. She has been an aesthetician for over 20 years and specializes in chemical peels, microneedling, and scar camouflage post-plastic surgery. She is an active member of the Rhode Island Department of Health, prior board member for the Society of Plastic Surgery Skin Care Specialists, and faculty for The Aesthetic Society. Her knowledge and precision keep her progressive, not aggressive approach to healthy skin care well sought out by many. Born and raised in New York, she now lives in Northern Rhode Island with her husband and two children. Her son is a 10-year stage 4 cancer survivor, and Bradford and her company continue to fundraise and donate services for pediatric cancer families and organizations.