Glutathione Porcelain Skin Treatment, commonly known as the IU Injection.

About Glutathione

Glutathione is a substance abundantly present in many tissues of our body, including the liver, kidneys, and brain, and is an important antioxidant.

This ingredient contributes to reducing cell damage by eliminating reactive oxygen species. By reactivating the functions of other antioxidants like Vitamins C and E, it can help protect cells and keep them healthy.

Glutathione's Effects on Skin Tone Improvement

Along with its antioxidant function, Glutathione can help skin tone appear clearer and more even.

Inhibition of Melanin-Producing Enzymes

By inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase, an enzyme involved in melanin production, it can help reduce excessive pigment deposition in the skin.

Induction of Melanin Type Change

By inducing the production of pheomelanin, a lighter pigment, rather than eumelanin, which darkens skin tone, it helps the overall skin tone appear brighter.

Reduced Pigmentation Due to Antioxidant Action

Reactive oxygen species generated by factors like UV exposure, heat, or inflammatory responses can stimulate melanin production. By removing these reactive oxygen species, Glutathione can contribute to reducing excessive pigment production.

Interaction with Vitamin C

Vitamin C helps reactivate oxidized glutathione, and glutathione inhibits melanin synthesis. Through this interaction, a positive synergistic effect on skin tone improvement can be expected.

In summary, Glutathione is an ingredient that can regulate melanin production and induce a brighter pigmentation pathway, helping to make skin tone natural and even.

Why is Our Clinic's Glutathione Treatment Special?

Many people may have encountered Glutathione in oral or injectable forms. However, each method may have specific limitations.

Limitations of Oral Glutathione

When taken orally, the absorption rate in the gastrointestinal tract can be relatively low, and since most of it is metabolized in the liver, the amount that actually reaches and acts on the skin can be limited.

For these reasons, it may be difficult to feel significant skin tone improvement through oral intake alone.

Considerations for Intravenous Injection

Since intravenous injections spread throughout the systemic circulation, there are limitations in delivering Glutathione components intensively to specific areas.

While it can be beneficial for liver function improvement or systemic antioxidant management, when the goal is to improve facial pigmentation or skin tone, its targeting may be somewhat reduced.

Our Clinic's Differentiated Approach to Glutathione Utilization

Utilization of Iontophoresis Technique: We use electric current to directly and intensively deliver Glutathione components beyond the skin barrier, to the dermal layer. This can help overcome the limitations of oral intake and injection methods.

Targeted Localized Treatment: The ingredient does not spread systemically, but is guided to be intensively absorbed into the facial areas that require improvement in pigmentation and skin tone.

Use of High-Concentration Undiluted Solution: To fully harness the potential benefits of Glutathione, we use undiluted, high-concentration ampoules. This enhances the expected antioxidant and skin tone improving effects of Glutathione.

Our clinic designs its Glutathione treatment programs with an approach that is 'more direct than oral intake, and more localized than injections'.

Principles and Benefits of Iontophoresis Absorption

Limitations of Oral Glutathione Intake: When taken orally, the absorption rate in the gastrointestinal tract is uneven, and most of it is metabolized in the liver, making it difficult for a sufficient amount to reach the skin.

Limitations of Topical Application: The stratum corneum on the skin's surface is an important barrier that prevents the penetration of external substances. Water-soluble ingredients like Glutathione do not easily penetrate this stratum corneum to reach deeper layers of the skin.

Key Benefits of Iontophoresis :

Utilizing Electrical Repulsion: By utilizing Glutathione's negative charge, microcurrents push the ingredient, effectively allowing it to pass through the skin's protective barrier.

Electro-Osmosis Effect: Microcurrents create a subtle fluid flow within the skin, expanding the pathways through which active ingredients can be absorbed.

Deep Penetration of Active Ingredients: Going beyond simple surface care, it can deliver active ingredients like Glutathione close to the skin's dermal layer.

Thus, iontophoresis is a method that allows active ingredients to be absorbed ‘more directly than oral intake, and deeper than topical application’.

Recommended Treatment Frequency and Sessions

Treatment Cycle: We generally recommend a 1-week interval.

Recommended Sessions: For desired results, it is advisable to undergo at least 5 sessions consistently.

Maintenance Plan: Even after the treatment, regular follow-up care can help maintain the improved skin tone stably.