TendSkin

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

This is a very interesting product. When I first encountered it my first impression was that it smells like nothing but rubbing alcohol, isoprophyl alcohol. After a little research I discovered that not only is the major constituent 70% alcohol but the active ingredient is supposed to be aspirin. It has been a while since I did qualitative analysis but this one is easy if you use your nose and know the properties of salicylic acid. The alcohol does a pretty good job of disinfecting the skin. Seems that most of us do not clean our skin as well as we should. The aspirin or salicylic acid known as the wonder drug is known for its ability to reduce swelling and fever. The skin, infected by poor shaving techniques and poor hygiene is treated by disinfection by the alcohol and reduce swelling by the aspirin. Pretty good combination, huh?
So if you can’t find any in the stores, crush up a couple of aspirins real fine, I would use a mortar and pestle, and dissolve it in some alcohol.
If you want to keep it real simple just use a cotton swab, moistened with a little alcohol and clean your face. ha
It is amazing what problems good cleaning techniques can solve.

Oh, I know everyone wants close smooth shaves but shaving against the hair’s growth will cause all kinds of problems.

#2

We have a number of extensive discussions of the Tend Skin product on the site. We even have home brew directions. Make sure to pour off the top liquid after saturation takes place, and discard the collection of tablet cake filler that will settle to the bottom of the container you mix this up in.

It should be said that if one does make homemade tend skin, one should be sure to make it in a glass bottle with a metal cap, as it can dissolve many plastics. It should also never be taken along in a handbag or anything else that will force the cap to contain the product, as even the retail version suffers from the product burning its way free and ruining everything in your purse, or gym bag.

#3

Sounds like dangerous stuff, eh? Isn’t isoprophyl sold in plastic bottles. ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID is even sold in plastic bottles. What causes the solution to dissolve plastic? This stuff is a very weak acid. Even at high levels of ionic dissociation there are not enough active H+ ions to do damage to plastic containers. Of course, my chemical qualitative background may fail me.

#4

The combination of the two causes a reaction that breaks down the bonds in the plastic. Apparently the same property that sloughs off the skin, eventually compromises the plastic. Lower level plastics succumb sooner than others. The problem is that the commercial product can not maintain a seal that will keep the product from leaking because contact with the product will ruin the seal and the leaking product will eventually run freely if it is turned on its side.