Is a Peel Right for Me? Part 2

First and Foremost..THANK YOU ALL SOOO MUCH for the positive feedback and emails about this recent blog. I am absolutely honored by your comments and interactions when it comes to what I have been posting as well as past posts! Now, without further adieu...let's continue with Part 2: Is a Peel Right for me?

I think the most important question that one should be asked before putting ANY kind of peel on the skin is, "What have you been doing to your skin?" in other words, "What is your skin history?" Sounds fairly vague, but that line of questioning in my office includes the following:

• History of skincare treatments

• Recent Laser or IPL experiences

• Medical Dermatology treatments

• Uses of prescribed meds

• Uses of OTC counter peeling agents such as Retinol or Vitamin C/Vitamin A applications

Aesthys need to know what you have been doing to reach your goal i.e., what have you been doing at home, what you are allergic to, what your mother-in-laws, sister's, cousin, 3 times removed dog has been suggesting works and so on. (Yes, it happens!)

Allow me to give you a metaphor to better explain this: Mixing the perfect color to paint your family room. If you are using sooo many shades of green to reach the PEREFECT clarifying and calming color in your family room, will you EVER truly reach the calm you desire? Your professional knows what works, but if she/he is not completely apprised of all of the means you have been using to reach YOUR goal how will you EVER meet that "perfect" skin? If you are not honest with your professional, how can he or she be expected to meet your goals?

Also, if you are not honest with your aesthy, keep in mind, you have the ability to truly hurt YOURSELF! Is it really worth it? BE HONEST WITH YOUR AESTHETICIAN!

AND LAST....Client's Expectations: Reasonable vs. Unreasonable

I think one of the hardest things that we as aestheticians deal with are client's expectations. Now a days, we live in a world of immediate results. We impulse buy based on "before and afters" and don't understand that sometimes, there are skincare conditions that take more then one treatment to be solved. One of the hardest things for me is to tell a client, "I'm sorry, I thought what we did was going to work out better then it did." During a consult, with myself and other aesthys I know, you might be required to sign a consent form that also explains that no matter what you do, you may not get the desired results your are looking for if you are not following my specific directions. This is also includes homecare. Signing consent forms is like a contract between myself and the client for their care. What I am saying is that you have to have reasonable expectations. When I hear a client has been jumping from aesthy to aesthy trying to pay the least amount of money to reach their goals to me, the client isnt understanding that that their "condition" is like breaking a habit. It took time to get into the habit and it will also take time to break the habit and personal attention at home in addition to the personal attention that you receive from your professional. He/She is working within their scope of practice and licensure and you may also be alarmed to find that an aesthetician might choose not to work with you. You see, although we are not nurses or doctor's that have to take a hypocratical oath, most aesthys can choose to not work with clients that hop around and refuse to take personal responsibility for their care.

Let me just say, if you could interview your "perfect" skin person about how they keep their skin perfect, you will find they did not have just one miracle treatment to get perfect. Be Honest and if more then one aesthetician explains this to you, believe it to be the truth. Most aestheticians are not going to compromise a client's skin, just to profit. Notice I said MOST! NOTE: in my circle, I am very lucky to have sister aestheticians who will alert me of clients by name who are "shopping" aesthetics to do their bidding. It is not a good thing for a client to be put on a "do not treat list".

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In the end, aestheticians are trained to do the best job they can to meet and exceed clients needs. Consults are a great tool for clients as well to feel out an aesthetician and how they are going to be able to meet your needs. This also includes the needs of your pocket.

Again thank you So much for reading and I LOVE comments and feedback! Please post below or you are more then contact me through the comment section of my site!

Stay Blessed, Be Pono & Always Remember to Pay it Forward!

Angel