UV light damages the skin on a cellular level and can cause a line of different skin problems and diseases, from the ones easily treatable with creams or a simple microdermabrasion appointment and the more complicated and even the terminal ones, that are treated with chemotherapy. Skin suffers from the UV radiation even if people haven’t damaged it to the point of extreme when burns and blisters make an appearance. So, just remind your client that in order to avoid pigmentation, dark spots, crinkly leathery textured skin with lines and wrinkles, premature aging of the skin and even cancer they should always be mindful of the sun and a good quality SPF should make a daily appearance on their skin.
Laser machines emit a pulse of infrared (IR) radiation that can bypass the skin omitting damaging or injuring the skin tissue.
There are a lot of things that can easily make you cancel the laser hair removal appointment and you’ll lose valuable time and money. Make sure you properly explain to your clients during the first consultation on how to prepare for the appointment to avoid misunderstandings and cancellations. Or, better yet, just send a reminder email to all new clients with the list of rules, possible treatment side effects, absolute contraindications, pre- and post-treatment instructions and preliminary dates for the consequent appointments as well as the number of times they are going to have to come in for the treatment. Here are the instructions that should be given to every client prior to the first appointment:
Avoid the sun before and after the treatment. No sunbathing and/or tanning should be a rule for at least 30 days before the treatment and 30 more after. Make sure your clients use sunscreen with a higher SPF whenever they are outdoors, avoid sunbathing, tanning beds and limit any exposure to the sun. This doesn’t mean that they cannot go outside in the summer, but a simple wide-brimmed hat, covered-up skin when exposed to direct sunlight and generally spread SPF 30 would go a long way. This is actually the reason you will see a spike in the laser hair removal customers in the winter, it is much easier to cover up from head to toe and have the fairest skin in the land.
No waxing appointments, no tweezers, no plucking. Explain to your clients that lasers only work if the root is intact. Waxing or plucking removes the body and the hair follicle and laser won't target this exact area and the hair will regrow. Shaving is fine up to the last day and even preferred the day off.
No discoloration agents or bleach. Bleach can reach the root and destroy the pigment which will disqualify anyone from laser hair removal treatment.
Remind your customers to take a painkiller (Tylenol, Ibuprofen) or antibiotics if they were recommended to do so during the consultation.
Your clients should come in for the procedure with clean skin. Additionally, stress that they should not use any makeup, creams, serums or prescription ointments on their skin. They should also avoid antiperspirant if the underarm area is being treated.
If you don’t use medical gowns for your customers to wear during the treatment ask them to dress comfortably and in a way which will let you easily access the area being treated.
Include the list of the absolute contraindications as stated by the ABLS (American Board of Laser Surgery). We urge you to download their official Information and Consent form and make sure your client carefully reads it and signs prior to the laser hair removing treatment procedure. Plus, this form includes very detailed rules to follow before and after the treatment. Download here: https://www.americanboardoflasersurgery.org/documents/Laser_Hair_Removal.pdf
Let’s assume that a customer comes in for a leg treatment and walk you through the steps to complete the treatment:
Step 1. Collect a signed Information and Consent form. Ask if your client has any additional questions; if so, take time to answer all of them.
Step 2. Ask if the area to be treated with a laser is shaven. If not, proceed to shave the soon-to-be-treated zone.
Step 3. Ask your client to put on goggles on and not to take them off unless explicitly told so. Explain that this is for their safety.
Step 4. Turn on the laser and while it is charging, go over important information once more. Make sure they weren’t recently over-exposed to the sun, as the consequences of that are quite unpleasant and rather painful.
While going over the procedure of how to remove leg hair permanently, discuss the possibility of pain. Remind your customer that patients some experience very light pain, and that you can use a numbing cream for such occasions. Elaborate that hairs on the legs are more likely to be darker and thus coarser, so, unfortunately, the laser beam will have to emit more energy and cause more unpleasant and/or uncomfortable sensations. During the 40 to 50 minute leg treatment, it is very likely to feel some level of discomfort because of numerous coarse hairs. Ask your clients to notify you of their level of discomfort during their laser treatment.
Tell the patient to strictly follow post-treatment instructions and strictly keep scheduled appointments in the agreed-upon series of hair removal treatments.
Choose the settings according to the type of skin, color of the skin, hair color, and hair thickness in the part of the body being treated in your patient. It is quite usual to choose a mode for thick hair for the first treatment, and move onto thinner modes as you move along because the series of treatments will thin out the hairs. Please carefully read your instruction manual to clearly understand all the settings.
Step 7. Always use a cooling system throughout the treatment. The cooling system is necessary for the comfort of the patient and it protects the skin surface that is surrounding the hairs being lasered.
Trusculpt Westlake VillageStep 8. Start the treatment and methodically move up and down the legs. Usually, when treating the legs, operators find it helpful to move in straight lines.
Step 9. After the treatment, you may see a bit of swelling around the hair roots and a bit of redness in the skin; both are very normal right after the treatment.
Step 10. After the treatment, give your patient clear post-treatment instructions; it is common for the skin to feel like it would after a sunburn, but this sensation should disappear in 4 to 5 hours. If the pain doesn’t t fade and becomes bothersome, ask your client to treat the area with an ice pack and to take a painkiller for the pain.
Step 11. Discuss the date of the next visit and remind the client that keeping on top of their appointments is one of the most important things for getting desired long-term results.
A few days ago, the internet went head-over-heels due to the most unbelievable news: Kylie Jenner has removed her lip fillers! Imagine that: plastic is not so fantastic anymore. Even those who have strived to be as different as possible from the faces they were born with have done a 180 with surgery and changed their minds. In our opinion, Kylie’s natural lip-look is absolutely gorgeous!
As the wave of new, amazing, age-erasing treatments have entered the skincare scene, we have welcomed them with opened arms. No hospitalization, no incisions, no anesthesia, and nothing painful or invasive. And the best part of all of these magical non-surgical facelift procedures:you can promise your clients that they won’t change and won’t have unmovable paralyzed parts or look weird. It will certainly be them in the mirror, just as a younger, Instagram-filtered version.
When you are looking for an anti-aging treatment procedure for your practice, think of the main problems your clients will come in with and work from there to pick the perfect beauty machine. Speaking from experience, the vast majority of customers will be unhappy with sagging brows and jawlines, signs of aging on the neck, dehydrated skin, pronounced lines and wrinkles, and the overall void of volume in the face (specifically in the cheeks). The cutting-edge device to address all of those concerns is the amazing Ultrasonic facial machine. An Ultrasonic facial device is a skin-lifting, youth-boosting, tightening, and deep wrinkle fighting machine you need on your side, so let’s learn how it works.
Ultrasound facial equipment is designed to deliver anti-aging beauty substance to the right depths to tighten and lift the skin. Most age-defying products, like vitamin-filled creams and serums, aren’t able to bypass the upper layer of the skin and are usually, just splattered on top of your client's skin; this wastes their and your time along with vast amounts of money. Unable to disrupt the skin lipid barrier, these products go to waste. This is where an Ultrasonic facial machine comes in and helps us learn a new and exciting word— sonophoresis.
Sonophoresis is a specific method in ultrasound technology for achieving maximum product bypass and absorption. High-frequency vibrations, undetectable by the human ear, actually disrupt the lipid barrier in the skin and let the age-defying creams, serums, vitamins, and other wrinkle-fighting substances sink in and engage the supporting tissue layer his is exactly what that prevents aging. This high-tech ultrasound-based facial rebuilds the skin from within. When ultrasound actually enters the body, it heats up tissues, thus forcing the body react to the treatment as it would to an injury: by boosting structural protein production. Triggering this production is crucial for achieving the main treatment goal— tightening and lifting the skin.
There are Ultrasound machines with single treatment modes and some with a range of different modes. The range starts at 1 MHz and goes up to 5 MHz. As a rule, the operator must remember that the lowest setting will provide the deepest tissue penetration. So, for example, the 1 MHz mode is designed for the deepest penetration and 5 MHz is used to treat the most delicate areas with almost paper-thin skin, like that around the eyes.
Another very important part of the ultrasound treatment procedure is the use of conductive gel. The use of the gel is essential, and those of us who have ever undergone any ultrasound medical procedures know that. The gel works as a conductive substance and is used to penetrate waves to the right depths. Since the gel also bypasses the upper skin layer, specially made firming and tightening gels are often used in spas and beauty salons.
Believe us when we say that you won’t be able to communicate all of the benefits to your clients. There is too little time and you will have too many clients. An ultrasonic facial treatment is the most popular rejuvenation treatment procedure for a reason: it delivers results. A lot of them. However, you should note that the most radical tightening and lifting will be evident with time as the treatment initiates the full-on cascade of the healing process so the most dramatic results are not immediately visible. Some of the results will be dependent on the anti-aging substance you’ll decide to use. So, without further adieu, here are the main benefits to be expected of the ultrasound treatment procedure:
Dramatic results with tightening and lifting of the skin, especially with difficult to treat areas, such as sagging jawlines and neck areas
There are not a lot of side effects or, for that matter, contraindications to this treatment. Generally, trials and research show this to be a very safe and completely painless procedure, just like any other ultrasound treatment. However, some people do report experiencing pain and discomfort during therapy. To avoid such cases, recommend your customers to take a muscle relaxer or any painkillers, if not otherwise advised by their physician. And keep in mind that those who have experienced pain during ultrasound facial treatments say it was well worth it. As for contraindications, there are a few:
It is quite easy to learn how to operate an ultrasonic facial machine and there are a few ways you can go about it. Of course, there are many practical and online courses available, and we, of course, offer free training and professional beauticians who can answer all of your product and therapy related questions. These are cutting-edge machines and they are specifically made to be easy to use, set up, and operate. Let’s move on to the specifics and go through the treatment step-by-step:
Prepare the skin: remove any makeup, creams or substances the client may have applied to their face prior to the appointment.