Choochy Face
Well-Known Member
Hey guys
I've done loads of facials but never on anybody with diabetics I'm soo scared any tips please xx
I've done loads of facials but never on anybody with diabetics I'm soo scared any tips please xx
You need to be aware that diabetes is only an illness and as long as you kno the risks with certain treatments you will be fine.
It's not something to refuse someone a treatment because they have it but tailor it to suit them instead.
Everyone deserves a treat !
Check insurance first, if that is all good this is what I would do: First of all what type of diabetic is she? Type 1 diabetics can have a low immune system so anything to invasive such as dermarollers is out. Sometimes they can heal badly and get infections that can lead onto other problems such as neuropathy (lack of skin sensation) which can be dangerous. Get a GP letter!
If she is type 2 and taking medication it's a little less risky, still get GP letter and if its type 2 diet controlled, you should be ok, again, just avoid anything to invasive
hygiene should be inpecable
I'm trying very hard to stay calm in the face of all the misinformation...
badly, slowly, so sorry my termanology wasn't impecable! Dont be so picky, plus, just so you are aware, I feel my information is quite acurate, I said at the top to check with her insurance and a gp. And for your personal information I am quite happy with my answer as I myself am A diabetic!
For some treatments no, it doesn't. I don't do derma roller, electricals, red veins, microderm, peels, electrolysis etc because diabetes is contra-indicated, not just because of the insurance restrictions.
What's needed here is a thorough understanding of the body systems, A & P, the disease pathology and the effect of beauty treatments on them.
This is where your one day course falls down.
I apologise in advance for the following paragraph; I have a temperature, I've been ill for 5 days, my poor humsbums is sick too and I've had no fewer than 8 bloody cancellations this week alone.
It's all very well people going on about how one day courses are just fine and dandy. For the most part they skim the surface.
How many of you here genuinely understand the effect that steroids have on the skin. Unless you carry out a thorough consultation before you start you're not going to know that your client is taking them and then when their skin bruises and/or worse, tears, you will be held accountable.
Diabetics come in all shapes and sizes. Some look after their sugars and some don't.
Their eyesight can be affected, their ability to heal is impaired, they get infections much more readily, their peripheral nerves can be damaged.
You go buggering around with strong facial components, assertive massage, poor waxing technique and you could easily damage them.
Do I know all this stuff because I did a long course? Nope, I know this stuff because I am a Registered General Nurse, with a Masters in Operating Theatre Nursing, and because I take this all very seriously indeed.
For people who would love a facial because they have a terminal condition I would say give them your most luxurious, but inert facial; they're going to die anyway, and the treat would lift their spirits.
For those of you who don't understand diabetes please go back to your text books and read up about it. It is not just an illness as one poster put it; it is a lifelong, life limiting, chronic (look that up if you don't know what it means), life altering disease.
I'm really sorry for the polemic. I told you I was ill!
For some treatments no, it doesn't. I don't do derma roller, electricals, red veins, microderm, peels, electrolysis etc because diabetes is contra-indicated, not just because of the insurance restrictions.
What's needed here is a thorough understanding of the body systems, A & P, the disease pathology and the effect of beauty treatments on them.
This is where your one day course falls down.
I apologise in advance for the following paragraph; I have a temperature, I've been ill for 5 days, my poor humsbums is sick too and I've had no fewer than 8 bloody cancellations this week alone.
It's all very well people going on about how one day courses are just fine and dandy. For the most part they skim the surface.
How many of you here genuinely understand the effect that steroids have on the skin. Unless you carry out a thorough consultation before you start you're not going to know that your client is taking them and then when their skin bruises and/or worse, tears, you will be held accountable.
Diabetics come in all shapes and sizes. Some look after their sugars and some don't.
Their eyesight can be affected, their ability to heal is impaired, they get infections much more readily, their peripheral nerves can be damaged.
You go buggering around with strong facial components, assertive massage, poor waxing technique and you could easily damage them.
Do I know all this stuff because I did a long course? Nope, I know this stuff because I am a Registered General Nurse, with a Masters in Operating Theatre Nursing, and because I take this all very seriously indeed.
For people who would love a facial because they have a terminal condition I would say give them your most luxurious, but inert facial; they're going to die anyway, and the treat would lift their spirits.
For those of you who don't understand diabetes please go back to your text books and read up about it. It is not just an illness as one poster put it; it is a lifelong, life limiting, chronic (look that up if you don't know what it means), life altering disease.
I'm really sorry for the polemic. I told you I was ill!
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