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    Diamond microdermabrasion, advice needed

    I would find out the make and model and do some research on it - just put the name of it into google and see what info you can get and go from there. See if it is a good machine and ask around on here if anyone else has used it. We use a Skinbase machine which does give good results but still...
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    Skin scanning

    does anybody have an average cost of these machines? i cant seem to find this info on the internet?
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    Raised growths on clients face

    thanks for the replies, actually, i done a google search and came across this: Solar Keratosis was never taught it at college and not came across it before, so that was interesting.
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    Raised growths on clients face

    Hi, If anyone can explain, It'd be much appreciated. I had a new client in today for a facial, id say she was in her late fiftis/early suxties and she pointed out to me 2 raised bumps, which i would have classed as moles, with not much pigment in, however, she said she hasnt always had them and...
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    Small acne problem

    I think I know the kind of spots you are talking about, are they more bumps under the skin? I used to get these on my forehead, sometimes they would just disappear, other times they would break out into full spots. Looking back I believe my diet played a big role in this, also alcohol, I used to...
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    Chromogenex Training

    I recently trained up in Cannock, Staffordshire. I live in brighton, but I can definitely say that it was well worth the journey up there. The teacher was very good and very knowledgable. I would recommend taking 2 days out to do it. HTH x
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    facials

    Yeah put something like, 'the reason there is a set procedure is to ensure each product used is used effectively and ensures that the stages of the facial are beneficial for the purpose. I.e by cleansing the face first, you can remove all impurities and toning the skin will ensure the traces of...
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    Help with damage from acrylic and nail biter!

    My client has had acrylics, from one of those NSS places for the last 18 months and 2 months ago on holiday, one came off and she pulled the rest off :eek: and her little finger's natural nail came off with it!!!! So as you can imagine all her nails are very very short, not much nail plate...
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    Rosacea in Pregnancy ? Help needed !

    I had a flare up, similar to this described when i was about 15, i had never changed skincare or makeup that i was wearing, but my whole face, swoll up and burnt, then dried out and flaked off, this process took about 1 week, i know now that it was those latex make up sponges that caused it...
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    Restylane Injections?

    We have a lady come into the salon to do these treatments; restylane and botox and it is possible to have lumpy bits after the treatment, however, if you find someone who is really good at it, this shouldnt happen, after the treatment they should massgae the lips to ensure the...
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    Ingrown toe nails

    My client was on the verge on developing an ingrown toe nail today, my colleague filed it for her last time she had her pedi but today there wasnt much i could do for her in the way of filing it as i belived she should let it grow a bit and then ensure that she files only straight across, i did...
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    Charging For Callus Peel Treatment

    Sounds an interesting product, so it doesnt encourage the skin to grow back harder, like it would if you actually scraped the hard skin away??
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    Private Beauty Courses or College Courses

    Hi, i dont know anything about that college, but I did spend £1200 on a private course which ran over a week and when I wanted to gain more experience, I found out that I needed an NVQ to actually work in a salon, you can use the certifiactes from private courses to work for yourself to get...
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    microdermabrasion!!!!!

    actually it is a skinbase machine, sorry! just woken up! x
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    microdermabrasion!!!!!

    You can starat off with a mobile machine, they costs less, the salon where i am has one and it is fine, although i would recommend shopping around, look at prices and the differences bewteen each machine, we have a microbase or is it dermabase?! mind blank, anyway, most people who have had one...
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    Methods of sterilisation?

    Funny this post is on here today, as I dropped some cuticle nippers and they landed IN my big toe! ouch, yes it bloody hurt and didnt stop bleeding, now it is bruised and cut and loooks awful! anyway, luckily i had just got them out of barbicide, so they were clean, but imagine they didn have...
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    still congested skin after microdermabrasion

    Thank you thats really helpful stuff you've all sent back, i'll bear that all in mind and do more research, i'll definitely talk to my boss about mda products and research more into nodular acne, thanks a million!! xxx
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    still congested skin after microdermabrasion

    ok, thanks for your help, thats great. Unfortunately we dont do electrical facials, other than caci, which i dont do, so will maybe research somewhere that does do it for her, thanks again xxx
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    still congested skin after microdermabrasion

    I have a client who has combination skin, no real problems except the lower cheek, especially on the right hand side she has red spots under the skin, not even spots (not pustules) but a few red lumps (Papules?) She has had a course of 5 microdermabasion facials with me and although her skin has...
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    Interesting: Ingredients in Paraffin wax

    You'll be surprised at what dodgy ingredients are in practically everything! I've been looking into it, its shocking!
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