Hot,red skin after microdermabrasion

[Anastasia Vasic]

Hi,
Really need you advice. I had a client for micro this morning, her face was fine, but the skin on her chest went really red,and as she said felt very hot, i went through the area only ones.(She has quite a thin skin she is 69, I never did it on anyone her age) I wonder if that's ok, because I do it for a good while now and I've never seen such redness before. I only hope her skin will come down soon.
Any thoughts?
cheers

 

[orchid11]

Hi,
So far only one of my clients ( shes also a therapist) goes quite red. After her first one I panicked as even after the mini lift mask which is mean't to calm skin didn't make any difference, but she put me at ease saying she easily goes red with anything. She could itch her arm and be left with bright red marks for a while, she wasn't fazed by it at all! She has them regularly now and I know to be extra light and gentle, her skin is still the same but she assures me within a couple of hours its gone. Strangely enough we've done the body treatment on her legs and they are fine.

The neck and chest are particularly sensitive, as long as you told your client the aftercare and what to avoid im sure she'll be fine.

Hope that helps x

 

[Anastasia Vasic]

Hi,
So far only one of my clients ( shes also a therapist) goes quite red. After her first one I panicked as even after the mini lift mask which is mean't to calm skin didn't make any difference, but she put me at ease saying she easily goes red with anything. She could itch her arm and be left with bright red marks for a while, she wasn't fazed by it at all! She has them regularly now and I know to be extra light and gentle, her skin is still the same but she assures me within a couple of hours its gone. Strangely enough we've done the body treatment on her legs and they are fine.

The neck and chest are particularly sensitive, as long as you told your client the aftercare and what to avoid im sure she'll be fine.

Hope that helps x

Thanks a lot for that,
I'm just a bit worried, that's all. Because I asked her before the treatment if her skin goes red easily, she replied no, never. I think she'll be fine, I just can't see how it can cause any further problems, but you never know. It was my first client with such thin skin, and I wonder if I should refuse such clients in future. I've been doing it for a good while and never had any negative reaction, skin can go a bit red and can feel a bit hot, it's normal i know that. Has any one had any problems with it, ever?
cheers

 

[number1kitty]

what did you use crystals, or diamond tip??

there will always be some reddening of the skin as you create friction & suction etc. this is normal and called erethma.

For first clients and on thinner areas or sensitive skin work using the machine on its lowest settings. This gives you an idea how the client will react.

Use a cold mask after to soothe the skin and take the redness out.

Kate

 

[Anastasia Vasic]

what did you use crystals, or diamond tip??

there will always be some reddening of the skin as you create friction & suction etc. this is normal and called erethma.

For first clients and on thinner areas or sensitive skin work using the machine on its lowest settings. This gives you an idea how the client will react.

Use a cold mask after to soothe the skin and take the redness out.

Kate

Thanks a lot,
I did all that, but after the mask the skin didn't change. I massaged the area too, which i should not have done, i think.
I used diamond on her, I have crystal too, but I think it can be quite harsh sometimes. I know there are different skin types, react differently, but you just have to see the redness She was a bit worried too, but I told her that it was normal reaction and there was nothing wrong, gave her aftercare , smiled and let her go. So don't know if I should give her a call to see haw her skin is

 

[number1kitty]

Yes call her, but say it was because she was concerned not you and you wanted to check that the erythma has calmed down.

It can take 48 hours sometimes for clients to calm down after a treatment. I did one client once whose skin was like leather, and I went over three times with both crytsal and diamond tips as she wanted a proper peel. Her skin was fine when she left me however she then complained a month later (after booking a course of 6) that she wanted her money back because she looked like a car crash victim!! I later found out that she lost her job and just wanted her money back, which she didnt get because she was in breach of our contract not me!

We eventually established she had had a night out planned that evening and her face started peeling (which it was meant to and she had been advised would for the next week) her lovely friend passed comment that her fella had hit her and she tried it on with me!

Moral of the story I now tell anyone having a treatment that there skin may or may not react! I give them a list of side effects so if they see reddening of the skin or have a break out of spots they know why and dont panic!

I developed this with the company I worked for as several other therapists had similar problems that there clients thought they had been injured.

Its vital you explain to a client how microdermabrasion actually works. Tell them its designed to cause trauma to the skin to enable the skin to heal itself. If they were to have a dermabrasion facial at a cosmetic surgeons they would be bright red, and in some cases bleeding with the treatment as the surgeon goes down a lot deeper than a therapist would. When they realise that microdermabrasion isnt just an skin scrub they understand its effect and the side effects a lot more.

We are educated people and we expect our clients to understand what we know, but even with all the top end mags covering these advanced treatments now its so important that the therapist also educates their clients.

You dont have to be technical, but keeping it simple and explaining cause and effect etc prevents any problems if they think you have done something wrong when you haven't.

Give your lady a call in the morning and be cheerful and just say you were concerned that she didnt feel happy yesterday with the reddening of her chest. Say its perfectly normal but I wanted to double check that its calmed down (if she says no - tell her it can take up to 48 hrs) and say if shes at all concerned to call you straight back, I will probably say she will be fine in the morning.

Kate

 

[Anastasia Vasic]

Yes call her, but say it was because she was concerned not you and you wanted to check that the erythma has calmed down.

It can take 48 hours sometimes for clients to calm down after a treatment. I did one client once whose skin was like leather, and I went over three times with both crytsal and diamond tips as she wanted a proper peel. Her skin was fine when she left me however she then complained a month later (after booking a course of 6) that she wanted her money back because she looked like a car crash victim!! I later found out that she lost her job and just wanted her money back, which she didnt get because she was in breach of our contract not me!

We eventually established she had had a night out planned that evening and her face started peeling (which it was meant to and she had been advised would for the next week) her lovely friend passed comment that her fella had hit her and she tried it on with me!

Moral of the story I now tell anyone having a treatment that there skin may or may not react! I give them a list of side effects so if they see reddening of the skin or have a break out of spots they know why and dont panic!

I developed this with the company I worked for as several other therapists had similar problems that there clients thought they had been injured.

Its vital you explain to a client how microdermabrasion actually works. Tell them its designed to cause trauma to the skin to enable the skin to heal itself. If they were to have a dermabrasion facial at a cosmetic surgeons they would be bright red, and in some cases bleeding with the treatment as the surgeon goes down a lot deeper than a therapist would. When they realise that microdermabrasion isnt just an skin scrub they understand its effect and the side effects a lot more.

We are educated people and we expect our clients to understand what we know, but even with all the top end mags covering these advanced treatments now its so important that the therapist also educates their clients.

You dont have to be technical, but keeping it simple and explaining cause and effect etc prevents any problems if they think you have done something wrong when you haven't.

Give your lady a call in the morning and be cheerful and just say you were concerned that she didnt feel happy yesterday with the reddening of her chest. Say its perfectly normal but I wanted to double check that its calmed down (if she says no - tell her it can take up to 48 hrs) and say if shes at all concerned to call you straight back, I will probably say she will be fine in the morning.

Kate

Thanks so much Kate,
I did, as you advised,I called her to see how she was, and she was fine, her skin was still a bit tender but was much much better(as i thought). She said she could see a big improvement , the skin is much smother and looks a lot healthier, even after just one treatment.:lol:
Thanks so much for your support:hug:

 

[sian1979]

absolutely nothing to do with me what so ever, and i havent a clue really what your talking about but just wanted to say what fantastic advise and support has been given.... this is why i love this site.
xxx