6 signs proving you’re getting a bad facial
Plan on looking your best on your friend’s wedding day? Getting yourself a facial? If you have always had facials, but never felt it benefited you much, it may be because the facial is not good. Here are 6 signs you should look out for as they indicate a bad facial.
- No filling of forms
Just like the doctor asks about your family history during your first visit, an aesthetician too wants to know the story behind your skin. He should ask you to fill out a consultation card which reveals all the medications you take, the products you use and your lifestyle. All this can reveal the culprit behind your dry skin, fine lines and hyperpigmentation and even your skin sensitivity.
- No skin analysis
Facialists who just walk into the room, slap exfoliator and leave you alone with a mask is doing things wrong as your aesthetician has to get up close and personal with your face before slathering you in kelp, caviar or any other skin treatment.
Be wary of aestheticians who don’t do an analysis of your skin as they have to look for oiliness, congestion, texture, dryness and acne during a facial.
- No peering into ears
It’s very possible for you to have acne and congestion in your ears, which is why an aesthetician has to check your ears during a facial. Your ears have very large pores which make it easy for dirt and bacteria to get trapped in them, especially if you sweat regularly or talk on your cellphone. Checking your ears is part of an aesthetician’s job description.
- Absence of fancy gadgets
Aestheticians who use gadgets like a mag lamp to magnify your pores, freckles and scars, a Woods’ lamp to zone in on the areas of dryness and hyperpigmentation or the skin scanner to pinpoint freckles and brown spots on your skin are serious about their business. These gadgets help them to diagnose skin conditions quickly and perhaps scare clients into wearing sunscreen.
- Makes you feel bad about your skin and the work to fix it
It’s the aesthetician’s job to extract comedones and pimples. If she doesn’t, and complains or nags about your skin and the work it requires to look perfect, it proves she’s in the wrong profession.
- Too much talk about opening and closing your skin pores
One important thing to remember about your skin pores is that it does not open or close with heat and cold as mentioned in most beauty magazines. While it is comparatively easier to do extractions on pores when heated, it’s only because the sebum, dirt and oil lying under the pores grow softer and thus easily comes out. Moreover, once a pore stretches out, it’s not going to close up again.
So if you have a huge comedone-like situation, the hollow created will most likely fill up quickly with crap after its extraction. On the contrary, if you have extracted blackheads which leave crater-like holes in your face, a good aesthetician will work at exfoliating to prevent your pores from filling up with the crud just removed.
These 6 telltale signs indicate you are having a bad facial, and it’s time to go looking for another aesthetician!