Originally published in ASCP's Skin Deep, April/May 2007. Copyright 2007. Associated Skin Care Professionals. All rights reserved.
A man sues a woman he’s dating for the return of expensive gifts he bought her after she refused to become his fourth wife.
A woman claims a bad hair treatment at a salon was so emotionally upsetting to her that she successfully sued because she could no longer work her two jobs.
While estheticians focus mainly on improving the physical appearance of women and men, the profession cultivates an inner beauty in people as well. Monique Raymond of Santa Clarita, California, has spent her forty-year career not only helping others accentuate their outer looks, but taking care of the inner worlds of clients who especially need courage and self-esteem. She believes taking time to pamper the body benefits mental, emotional, and spiritual health, as well as the physical body.
As Baby Boomers are turning fifty at the rate of one every nine seconds, many are finding yoga a refreshing form of exercise that replaces joint-jarring activities like running and extreme sports. What could be more natural than incorporating yoga’s gentle ways into a facial fitness program? The Yoga Facelift gives you more tools to enhance the professional work you are already performing on clients.
Q: I had a client ask me whether tattoos and permanent cosmetics can interfere with MRIs. What’s the story?
A: This is definitely a topic that needs some hard facts. Kathleen Ciampi, CEO and executive director of The Society for Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP), gets regular reports of clients being alarmed by nonsense warnings that their “eyelids will explode” under an MRI. That’s just plain wrong.
Q: I have a client who just started chemotherapy. Are there special issues I should keep in mind when I treat her skin?
A: Absolutely. Dr. Christine Rodgers, a Denver cosmetic surgeon who works with cancer patients, says: “Women going through chemotherapy definitely have more sensitive, drier skin. Skin turnover is more rapid—that’s what chemotherapy does.” A lot of chemotherapy or drugs like tamoxifen (prescribed to help prevent breast-cancer recurrence) throw a woman into menopause, creating hormonal imbalances that also affect skin.
I’m what’s known in consumer advertising as a home enthusiast. It may be a nesting instinct in overdrive, but I never stop trying to improve my living space. Recently, I went a step beyond my usual fussing about and brought in a feng shui consultant to check out my house chi (natural energy). What I learned is there are simple rules anyone can use.
Disability is something that happens to someone else. I’m strong. I’m healthy. It won’t happen to me.
When I was swimming at the YMCA recently, I was approached by a teenaged lifeguard who knows I write books. She asked me for an inspirational quote to write on the blackboard for the people exercising there. This old proverb came to mind: “By standing still we overtake those who are running.” Dismayed, the teen walked to the blackboard and instead wrote, “Go, go, go!”
Q: I’m often confused by the terminology on ingredient labels. Can you offer some pointers?
For decades, Valentine’s Day has been an excuse to eat as much chocolate as possible. Americans buy an average of thirty-six million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate per year to celebrate the holiday—then probably spend thirty-six million hours in the gym working it off. This year, however, you can offer your clients a guilt-free way to indulge with chocolate-based skin treatments that will leave them feeling lovable inside and out.
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