It's very easy for people to manipulate you into doing treatments

that may not be right for you. Understanding what those treatments

are and what they are doing for you is key in you making the

right decision. Many of you, you're still afraid of

using retinols or you're simply not using them at

all. I can't stress this enough. If you want to see a

real change, you need to be Welcome to the Holistic Skin

Guru, where what's on the surface is just as important as

what's underneath. I'm your host, Aamena. Let's dive deep

into the world of holistic skincare. Hi guys,

welcome to Skin Schools. This week, we're going to talk about face

shape versus skin quality. Probably

something you've never ever thought about, and not many people talk

about it. But as a holistic skin therapist, we talk about

it all the time. And this one is probably

for those of you who want to dive a little deep. I want to get you thinking

about what you are looking for in a result before

you go into any treatment. Why? Because

by understanding what results you are looking for will help

your skin therapist to find the right treatment for you

and also to suit your individual needs and budget. What

is face shape and what are face shape treatments? Well,

there are quality treatments that will improve

the quality of your skin. And we can talk

about so many, but let's start with skin quality treatments. So

for many of you, you're still afraid of using

retinols or you're simply not using them at all. And

I can't stress this enough. If you want to see a real change

in fine lines, skin, even out

your skin tone, just the general quality of your skin,

you need to be on a retinol, which is a vitamin A. I'll

put the links below for us. You are most welcome to contact us

and we can send you out our retinols, which are made right here in Queensland,

Australia. They're all locally made, locally sourced. There

are no sulfates and parabens in them. And I've

spoken about this before in other videos. We'll leave the link below. Just

make yourself available to the idea that retinols are

going to improve your skin. Don't be afraid of them any longer

and you will start seeing incredible results. there's

still a lot of confusion with people coming into

our clinic as to what treatments will be right

for them. And if you come into a clinic

and you're already confused, it's very easy for people to

manipulate you into doing treatments that may not be

right for you. So try to understand treatments

and what they are doing. So for example, Haifu. Haifu

is a skin tightening treatment. It builds collagen in your

skin. Microneedling also builds collagen, but

microneedling is a surface treatment. It also will improve

things like pigmentation, sun damage, it

will improve skin clarity, but it will also build collagen

on a different level to the way Haifu does, of course, but

they're both collagen producing treatments. So

understanding what those treatments are and what they are doing for

you is key in you making the right decisions. So the first thing

you need to do is you need to understand what

results you're trying to achieve. So look in the mirror, look

at your skin. Do you want to first tackle your pigmentation? Yes,

then you need something like microneedling or SQT biomicroneedling.

Do you want to tackle uneven skin tone? Well, you might

need a few IPL sessions or you could have some regular microneedling

sessions. Would you like to treat skin laxity or

firm up your skin in certain areas? Well, then Haifu is for you. So

this is why understanding what's going on in your skin is

so important and key to making the right decisions. And

the other thing that is very important for you to understand is the

time that it takes for the skin to actually

repair and work with these treatments. So understanding how

long you actually need to see real results in real

time. I guess in this world, in this society

that we live in, everybody wants a really quick result. They

don't want any downtime and they don't want to have to spend a

lot of money to get there. So I'm here to tell you that kind

of doesn't exist. You can get really good

results. really fast if you know how, but

it is going to cost a fair bit. And that could cost anywhere between

say $300 to about $1,000 and you'll

start to see some amazing results. Now that's just treatments.

I'm not even touching on your products at

home, but if you have a good skin therapist that can guide you,

you're probably going to end up spending around the $1,500 mark on

your treatment plus products. and you're then going

to be set on your way to start seeing some real change

in your skin. The one thing that I find people are

always asking me in clinic is, what is the

first thing I need to do? Like, why am I not seeing results from my

treatments? Well, first of all, people are doing the same old

treatment constantly and they're not actually looking at how their

skin quality is changing from month to month, from

season to season, and also from age to age. So

the way your skin operated at 30 is completely different to the way your skin is

operating at 40 plus, because as our hormones change,

our skin quality changes. And what we do to

our skin also changes our skin quality. So if you've been looking after it,

most likely your skin is getting nice and thick and it's actually

faring a lot better than those people who are not looking after their skin.

Your face shape is something like the

laxity in your skin. People are always talking about, you know, oh, my

eyes drooping or my jowls are drooping

and I need to look after that. So that's face shape.

Skin quality are things like, you know, skin clarity, like

no pigmentation or sunspots or freckles even.

People who've got, you know, rosacea or, you

know, dehydration in their skin, things like that, that's referring

to skin quality. So by understanding the two

different subjects around the skin

and the face will help you understand what treatments you

need to be looking for. We have a lot of people coming into clinic and

on a daily basis and I talk to a lot of them and I always

like to ask questions about what they've done before and

I had this one lady come in and she was telling me how you know

she had haifu and it didn't work and she was very you

know, disgruntled with the last place that she went to and she thought

she was maybe led

down the garden path and that it wasn't a real treatment.

It was just something made up and it was something like a fad. And

so I had to start explaining to her that, you know, haifu is actually a

science. It works down in the

in the subcutaneous tissue and it builds collagen. And so it has to

work if it's been delivered correctly. The

biggest problem I think with this is that a lot of people just

hear about treatments and then go and try it. And when

I looked at her skin, she actually didn't need Haifu. She

actually needed more surface treatments. She had a lot of pigmentation. She

had really bad, bad under eye bags, which

we could have treated really easily without Haifu. We didn't need Haifu

for that. And then when I quizzed her some more, I

found out that, you know, her home care was completely

incorrect. So we had to correct that. It took some

time for me to convince her, but eventually once I got her to understand the

science behind a lot of these ingredients, she

came on board. And the next time I saw her, she was much

happier. And she actually, three months later, tried

Haifu with us and was completely happy with her results. So,

you know, it's all about really understanding your

skin, what's happening with your skin, instead of just going with a

sale that you saw online or, you know, somebody's told you about

it. And so what's right for them may not be right for you.

It's not a one size fits all kind of treatment. And it's

something that you really need guidance on. And there's so

many clinics out there. And I get it. It's, you know, there's

a lot of competition and there's a lot of marketing gimmicks and tactics out

there. So they will say and do anything to get you

to come in. But if you don't need that treatment, you really

don't need to spend the money on that. I would rather people spend their money

and their effort on fixing their home care routine and understanding

the environment and the stresses they're putting their skin under so they can start

eliminating some of those things from their daily life and

they can see some really huge improvements that way. I hope this

helped you with making some decisions around your skin. And

as usual, if you have any questions about today's Skin School, please

leave a comment below and I'll try to answer it

on the next round of Skin School. Thank you for joining

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