Advanced training can be received from: ● International Pedicure Association www.pedicureassociation.org ● Medinail Learning Center, online only www.medinails.com ● North American School of Pedicuring www.northamericanschoolofpedicuring.com
Aggressive treatment must also be a concern when working with the hands and feet. For example, clients who are elderly or who have diabetes can lose a limb because of infections caused by aggressive treatment. Consistent, careful, and gentle techniques are very important when performing their services. Education is one of the base requirements for performing these services. A nail professional without proper education is a problem ready to happen. These professionals need advanced education, and it must include: ● Recognizing skin and nail disorders. ● Recommending the correct home care. ● Referring to a medical professional when necessary. At-risk clients Since Medicare and insurance companies stopped paying for foot care, increasing numbers of at-risk clients have turned to nail professionals. These clients have health conditions that cause them to heal more slowly and be prone to infections. They cannot take the chance of going
to a salon that isn’t performing perfect infection control, and salons cannot take the chance of causing them pain and suffering—or even death. These clients are highly loyal and trusting when they find a salon that performs services they feel safe to enjoy.
ADDING PARAFFIN
a client spending $10 or whatever for the service. How can they sell a service they do not believe is beneficial? Other salons have the opposite experience. Those that perfect treatment-based services see its benefits and incorporate paraffin into their services. Many do five or more paraffin treatments a day per professional, and their clients are addicted. The clients of these salons love the pampering and see great results with the treatment. So, how does a salon get to the point of adding this simple service successfully? foot care. Those who are informed are very pleased with the role paraffin plays in the success of the services and clients’ treatment results, and they will tell all who care to listen that paraffin is a serious moneymaker. Some actually have more than one unit—one scented and the other unscented—so the paraffin aroma in the treatment will not interfere with aromatherapy services. Another important way to increase product penetration underneath paraffin is to prep the skin, then perform a generous massage on the hands and/or feet. The prep exfoliates the dead cells, while the massage opens the pores and encourages penetration. In the theories of skincare and massage therapy, the relaxation of the massage and essential oils is believed to further enhance the penetration and effects of ingredients on the skin when the heat is applied later through the paraffin. When these wonderful results are demonstrated, paraffin is an easy up- sell.
In some salons, treatment-paraffin baths collect dust in the corner. Many purchase paraffin equipment shortly after they go into business to add dollars to their tickets. But they find the service doesn’t seem to help clients as much as they expected—or help the bottom line. After a time of attempting to incorporate paraffin into its services, a salon may put the equipment in the corner. The problem may involve doubt by the professionals about the effects of the treatment. They are not really convinced that paraffin has lasting results, nor do they feel deep-down that it is worth New attitude Salons that are successful in adding treatment-based manicuring and pedicuring and making it work know paraffin is part of that important new type of services. Some salons bring in an educator who explains the physiology of the skin and the benefits of the new manicuring and pedicuring techniques, paraffin, and other treatments. This education can open a whole new world of success to those who perform or want to perform these new types of hand and The secret to paraffin Nailcare professionals who use paraffin successfully have found the secret to an effective paraffin treatment: The skin is prepped with a physical exfoliant (scrub) prior to any treatment, including paraffin. Physical exfoliation scrapes loose, dead cells from the surface of the skin and removes the surface oils. If these cells and oils are removed from the surface of the skin before applying a treatment lotion, they will no longer act as barriers to penetration, and ingredients can more easily and effectively penetrate the skin. The skin will respond even better to a lotion that is applied to skin that has been physically exfoliated and then covered with a warm barrier that forces its ingredients to penetrate into the pores and follicles. Paraffin is that barrier. How paraffin works Three treatment effects occur during a paraffin treatment. First, the paraffin holds the treatment lotion or mask to the surface of the skin, encouraging penetration of the ingredients. The heat enables greater penetration into skin if it is prepared to accept the products. Second, the elastin and collagen fibers in the dermal layers of the skin are stimulated to regenerate by the heat and the product that
is absorbed. Third, hydration of the skin occurs as the heat from the paraffin produces perspiration within the epidermis that cannot escape the surface of the skin, so is forced into the surrounding layers of the skin, plumping them up and providing hydration to the dehydrated cells. The combination of these benefits makes paraffin a great service to offer in a salon.
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