Client Prep + Aftercare

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✨ PRE-TREATMENT (ALL CLIENTS)

 

🌿Before Your Appointment

For best results, please prepare your skin accordingly:

  • Avoid active ingredients (retinol, exfoliants, benzoyl peroxide) 3–5 days prior
  • No waxing, shaving, or hair removal on the treatment area
  • Avoid excessive sun exposure or tanning
  • Come with clean skin (no makeup if possible)
  • Stay hydrated

✨ Proper prep = better results + safer treatments


GENERAL AFTERCARE (ALL TREATMENTS)

🚫 First 24- 48 Hours

  • Avoid touching or picking the skin
  • No workouts, sweating, or heat
  • Avoid saunas, steam, and hot showers
  • Keep skincare simple and gentle
  • Drink plenty of water

🌿 General Guidelines

  • No active ingredients until advised
  • Use only acne-safe, gentle products
  • Wear SPF daily/ every 2 hours
  • Avoid picking or irritating the skin

Your results depend on how you care for your skin after your treatment.

💉MICRONEEDLING

For best results, please follow these instructions carefully:

⏳ First 24 Hours

  • Do not apply anything to the skin (no products, no water)
  • Avoid touching the skin
  • Expect redness and a warm, sunburn-like sensation — this is normal
  • Drink lots of water 

🚫 For 7 Days

  • No exercising or sweating
  • No makeup
  • No exfoliation, picking, or peeling
  • Avoid heat (sauna, steam, hot showers)

🌿 Routine (Days 1–7)

AM

  • Gentle Cleanser
  • Gel in the Bottle or HydraRemedy / HydraBalance / Ultra Gel
  • Moisturizer
  • SPF (daily / every 2 hours)

PM

  • Double cleanse with gentle cleanser
  • Gel in the Bottle or HydraRemedy / HydraBalance / Ultra Gel
  • Moisturizer

🔁 After 7 Days

  • You may return to your regular skincare regimen
  • Resume actives only if your skin feels fully healed

✨ What to Expect

  • Redness, mild swelling, and temporary darkening of pigmentation is normal
  • Skin may feel tight or sensitive for 24–48 hours
  • Full results develop around 4 weeks post-treatment and are best done in a series. 

Be patient — your skin is rebuilding and improving beneath the surface.

🚨 Important Reminders

  • Do not pick, peel, or exfoliate
  • Let the treatment run its course for best results
  • Trust the process

💆 Optional

  • You may use the sheet mask provided to you after 6 hours if you are dry, itchy, tight, etc. 
  • If your skin feels fine, waiting 24 hours is recommended

🧪 CHEMICAL PEEL AFTERCARE

For best results, please follow these instructions carefully:

⏳ First 24 Hours

  • Keep skin clean and minimal
  • Avoid heat, sweating, and sun exposure
  • Skin may feel tight or slightly sensitive
  • Drink plenty of water

🚫 During Peeling Phase

  • Do not pick, peel, or pull the skin
  • Avoid exfoliation of any kind
  • No active ingredients until fully healed
  • Avoid excessive heat and sweating

✨ Peeling Expectations

Not all peels result in visible peeling and that is completely normal.

The RDS Factor Five Peel/BioRepeel/ Level 1-3 peels are considered a no-downtime peel, meaning it works beneath the surface to renew the skin without excessive shedding.

Your skin will peel only as much as it needs to, and peeling may occur in certain areas more than others depending on congestion, buildup, or damage.

✨ Important to know:

  • More peeling does NOT mean better results
  • Some of the best results happen with little to no visible peeling
  • These peels focuses on skin renewal, clarity, and long-term correction

⏳ Results Timeline
While you may notice some improvement early on, full results are typically seen around 4 weeks post-treatment as the skin completes its renewal cycle.

For concerns like hyperpigmentation, acne, or texture:

✨ A series of treatments is recommended for optimal results

✨ One peel alone may not give full correction

💡 Consistency is Key

Chemical peels work cumulatively over time.

Staying consistent with your treatments + homecare will give you the best, long-lasting results 🤍

🌿 Skincare Routine

(Unless you have an aftercare kit)

AM

  • Gentle Cleanser
  • Tyrosinase inhibitor
  • Hydrating serum (if approved)
  • Moisturizer
  • SPF (daily / every 2 hours)

PM

  • Gentle cleanser
  • Tyrosinase inhibitor
  • Hydrating products
  • Moisturizer

✨ What to Expect

  • Peeling typically begins within a few days
  • Skin may appear dry, flaky, or tight
  • New skin will appear brighter and smoother

Let the skin shed naturally for best results.

🚨 Important

  • Do not pick or speed up the peeling process
  • Avoid direct sun exposure
  • Trust the process

🌿ACNE PROGRAM CLIENTS

If you are currently enrolled in my acne program, your treatment plan is customized and structured differently. 

You will continue using your active products as prescribed, as they are essential to keeping your acne under control and maintaining your progress.

⚠️ Planning a More Advanced Treatment?

  • Microneedling
  • Chemical Peels
  • Other corrective procedures

You may need to pause your active ingredients prior to your appointment.

This will be discussed and guided on a case-by-case basis to ensure your skin is properly prepared and protected.

💡Important

Do not stop or adjust your routine unless instructed.

Your acne program is designed specifically for your skin, and consistency is key to your results.

If you're considering a different treatment, please reach out so we can adjust your routine safely and accordingly.

💡CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY

Your Results Matter

Your results are a combination of:

  • Professional treatments
  • Consistent homecare
  • Following all pre + post instructions

If you’re ever unsure about what to use or avoid, please reach out — I’m here to guide you every step of the way.