Why you need to visit a skin consultant

A client receives a botox injection from a dermatologist. Invest in skin care consultation to help understand your skin better. This way, you avoid relying on guesswork when selecting products and services. PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • That is why you should invest in skin care consultation to help understand your skin better. This way, you avoid relying on guesswork when selecting products and services.
  • A proper skin analysis and testing session will help determine your skin type and disorders, if any, using a diagnosis equipment. This is followed by skin profiling and advice on the correct products to use.

Acne, pimpoles, blackheads and open pores happen to us at some point in our lives.

There are those with dry or oily skin. The thing is your face is very different from that of the next person. As such, their skin care regime will be different from yours.

That is why you should invest in skin care consultation to help understand your skin better. This way, you avoid relying on guesswork when selecting products and services.

According to research conducted by the Safe Skin Care Initiative, ignorance is to blame for most skin problems. People with skin issues seek advice from all the wrong places; from friends, beauty shops and chemists for products. In most cases, the advice offered is simply to use certain products, which may not be ideal for the particular problem.

A proper skin analysis and testing session will help determine your skin type and disorders, if any, using a diagnosis equipment. This is followed by skin profiling and advice on the correct products to use.

The skin specialist will give tips on holistic skin care including diet, make up, exercise and lifestyle changes. The Safe Skin Care Initiative has established a help desk every month in various counties offering consultations with the national director. This December, the help desk will be in Westlands, Nairobi county.