Have you been wanting to feel younger or look more rejuvenated and refreshed? Do you look at the vast aesthetic and wellness industry and wonder where to begin? What's available to you and what works? You're listening to Aesthetic Express where Board-certified nurse practitioner Dr.
Kyle Farr brings you expert education about everything aesthetic, beauty and wellness related. And now your host Nurse Practitioner Dr. Kyle Farr. Thank you everyone for taking time to listen to us today here on Aesthetic Express.
I am your host of the podcast here Aesthetic Express Dr. Kyle Farr. I'm a Board-certified nurse practitioner. I practice in Aesthetic and Wellness Medicine and I own Detroit Aesthetics Company located in Plymouth, Michigan right outside of Metro Detroit.
But welcome you. On this episode today what I wanted to take some time to discuss briefly today is really how do you choose a good Aesthetic provider? It can be a tough decision. I can't imagine as the consumer going out and seeing an Aesthetic provider really means that you are putting a lot of faith and trust in one individual.
They are primarily probably working on your face or even in some instances like if you're getting a treatment like Cool Sculpting, maybe your whole body. But especially when we're talking about the face, we always say put your best face forward. Man, when you are going to an Aesthetic provider, that is a lot of trust that you're putting in them because that work is being done on really one of the first things people see when you meet them. So I wanted to really kind of divulge a little bit in not only when it comes to choosing an Aesthetic provider for getting cosmetic injections or treatments like laser treatments or microneedling treatments or something like that.
But also when you go to get your skincare products, really make sure you're going to somebody who is a licensed skin therapist, whether it's an aesthetician or a professional office like our office to try to Aesthetics company that you're really getting that advice because that provider is going to be able to look at you, assess your skin, and be able to tell you exactly what you need and what's going to work best for you. So in the result, you're putting your money into something that's going to get you the results that you want. But when I would encourage clients when they're going out to find a provider, first, probably the first thing is ask for referrals. I mean referrals are huge in my practice as an Aesthetic provider.
Referrals are honestly one of the best compliments that I receive. Ask your girlfriends, your guy friends, yes guys, get this stuff too. I see more and more men in my office. Ask hairstylists or a good one to ask.
Maybe people at the gym, anybody, if you know that they get it done, it's becoming more and more talked about now. It's not as taboo to discuss it. So asking around referrals are fantastic. I, referrals are very flattering.
It means that not only does the patient trust me, but they trust me well enough to refer somebody else to me. And that's an amazing feeling as a provider. But when you look at the provider, you're also going to want to look at them as the individual. There's lots of different practitioners and providers out there who are doing aesthetic injections.
And obviously my background is a nurse. I'm here to tell you that I firmly believe that when it comes to getting cosmetic anesthetic injections, a highly trained skilled nurse is a fantastic injector. And they can honestly have and provide the same quality of treatment that a physician can have. I jokingly say with clients when it seems that maybe that's getting pushed a little bit that I'm a doctor at nursing, but I'm not an MD or a DO.
And they'll say, well, my sister-in-law only goes to a doctor. And I'll jokingly say sometimes I've fixed some physician's work. And I'm sure on the flip side, there have been physicians who have fixed nurse injectors work. But when it really comes down to it, it really depends on how much the individual the practitioner that you're seeing has put into their work.
Obviously, make sure that they're a licensed health care practitioner when it comes to getting aesthetic injections. That is the biggest thing I'm going to advocate for. They should be a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physicians assistant, MD or DO and some states dentists are able to do this. But make sure primarily that they are a licensed health care provider.
I cannot stress that enough. Ask them, hey, what's your background? What do you do? I think you should always find that out.
And then really the next thing is how long have they been doing this? To me, a provider who's doing aesthetic injections, this should be primarily what they do. When I look at my practice, cosmetic injections, aesthetic injections are what I spend a majority of my time doing. They make up at least 50% of the work that I do in the clinic.
Neurotoxin, germophillars, injections. That's where it's at. That's my passion. It is an art.
It's a craft. It's a skill. So really make sure that that's what they're doing. There are some providers out there, unfortunately, that think that it's a super lucrative business and it's really easy.
I am here to tell you that it's not. I will tell you that this is the craft and the skill that I have has taken years to develop. It's taking time and effort and really focusing on that craft, going to training sessions and really investing in myself as a practitioner to get to where I am today. And I'm still learning certifications to me.
They're not about boosting my ego. I'm not trying to say, hey, look, I got one more certificate for the wall. I know the reason I put those certificates out and I have them on the different walls at my office is because I want my clients to see that I'm out there getting educated still. Not only do I go out and train as a game trainer with with Gail Dermot, but I'm still educating myself.
I'm going to conferences. I'm going to classes. I'm always trying to continue to develop and enhance my craft as much as I can. I think that's important.
So that provider that you're working with should be knowledgeable. What's their background? How often are they doing this? Most medical training in the United States, whether it's nursing, physician, assistant, nurse, practitioner, medical training does not include aesthetic training.
That is just the reality of the way this is. It doesn't have. They don't get that aesthetic training. So really making sure that the practitioner that you're seeing has some kind of certificate of competence.
They've gone out and they're taking this training and they've been educated on these products and how they work. Once you're comfortable with their education, you see that they have that background and you're confident in that. I always tell clients when I see them on a side note here a little bit about me and how I got to where I'm at today. And if I've just gone to a conference, I like to make sure I post it on things like social media or on my Facebook.
I want to share it with my clients because I'm proud. It's not only an investment in me as a practitioner, but it's an investment in my clients that I'm going out there and continuing to learn and always trying to become better. I tell my students when I'm teaching at the university where I teach and also when I'm out there educating on these products, you are only dangerous when you think you know it all. That is not only dangerous, dangerous, I mean you can be reckless, but you become dangerous when you think you know it all.
And that the learning and developing is an ongoing process. It's cyclic and it really truly never ends. But so really make sure you investigate the background of the individual, look at their bio, ask them. You know, be a informed consumer that's important.
Next thing is when you go into the consultation, is it a consultation or is this a sales pitch? You know, this is a chance for you as a consumer to get education, ask questions. As the practitioner, I'm always going to ask what bothers you. What bugs you when you look in the mirror?
What don't you like? I want to see what the client sees and then I talk. You know, you don't ever want to leave feeling forced or coerced into something. You know, you shouldn't hopefully get up to the counter and have 55 things that you now need.
Don't feel coerced into something. You know, be educated, be informed and then make the decision if you want something. I tell my clients, I pride myself in having clients tell me like, man, I came to see you and I used to go see somebody else and I always felt like I was getting, it was a sales pitch. It was a, you know, boiler room type situation and I don't want that.
My office is a comfortable, relaxed environment. The client should be comfortable with me. I'm comfortable with them because the real goal here is it's an ongoing relationship that hopefully we're going to establish and we need to be comfortable with each other. So really make sure when you're going in that you're getting the consultation, you're getting that education and you're not just going into get a sales pitch where it's you need, you need this, you need this, you need this, you need this.
You know, recently I was on a vacation, we were on a cruise and man, you want to talk about consultation versus sales pitch. I feel like in those types of settings, you know, I went in for a massage, I was on vacation and so we went to get a massage and I left the massage and the next thing that they come in the room is they gave me a list of, you know, $317 worth of stuff that I needed just from a massage. You know, no education on it really, but it was just, oh, you need this. You know, here's what we recommend.
Your consultation should be an educational opportunity for you to learn and ask questions and feel comfortable and it's okay to leave a consultation and want to think about things. You should be able to go home with education if you want to and kind of review it before you make, you know, an important life decision and potentially something that you're going to invest quite a bit of money in. That's perfectly okay and you should feel okay doing that. You know, you shouldn't leave feeling uncomfortable because you had to, you know, you wanted to do that.
You should feel comfortable to do that and then come back and then after you maybe thought about it, do it. And on the flip side of clients would come in and they say, hey, you know what, I want this today. Let's do it today. We go to the consultation and give them the education and as long as time permits, you know, yeah, we'll do it that day if we can and that's awesome and a lot of clients do that, but I want to make sure that they're informed and they have all of that information and their questions have been answered during that consultation.
To me, it's a consultation. It's not a sales pitch. The environment, you know, that's the next thing you want to look at when you're choosing your aesthetic provider. The environment should be comfortable.
It should be clean and you're going to see lots of different environments out there. I have a true at Tritestechs company, a spotlight environment. You know, it's comfortable. We have couches and chairs in our waiting room and a desk.
We're decorated kind of, you know, kind of urban chic feel, I would say. You know, we have some nice reclaimed wood on the wall, but it's a relaxed environment. You know, my exam rooms are that way. I use a lot of reclaimed furniture that's been repurposed into things, but it's clean.
It's well-capped. You might go to an office that's, you know, a true medical setting, but really you want to make sure that they're well equipped, especially if you're getting dermal fillers and stuff, ask those questions. They have things that, you know, in the unlikely event that something is not necessarily a favorable outcome, whether you don't like the results or there's other issues, is the office able to handle that? And does the practitioner have what they need there to do that?
So you can ask those questions, but really making sure that you should walk into the environment and feel like, man, this is comfortable. I like it here. Probably the best compliment I've ever received is one of my clients. They told me, they're like, man, I feel like I could just hang out here all day.
And that was awesome. That makes me know that, man, you know what, my team and I, we've done something right. We've hit the nail on the head. We created that environment.
And then the last thing, when you're really choosing your provider, and it's really the thing that I would almost want to make a real strong argument for that shouldn't necessarily, it's obviously going to be a factor, you know, in things that shouldn't be the leading factor. And that's price. You know, when you're choosing an aesthetic provider, you're not just buying the product, you're buying the practitioner and you're buying their knowledge, their education and their experience and what they've invested in themselves. There are, you know, don't look for the cheapest, you know, neurotoxin or dyspord or rustling injection out there.
You know, I would say, would you look for the cheapest mechanic or the cheapest heart surgeon if you needed something? You know, these are medical procedures. This takes sound medical knowledge. Make sure you're out there, you know, really choosing a practitioner that is, you know, it's affordable these days.
Most people are, I would say, competitive and pricing, you know, but the cheapest is not always the best. You are investing in yourself, and you are investing in a lot of the times your face or your body. And sometimes, you know, especially when we're looking at something like cool sculpting, it can't be undone. Once we've done it, we've done it.
So you want to make sure that you're really going to somebody who's knowledgeable. They've been trained a lot of the times by the company, I make sure that anybody who does for instance, cool sculpting at my office, you know, right now, Jordan, who's my cool sculpting technician, she has attended Cool Sculpting University from Elegant or at the time she was trained it was Zeltique, you know, so she's been to those hands on trainings. It wasn't, you know, somebody else that was working at the office just kind of passed on how to do this. I really make sure that everybody who's in my office has those certifications directly either from the manufacturer or from the company to make sure that they're competent in what they do.
You know, out there when we're talking about price two, one of the things that does come up is Groupon, you know, and we're looking for that Groupon Botox or that Groupon Dysport or Groupon Dermal Filler. And it, you know, I have concerns about that. The biggest thing though is, you know, when you're finding an aesthetic provider, Groupon, keep in mind is it's typically, you know, you can, you're only allowed one and then you're not allowed one, you're not allowed one again after that. For instance, I've, you know, I use Groupon, we've all probably purchased a Groupon before.
I bought a Groupon for a restaurant because I wanted to try this new Habachi place. So I bought a Groupon, I used it for the Habachi, it was fantastic, and then I keep going back there. I don't get a Groupon every time I go back there, I pay regular price. You know, so you know, somebody make an argument for that, but when we're choosing a static provider, I really see it as you are going into hopefully what's going to be a long-term relationship with that person.
You know, we're not getting married, we're not sharing accounts or moving in together, but this is going to be an ongoing developing relationship between us. And I see my clients that way. I like it that they keep coming back and we build that with each other. And you know, so you may save a little bit on an initial visit, but necessarily those, the ones who have the Groupons out there, they may not be the ones, and I can probably tell you they're not the ones out there that are highly skilled and trained in the aesthetic treatments.
You know, typically the ones who have the experience and the high levels of training, they're not putting those treatments out there on that. It's not about low price. You know, you want to make sure that they're not taking shortcuts and things like that too. It's highly unlikely and I really hope that everybody's an honest practitioner.
But you know, unfortunately, you know, if you're going into something like that, really make sure that you ask your questions, you do your due diligence and really follow through on that. But it's, you know, to wrap up here, it's just when you're choosing, you know, when you're getting into this and you're going to choose that provider, really make sure you feel comfortable with them. Go in for that consultation. If you feel like you need to not make a quick decision that day, that's perfectly fine.
You know, it is, you're going into what's hopefully a long-term commitment with the provider and you should feel comfortable and confident that you have that. I love each and every one of my clients. We have great relationships. You know, I kind of laugh sometimes.
I see quite a few of them a lot and that's fine. I like it. I enjoy it. But it's important.
We build that trusting relationship. They trust me, which is a fantastic gift to me. And I trust them. You know, they trust me to steer them in the right direction.
I think that's important. I'm not going to do something just because they want to do it. You know, I'm going to make sure that they are well-informed. And if I feel like it's not a good option for them, I'm going to tell them and I'm going to tell them why.
And they respect that. And I think that's important. So just wanted to wrap up there. I think that's important topic to discuss, you know, getting into the aesthetic field.
If you're new to this and if you're new to the aesthetic world, make sure that you, you know, you're probably wondering, geez, how do I find a good provider? Number one thing, honest, just ask for referrals. Ask around. You know, you can always do that.
So a friend of mine wants to get dis-ports. So if you wanted to do that, or where could I tell my friend, maybe they could look. You can always be asking for a friend. That's perfectly fine.
But, you know, referrals are great. I tend to operate in life based on referrals. I like to ask. I throw it out there either on social media or I send a couple text messages to people that I know.
But that's probably the best place to start is with a referral. If you're obviously in the Metro Detroit area, I'm going to give you a referral right now to come to the Detroit aesthetics company and come see me because selfishly I'd love to see you and take care of you and build that relationship with you. But, you know, it's a good place to start. Ask around and then really make sure that when you meet that practitioner, you trust them.
You ask about their background. You do a little detective work, you know, pull out the skills that you've learned on forensic files and law and order and investigate that person. Make sure you feel comfortable that you're in a nice environment and that you're ready to move forward and that you've had that consultation where all of your questions have been answered and you're good to move forward. But thank you for taking some time today.
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