Understanding Sensitive Skin (Digital Book · English Edition)

Understanding Sensitive Skin
The science of sensitive skin, rosacea and atopic dermatitis. An evidence-based guide for esthetics professionals.

"My skin is sensitive" can describe very different skin. Skin with reduced barrier function, rosacea where redness stays, atopic skin caught in a cycle of itch and scratching. That is why the same calming treatment suits one client and triggers a reaction in another. This book sets out how to tell these apart, how to avoid making them worse, and when to refer a client to a medical professional, in the language of the treatment room.

What is inside

• Part 1, Shared Foundations: the structure and recovery of the skin barrier, receptors and sensory nerves, and the signal pathways of stinging, burning and itch
• Part 2, Sensitive Skin: mechanisms and triggers, in-spa trial application, ingredient choices, and what to do when a reaction starts during a service
• Part 3, Rosacea: definition and observation cues, innate immune and neurovascular mechanisms, an overview of medical care, consultation and home care plans
• Part 4, Atopic Skin: barrier and type 2 inflammation, the science of itch, care in the treatment room
• Part 5, Running the Practice: a consultation protocol with three levels of medical referral, preventing adverse reactions before and after procedures, staff training and complaint handling
• Appendices: first-visit consultation checklist, treatment room reference tables by condition, ingredient dictionary, glossary and index

Format PDF digital book · 370 pages · English · 8 scientific illustrations · linked table of contents and bookmarks
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Evidence and scope Each chapter ends with references indexed in PubMed, and citations were checked against their bibliographic records and abstracts to state how far the evidence goes. Research findings, the author's judgment and spa operating standards are marked separately. This book is educational material for esthetics professionals. It does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment.

Author Clara Song, PhD · Founder and Formulator, Complete Elixir. She designs and makes every formula in the company's own laboratory in South Surrey, British Columbia, and teaches spa owners and estheticians through Complete Elixir Academy. Her doctorate is in healthcare data science, not a medical degree.

© Complete Elixir. For the purchaser's own study and internal training within their own business only. Copying and distribution without permission are prohibited.