Rant: I keep seeing people use the same microdermabrasion tip for every single client

I was at a trade show in Phoenix and watched a demo where the tech used a diamond tip on a client with active rosacea. I almost yelled from the crowd. I've been doing this for eight years, and using a rough tip on sensitive, inflamed skin is a recipe for disaster. It doesn't just hurt the client in the moment, it can set their skin back for months. I know the machine manual says to clean the tip, but it says nothing about matching the grit to the condition. I've had clients come to me after a bad experience somewhere else, and fixing the damage takes three or four calming facials to get them back to baseline. How do you all decide which tip to use for different skin types? Do you have a set rule you follow?

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brown.reese3mo ago

Used to just grab the medium grit for everyone. Seeing someone use a diamond tip on rosacea made my stomach drop, changed my whole system. Now I keep a gentle tip just for sensitive skin.

the_cole3mo ago

Totally get having a separate gentle tip. I went a step further and color coded mine with little bands so there's zero chance of grabbing the wrong one in a hurry.

nathan_webb1mo ago

Ngl, I used to be in the "one tip fits all" camp too. Thought it was overkill to have a separate gentle one for sensitive skin because hey, skin is skin right? But then I accidentally used a coarse grit on my girlfriend who has rosacea and she nearly killed me. That look of pain on her face instantly changed my mind. Now I'm the guy with the little colored bands on my tips too, and honestly it just makes sense. Better to have the system and not need it than to mess up someone's face because you grabbed the wrong one in a rush.