As a skin care specialist, my clients look to me to give them advice, and to steer them in the right direction to ensure that they have beautiful, healthy, glowing skin. I have been fortunate in my own skin journey that my skin right now looks almost flawless as some of my clients so generously say, but it’s not flawless and it’s definitely not perfect.
My skin hasn’t always been the best. I’ve definitely struggled with breakouts, pigmentation, my face shape; all of it has been an issue for me whether all at once, or at different points in my life. I would say that I really started taking care of my skin and actually noticing my skin when I was in my mid 20s. It is ‘super late’ but growing up I was never was taught how to take care of my skin; it was more so covering up my skin with makeup.
As some of you know, I have gone through and still kind of going through my weight loss journey, the significant portion of it happened back in 2013 when I had gastric bypass surgery. You can imagine with a massive change like that my body was going through the motions and with all the different medications that I was taking and also having polycystic ovary syndrome, it was just wreaking havoc on my skin. At the time, I didn’t know what to do so I just kind of let it ride out and hope for the best. It wasn’t until I decided to make a career shift in my life and went to school for aesthetics and beauty that I started realizing how important taking care of my skin is from the inside and the outside. Once I started school I was on the path to building my skin care routine. I do have to admit that while I was in school my skin was absolutely horrible because each week we were doing treatments on each other, and with my skin being overstimulated and introducing new ingredients, it definitely was not a pretty sight. However, once I graduated and got all the certifications that I needed I was on my way to customizing my own skin care routine and really listening to my body and my skin.
As I started losing weight and with recommendations by my doctor to reduce slowly the medication that I was taking, I noticed my skin was doing a lot better not just from the outside, but even from the inside too. (this was when I truly saw with my own eyes how taking care of the body can impact me inside and outside) While I was building a better skin care routine for myself I noticed that I wasn’t breaking out as much, understanding that I need sunscreen all day every day was definitely a big help. Using sunscreen every day I did see that I didn’t get any new pigmentation spots from the sun and I also noticed that my pores were getting smaller. As I continued on my own personal skin care journey, I was really grateful for all the opportunities that I got, and still continue to have learning about different products and different product lines not just for myself, but for others too.
Fast forward to today I still have my insecurities. I have texture in my skin mostly on my right side. I have pigmentation just below my orbital bone. I have a few fine lines on my forehead. I get the occasional break out during that time of the month, and I have pores. Oh and also let’s not forget blackheads I am prone to blackheads, so I don’t go around saying that I have perfect skin when I absolutely know I don’t, far from it. Even with all of these insecurities, I can still show that my skin can have these imperfections and still look good. I have left the house without any makeup on and not feel so anxious about it because I know that my skin is healthy and protects. And even though with these imperfections I can maintain that healthy glow and use professional treatments, stick to a solid routine and use specific products to treat those imperfections and feel good about it.
So please whatever you do, don’t think or believe that the ultimate goal in skin care is to have perfect skin because there’s no such thing as the ultimate goal. The intention is to have healthy, glowing skin and that can be achieved, how you ask? Just call on your Aestie Bestie! I have your back and your skin!