Yeah. Niiiiiiiiice. High frequency shouldn't be used on things like cold sores or inflamed cuticles. This is, of course, common sense, but as I tell my students when they roll their eyes during the "take a shower every day and brush your hair" class, not all of us develop common sense into adulthood. High frequency can have an antibacterial effect and a drying one, which is probably why she is doing it, but it shouldn't ever be used on things like this because it is also stimulating and inflamation is stimulated as it is, never mind an open lesion with an active viral agent oozing out of it. The body is already engaged in healing these things and further outside stimulation will do more irritation and prolong the problem. Someone needs to open her textbook to the chapter on electrical therapy and read it out loud to her.
Unfortunately, a lot of schools gloss over this stuff and then send the students out into the world knowing just a smidge - enough knowledge to be dangerous. She's probably putting her things in a UV Sanitizer. In every esthetics textbook, in the chapters on Bacteriology and Sanitation, including the one she used in school, it specifically says that these units don't clean anything. All they do is maintain the state of something that has already been dealt with properly. It's a fancy holding unit - nothing more. I really wish the manufacturers would stop using "Steri" in the marketing names or referring to the UV lamps within the units as "germicidal" because I've even had this discussion with my superiors in the past and they did not like me much when the conversation was over.* These things don't do anything. * Nicole Cormier Very Happy Instructor European School of Esthetics Winnipeg Manitoba ******************************************** The mighty oak is a tiny acorn that stood its ground. ------------------------------ > *From*: "Debra Watters" > *Date*: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:56:50 -0700 > *To*: Nailtech<[email protected]> > *Subject*: NailTech:: Esti is treating Cold Sores....YIKES > > While I’m working on my client’s nails, one of the stylists walks out from > the aesthetician’s room to show me her cold sore on her nose. She said the > “Esti” just high frequencied her nose… and has been doing it for a few > days. I just about fell off my chair. My client’s eyes almost popped out > and is inquiring about how she might try that when her cold sore pops out on > her lip. She’s been treating some the stylists when they have zits, or > swelling or a cuts. > > > > Is this legal? OMG…what about the disinfection??? She says she has a > (forgot what it’s called…Lynette help me out) sterilization unit. I just > see a big box (size of a paraffin unit) in her room that has a bluish light > in it. She does facials on me and I’m not feeling quite safe right now with > her working on MY face. She uses that thing when I have waxing done. A lot > of my clients go to her as well. > > > > The owners know about it and have had her treat them too. She even high > frequencied the owners infected, swollen, red and feverish cuticle. And > BTW, it only made it redder. Exactly why I didn’t want to touch it in the > first place. > > > > Your thoughts? > > > > Debbie W. > > CA > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
