Anybody can just pop up online now claiming to be an expert on all things beauty, with all the right equipment bought over the internet. They set up a chair in the backyard or in a spare room at home, and charge you around what you might still spend in a proper facility.

While we’re not in the habit of putting others down who are trying to learn beauty procedures in their own way, BrowQueen is wary over people charging for home procedures that need the attention of trained, licensed professionals who can stand liable if anything (however rarely!) goes wrong on a cosmetic procedure.
Here’s what you’re risking when you skip out on seeing professional aestheticians or cosmetologists:

SANITATION
Putting on a mask and gloves, and slathering on rubbing alcohol before touching a client is not the start and end of sanitation procedures; it starts before the client even walks through the door. Every tool for any beauty procedure undergoes sterilization, and preferably with an industry-standard UV machine after the tools go through a thorough wash and dry with disinfectant solution. The very bed/chair a client is lying on must also be sprayed down with a hygienic solution before and
after every use, and during the procedure itself, the client isn’t even supposed to touch the bed; there must be a layer of disposable sheeting that is thrown away after every client. These steps are repeated after every client to ensure utmost sanitation. Licensed aestheticians and cosmetologists are taught all of these before they even think to touch skin.

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When availing of any cosmetic procedure for the skin, hair, or nails, trained and licensed professionals know that every clients’ skin is different, and before beginning any cosmetic procedure, will first conduct an assessment. Do you have dry skin with oily zones? Oily facial zones but with dry, cracking areas? Are your nails prone
to ingrown when cut a certain way? Is your hair thinning caused by something more than just genetics? Is that just some peeling on your skin or nails, or could you possibly be suffering from a fungal infection? These and more are all considered by licensed professionals before beginning your procedure so that you can seek a doctor for treatment, if needed.

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LIABILITY
Licensed professionals doing cosmetic procedures are bound by the law and regulations of the industry to answer for any irregularities before, during, and after a client undergoes any procedure. Utmost care therefore is the standard of every licensed professional operating a duly accredited facility that provides cosmetic procedures, because professionals want to avoid these scenarios in the first place! Your care and safety is the priority of every licensed professional offering any cosmetic procedure
because they know that when something goes left relating to the service they availed provided, they will be held liable under law and are obligated to face any complaint. Would you want to be in a scenario where the person responsible for any disfigurement or accident to your procedure can just up and disappear? Definitely reconsider if that offered microblading service by a “friend of a friend’s friend” done from their garage is worth the risks discussed above.

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