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Skin Typing and Consultation Leadership through Knowledge
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Skin Typing and Consultation Skin Typing and Consultation Evaluating Your Patient’s Skin Condition, Concerns, Commitment
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Obagi System Patient The importance of an effective initial Patient Skin Typing and Consultation –Critical to the success of patient satisfaction and compliance –Critical to beginning the long-term relationship with this patient –Critical to retaining a loyal patient base for your practice –Critical to creating on-going incremental revenue and converting skincare patients to procedure/surgery patients
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What is Transformed Skin? Smooth –Soft, compact stratum corneum Even pigmentation –Melanocytes function properly Firm –Dermis rich with collagen and elastin fibers Good hydration –Extracellular matrix is rich with GAGs
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What is Transformed Skin? Free of damage –Absent of scars, large pores, photodamage Functions properly –Normal renewal of keratinocytes, melanocytes and fibroblasts Tolerant –Tolerates sun, cold, heat, contact and most products
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What happens to make skin unhealthy? Aging –Fine lines, wrinkles, dryness, sagging, longer healing Photoaging – Sun exposure –Roughness, hyperpigmentation, loss of elasticity, wrinkling, sallowness, precancerous and cancerous lesions Hormonal changes –Oral contraceptives, pregnancy and menopause can cause melasma and/or blotchy dark spots Acne –Leaves behind scars, hyperpigmentation and uneven surface
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Skin Typing System Color Thickness Oiliness Laxity Fragility
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Color – Skin Typing System Defines depth of color tone –Determined by amount of pigment Fitzpatrick Scale I-VI Color tone determines appropriate course of treatment –Darker skin requires longer conditioning before and after rejuvenation procedures
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Thickness – Skin Typing System Defines the depth of the epidermis and dermis Clinical examination determines –Thin –Medium-thick –Thick Thickness determines skin conditioning protocol for rejuvenation procedures
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Oiliness – Skin Typing System Defines amount of oil that is being secreted into the skin and can be classified as –Oily, secreting excess sebum –Normal, secreting an average amount –Dry, below average sebum secretion Excess oil acts like “sebaceous glue” prevents –Normal shedding of stratum corneum –Proper penetration of topical agents Dry skin can also have low levels of hydration Both impact the duration and course of treatment
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Laxity – Skin Typing System Defines sagging and redundant skin –Laxity in thin skin reveals wrinkling –Laxity in thick skin demonstrates jowling Indication of lacking collagen and elastin Important difference skin laxity vs. muscle laxity Determines protocol and length of treatment; type of rejuvenation procedure
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Fragility – Skin Typing System Defines level of skin tolerance Fragility occurs in all skin colors and thickness –More common in Asian skin Fragile skin requires 2 – 3 additional skin cycles than conditioning normal skin –Peel procedures should not be deeper than the papillary dermis
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Let’s Skin Type Together Classic Case of Melasma Fitzpatrick IV Thick Skin Normal to Oily Moderate Laxity –Jowling Non-Fragile
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Skin Typing Classic Case of Photodamage Fitzpatrick II –Melasma Thin skin Oil - Normal –T-Zone –Mild Acne Laxity – Mild –Fine wrinkles Fragility – Mild Sensitivity
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The 3 C’s There are 3 components to choosing the right Obagi System for your patients: –Condition – Appearance of the patient’s skin –Concern –Commitment Skin Typing completes the “Condition” component of the 3 C’s When you do the skin typing, you also ask questions about –The results the patient desires; their concerns –Determine their commitment to achieving those results
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Skin Typing Who would like to be skin typed? Color Thickness Oiliness Laxity Fragility
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The Opportunity Give every patient who walks in your office the opportunity to learn about the Obagi Systems! Obagi Nu-Derm Obagi-C Rx Obagi Professional-C Serums
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