Aftercare Guides & Education

Your skin journey does not end when you leave the treatment room. Proper aftercare is an important part of protecting your results, supporting your skin barrier, and helping your treatment work as intended. This client education section was created to give you simple, clear guidance on how to care for your skin after your appointment. Below, you’ll find aftercare instructions for different treatments and services offered at Genuine Skin Esthetics. Each section is designed to help you understand what is normal after your appointment, what to avoid, and how to support the best possible results.

Facial Aftercare

Your skin just had a little reset. Let’s keep the glow going.

For the next 24–48 hours:

• Keep your skincare simple and gentle

• Avoid exfoliants, scrubs, retinol, acids, or strong active products

• Skip heavy makeup

• Avoid picking, touching, or squeezing the skin

• Avoid saunas, hot tubs, steam rooms, and intense workouts

• Wear SPF daily, even if you are mostly indoors

• Drink water and let your skin do its happy little healing thing

What is normal:

• Mild redness

• Slight sensitivity

• A few small breakouts if extractions were performed

• Skin feeling extra clean, soft, or a little tight

Dermaplaning note: If you received dermaplaning today, your skin may feel extra smooth and slightly more sensitive. Avoid exfoliating, retinol, acids, and direct sun exposure for 3–5 days. SPF is your new bestie.

Microneedling/Nanoneedling Aftercare

Your skin is in repair mode. Be gentle, be patient, and do not get creative.

For the first 24 hours:

• Do not apply makeup
• Do not sweat heavily or work out
• Avoid touching your face unless your hands are clean
• Avoid hot showers, saunas, hot tubs, and steam
• Do not use retinol, acids, exfoliants, vitamin C, or active products
• Use only approved post-treatment products
• Sleep on a clean pillowcase

For the next 3–5 days:

• Keep skincare simple and hydrating
• Avoid direct sun exposure
• Wear SPF every morning once your provider says it is okay
• Do not pick, scrub, or exfoliate flaking skin
• Avoid swimming pools, lakes, and hot tubs
• Pause waxing, shaving, or facial treatments until cleared

What is normal:

• Redness similar to a sunburn
• Tightness or dryness
• Mild swelling
• Light flaking
• Skin feeling rough before it feels smooth

Reminder: Your results build over time. Collagen is not instant, but she is working.

Chemical Peel Aftercare

Your peel is doing the work. Your job is to not interrupt it.

For the next 24–72 hours:

• Keep skincare simple and gentle
• Avoid retinol, exfoliants, scrubs, acids, vitamin C, and active products
• Do not pick, pull, peel, or scrub flaking skin
• Avoid direct sun exposure
• Wear SPF every single morning
• Avoid heat, saunas, hot tubs, steam rooms, and intense workouts
• Do not wax or use hair removal creams on the treated area
• Keep the skin moisturized and protected

What is normal:

• Redness
• Tightness
• Dryness
• Mild darkening of pigment before it sheds
• Flaking or peeling, depending on the type of peel
• Little to no visible peeling — the peel is still working

Important:

Peeling is not a competition. More peeling does not always mean better results.

Call or message if you experience severe burning, swelling, blistering, intense discomfort, or anything that feels unusual.

Lash Lift & Tint Aftercare

Keep them lifted, dark, and lovely.

First 24 hours:

Keep lashes dry
Avoid steam, saunas, hot tubs, and hot showers
Avoid mascara and eye makeup
Do not rub, press, or sleep on lashes
Avoid oil-based products around the eyes
Do not use lash curlers

After that:

Cleanse gently
Avoid rubbing or pulling at lashes
Skip waterproof mascara when possible
Do not use lash curlers
Be gentle around the eye area

Reminder: Tint will soften over time, and your lift will gradually relax as your natural lashes cycle. TREAT THEM GENTLY: Cute lashes last longer when they are not being bullied.

Aftercare Guides & Education

Facial Aftercare

Microneedling/Nanoneedling Aftercare

Chemical Peel Aftercare

Lash Lift & Tint Aftercare

This website uses cookies.