Beauty therapy is a very broad subject in the beauty industry. There are numerous diverse skills and abilities that a beauty therapist has and should have. From top to bottom– hairdressing, makeup, body massage, skin care, nail care and many more, beauty therapy covers them all.
For some, these self-care and body care treatments and therapies may seem just as they are, but without a doubt, they are affected by the power of technology. Just like in countless things, technology is involved in beauty therapy. Both in little and big ways, it has an impact and an important role for beauty therapy procedures to be executed and for them to give the good and the best results.
Technology’s involvement is significant in beauty therapy, and below are just 6 ways that show it.
EFFICIENT ONLINE LEARNING
Starting with the “learning” part, technology serves as a huge help for those who are aspiring to become an expert beauty therapist. Whatever the sub-field is, it can aid you to discover and learn.
If you are taking up beauty therapy courses, you will know that aside from what you are taught in beauty school, there are also good stuff to get from checking out relevant social media platforms and reading through the Internet. With careful thought and information checking, you will be able to do additional research and obtain useful information about the course you are in.
Also, if you are looking into a more convenient type of learning where your schedule can be very flexible and where you can choose your comfortable place as for your needs, you can enroll to basic cosmetic classes, hairdressing courses, barbering classes, prosthetic makeup courses and others offered online! Amazing, right? Technology has made that happen. Although it is very different from actually attending a beauty academy, you can get high-quality learning even when you are doing it online at home.
As simple as watching online videos of beauty techniques and tutorials, technology is involved in learning about beauty therapy, whether or not you are interested in taking up beauty therapy courses.
SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES
There are particular apparatuses used in performing beauty therapy treatments to clients who come to beauty salons to get themselves relaxed, pampered and better-looking. At the same time, even in some corners of the mall or of your house, you may have specific apparatuses for your personal health and beauty care.
In body massage, the most typical and singular way is the human massager basically using his/her hands on the client’s body. It feels resting and relieving to the client, but it’s also hard for the massager because it’s tiring. Nowadays, there are some technological devices that massage bodies too. Some of them come in forms of massage pillows, neck massager, chair recliner, all having vibration features for the massaging aspect. Some are wired, while some are cordless.
In facial treatments, beauty salons use anti-wrinkling beauty machines, facial massage cleansing tools, pore cleanser machine, ultrasonic skin tightening and others are utilized. In hair care treatments, electronic tools function so well to give the guests beautifully customized experience and outcomes.
The tools list goes on for other branches of beauty therapy.
MODERNIZED DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES
Unquestionably, lots of traditional devices used in barber shops and beauty parlors before still do exist now, but tons of them have been modernized to match today’s trends and suitability. While their functions have not been removed totally, they have been enhanced according to the arising shifts in people’s needs. Some elements have been improved by adding something to them. On the other hand, some have just been modified.
Strong hands work on back massaging. Now, multiple kinds of devices have been born. There is a back massager functioning for fatigue relief, and it looks like it has vibrating bumps or balls inside; it’s called the shiatsu massager. There is also a hand-held back relaxing device; with two sticky pads, they are placed on the back, and they are easy to remove. Another is the medium-sized massager that is used like a shawl; it reaches the back and the neck.
Because of technology involvement and the continuously flowing innovation, the hard becomes easy, and the already good ones are even more developed to perform more and better treatments.
BEFORE-AND-AFTER IMAGES
When clients visualize a certain look or product they want to achieve at the end of the beauty therapy treatment, the most expected thing for them is to get that, close to that or more than that. It might seem challenging especially for beginner beauty therapists. Also, when you work on a client who is not very much particular with the exact outcome he/she desires, it can also be challenging for beauty therapists to explain and demonstrate what to expect.
With the impressive advancements and discoveries through technology, virtual imaging is being used at present. You can let a client see the “after” image of himself/herself as an end result of the work that’s about to be done, and that is through hairdo and restorative imaging innovation. In that way, your client will know what he/she is getting. Through that, he/she can give her opinions about it, thus, changes can be made earlier to avoid inconvenience later on.
With the use of a camera, you can show a “draft” or a preview of how your customer will look when styled in many ways. That also gives the client a chance to choose which of the suggested looks is best in her own eyes and tastes.
Technology made clearer understanding of expectations possible.
NON-INVASIVE BEAUTY TREATMENTS
There are beauty enhancements and therapies that require or involve incisions using specialized instruments. This can be a huge disadvantage for those who are afraid or sharps and blood. Thanks to technology because new techniques and devices have been invented and given birth to that has made these fears conquerable, bearable and out-of-way.
New technology has enabled non-invasive beauty therapy procedures. That means no instrument is required to be put into the body to be treated. Restorative benefits are received in the absence of the pains and twinges gotten through surgery.
Laser for many beauty therapy procedures is widespread. Also, there are minimally invasive techniques. Technology let this happen not just for avoiding the pain but to produce faster yet still high-quality results.
CHANGES IN PHYSICAL CONTACT
Since technology has an enormous part in coming up with gadgets and methods, that means human labor is helped and lessened — not very much that people have nothing to do, but in a very friendly way instead.
For example, instead of you manually working on a foot spa for your client, there’s a foot spa machine that does the job perfectly. Armpit waxing is made easier by armpit laser hair removal. Also, through a high frequency facial machine, your face is given a safe treatment that works in decreasing acne-causing bacteria, strengthening blood circulation and boosting collagen production. Aside from manually and directly applying products like gels and creams, and aside from actually massaging, this awesome device can do many things in one go for you!
There are changes when it comes to physical contact between the clients and the beauty therapists because the technological devices serve as the bridge that connects and makes things happen.
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BRIDGES BETWEEN TECH AND BEAUTY
Beauty therapy is a colorful field in its industry, and technology has added more flavor and spice to it! Because of today’s forwarding and increasing need for solutions to health care and beauty needs, definitely, technology is significantly involved in beauty therapy.
Whether it is about the first learning up to mastering the job and up to the endless innovations that have been happening, technology and beauty therapy have many and long bridges that connect them to make greater outcomes for people’s demands and necessities. Beauty therapy is a field full of artistry and creativity, and technology makes it more powerful.
AUTHOR BIO
Nicole Ann Pore values hygiene and health that come along with loveliness. She writes about them as well as the significance of and the chief courses a good beauty school has for those who want to delve deeper into the beauty industry. Nicole is a daytime writer for MD College of Australia, a Registered Training Organisation delivering quality education and training in fields under the Beauty Industry. | Nicole graduated Cum Laude from De La Salle University Manila, Philippines with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts.
