My mentor in Austin insisted I stop using a magnifying lamp for every extraction, and after six months of forcing myself to just use good light, my clients' skin is way less irritated.

She said the lamp was causing me to over-focus and apply too much pressure, and now I see she was totally right, so has anyone else had to unlearn a 'basic' tool that was actually holding them back?

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phoenixb661mo ago

Honestly, that tracks so hard. It's like when you finally ditch those super bright, harsh vanity lights for a normal soft bulb and realize you've been blinding yourself for years. That lamp was basically giving you tunnel vision, making every tiny pore look like a huge project that needed force. Your mentor was smart to spot that. Bet your hands are less tired now, too.

jakef661mo ago

What if the lamp just showed you needed more practice with pressure control? I actually find mine helps me see what I'm doing better, phoenixb66.

diana_moore755d ago

@jakef66 has a point about practice, but I think the real issue is how that lamp changes your whole mindset during a treatment... it tricks you into thinking you need to be aggressive when a lighter touch would work better. Once I stopped relying on mine I noticed I was actually paying more attention to how the skin felt instead of just staring at every little thing. It's wild how a tool meant to help can actually make you worse at reading the room.