๐ช๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐; everyone feels some level of self-consciousness when pre-treatment pictures are being taken. Although itโs a necessaryย evil (a baseline has to be documented to track any changes) it always feels a little awkward to have a camera capturing every angle of something [fill in your concern here; lips, stretch-marks, acne, sun-damage, etc!] about yourself that you donโt love.
But, did you know that we get an ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐น based on one physical response to this process?
๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐.
When we peruse our files of pictures (especially for Philadelphia Acne Treatments), itโs very common for clients to ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒโ; ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. This subtle gesture immediately, conveys the clientsโ feeling of vulnerability and discomfort at the idea of someone ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. Thereโs no makeup, hair, clothing or jokes to hide behind, and it can feel almost scary to reveal your Achilleโs heel to a camera. (We get it, weโve been there too!)
As we travel through time with photographs, itโs such a delight to see โafterโ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐, staring directly into the lens. They likely are not even cognizant of the differing body-language between their โbeforeโ and โafterโ pictures, but silently they are telling us how much more comfortable and confident they feel about themselves. Taking pictures no longer feels like a violation and instead has become something fun because now theyโre proud of how they look.
This lovely client was one such example. (Youโll just have to take our word for it in order to protect her true identity.) In her before pictures
her eyes are closed tight as if wanting to pretend the picture-taking wasnโt happening.
In her after pictures, her beautiful eyes are wide open looking straight at the camera, and a slight smile flirts at the edge of her mouth. She feels good about herself, and we love everything about this.
In addition to silent cues like eyes-closed versus eyes-open, it also ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ โ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐โ; ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, which align perfectly with our body- language interpretation.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, which conversely boosts ours. (Itโs so nice when relationships are symbiotic like that.)โ
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