Camouflage Techniques Cosmetic Dermatology

Question: Discuss about the Camouflage Techniques for Cosmetic Dermatology. Answer: Introduction: Camouflage make up is defined as the powder or make up creams that is used to conceal contour or colour any abnormalities in any parts of the body that will help the person in gaining self-confidence among them. Women while disguising many non-infectious skin conditions such as rosacea, vitiligo and acne (Salsberg et al. 2016) use skin camouflage. Camouflage is a kind of concealer that are used by men and women in order to hide port wine stains, vitiligo, acne scars, etc. In the beauty sector, the camouflage concealer is used for the enhancement of beauty in women. The make-up is responsible for discovering the user about his own beauty while returning to serenity in the social life (Bouloc 2015). Patients camouflage make up in order to get rid of many defects such as smile lines, bumpy noses, wonky teeth, scarring, burns, scars of various skin diseases, stretch marks, etc. In the allied health sector, camouflage concealer is responsible for providing solution to various skin problems such as sun spots, redness, couperose, angiomas, teleangectasy, blue stains, skin dyschromia, tattoos, eye sockets,bruises, etc (Rose 2015). Ethical consideration Ethical consideration of the camouflage concealer is a vital aspect that is mandatory to maintain by the dermatologists, beauticians and other physicians. Apart from that, they are liable to provide all the details of the cost of the treatment. The procedures of the treatments along with the side effects of the treatment should be conveyed to the person (Sarkar, Sethi and Gokhale 2017). Contraindication includes many disorders such as epilepsy, skin cancer, diabetes, slipped disc, recent facial disorder, medical oedema, psychotic and nervous conditions. Contraindications that will prevent the treatment are severe eczema, viral infection, fungal infection, infestations, bacterial infection, etc. Contra-indications that will restrict the treatment are inflammation, localised swelling, bruises, fever, unknown allergies, vomiting, diarrhoea, etc. Influencing factors for the usage of camouflage concealer are hypopigmentation, unwanted tattoos, burn scars, depigmentation, port wine stains, vitiligo, age spots, leucodermas, erythrema, etc (Bouloc 2015). Medical oedema: Medical oedema is a condition that is characterised by the swelling that is caused by retention of fluid. Swelling is caused by oedema. This is the reason camouflage make up is not used by the physicians or beauticians during this medical condition. Epilepsy: Epilepsy is a disorder that is used as the hallmark of the unprovoked, recurrent seizures. It can be said that human brain is responsible for human epilepsy. Epilepsy can also be defined as a neurological disorder where the brain gets disrupted causing various symptoms to the patient. However, during the condition of epilepsy, camouflage makeup cannot be used. Facial surgery: Facial surgeries can be occurred by any time due to many causes such as accidents, burn outs, etc, the skin gets sensitive in nature. The diseases is related to the face, neck, head, jaws, or in the maxillofacial region. In this delicate condition, camouflage make up is not used. Diabetes: Diabetes is a medical condition that is caused due to metabolic diseases causing a prolonged high blood sugar level. In this condition, camouflage make up can not be applied to the patient. Slipped disc: Slipped disc is a nervous disorder that can cause to the numbness or weakness to the spinal cord. Colour matching Colour matching is the main objective of doing the treatment of camouflage make up while hiding skin deformities. It can be defined as the theory of highlighting. The physicians use highlighters in order to hide the unwanted pigmentation. For instance, concealers are used in the complementary colour that is present in the opposite side of the colour wheel. For grey tone, pink concealers are used to the people (Rose 2015). Products and equipments There are different equipments and products that are essential for providing camouflage make up are magnifying lamp, robe, mixing pallete, mirror, sterilising solution, gloves, brushes, etc. Apart from the above equipments, there are other equipments such as concealer, foundation, face powder, make up remover, cleanser, chemical immersion equipment, etc. are used to apply camouflage make up in the skin (Filinte and Akz 2014). The aspect of quality and limitations are important in this perspective in order to apply the treatment procedures to the people. It can be said that, people are paying a lot amount of money to cover their skin deformities and pigmentation for various purposes. The limitations of the usage of these creams and powders are applied to patients before the final implementation (Ramien et al. 2014). Behavioural expectations Behavioural expectations of the treatment of camouflage concealer encompass the behaviour of the general physicians and beauticians towards the patient. Some practices are considered as ethical both towards practicing the business and towards the patients who are willing to avail the services of the centre. The patients are related to the using of the products (Patel 2015). Hygienic and safe working practices are the main constraint of the general physicians who are responsible for providing the treatment to the patients. The hygienic work practices uses various products and equipments for maintaining safety and hygiene to the patient and less spread of diseases are UV cabinet, autoclave, chemical immersion, disposable syringe, disposable face mask, etc (Padilla-Espaa et al. 2014). Record keeping is an important perspective that is to be kept by the different workplaces. Each and every personal details of the patient are required to proceed with the treatment using perfect shades of camouflage in hiding the pigmentation of the skin of the person. Data regarding treatment of the patients are kept by using data protection act and client record cards. References Bouloc, A., 2015. Camouflage techniques.Cosmetic dermatology: Products and procedures,1, pp.176-83. Filinte, G.T. and Akz, T., 2014. Camouflage therapy in aesthetic surgery.Clinics in dermatology,32(6), pp.813-816. Padilla-Espaa, L., del Boz, J., Ramrez-Lpez, M.B. and Fernndez-Snchez, M.E., 2014. 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