Real Skin Pro Education is a podcast for skincare professionals and skin-conscious individuals who want real, science-backed education. Hosted by a licensed esthetician and educator, this show explores skin health, acne, barrier repair, nutrition, and holistic wellness—featuring expert interviews and practical insights you can actually use.
Should You Extract At All? Skin That Isn't Ready, Lookalikes, and Safety and Sanitation
Send us Fan Mail Not everything that looks like a clogged pore is one. This episode covers the lookalikes that shouldn't be extracted (sebaceous hyperplasia, milia, syringomas, sebaceous filaments, molluscum), the skin conditions that aren't ready for extractions, and safety and sanitation: gloves, standard precautions, implement disinfection, and sharps. Plus word-for-word scripts for telling a client what you're leaving alone and why. Professional education for licensed estheticians, not me...
13 Oct 2026
How to Do Comedone Extractions Without Bruising: Prep, Technique, and Tools
Send us Fan Mail The extraction is the part of the facial clients remember, for better or worse. This episode, part of our extraction series, is the hands-on part: how to prep skin so extractions are easy, which modality to use when, and when to stop. We start with the one goal behind every extraction technique: empty the follicle through its opening without rupturing the follicle wall. Then prep: cleansing, warmth, and softening the sebum plug with enzymes, desincrustation solutions, or galv...
6 Oct 2026
Skin Barrier Repair for Estheticians: TEWL Causes, Signs, and Treatment
Send us Fan Mail Your client is using "all the right stuff" — and her skin is tight, red, breaking out, and stinging from products that never bothered her before. She doesn't have dry skin. She has a compromised skin barrier, and every product she's adding to fix it is making it worse. This episode is a deep dive into the skin barrier and transepidermal water loss (TEWL): what the stratum corneum actually does, why dry and dehydrated skin aren't the same thing, and why oily skin can absolutel...
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