𝗪𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁; everyone feels some level of self-consciousness when pre-treatment pictures are being taken. Although it’s a necessary 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 don’t love.
But, did you know that we get an 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 based on one physical response to this process?
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀.
When we peruse our files of pictures (especially for Philadelphia Acne Treatments), it’s very common for clients to 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲”; 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. This subtle gesture immediately, conveys the clients’ feeling of vulnerability and discomfort at the idea of someone 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. There’s no makeup, hair, clothing or jokes to hide behind, and it can feel almost scary to reveal your Achille’s heel to a camera. (We get it, we’ve been there too!)
As we travel through time with photographs, it’s such a delight to see “after” 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, staring directly into the lens. They likely are not even cognizant of the differing body-language between their “before” and “after” 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 they’re proud of how they look.
This lovely client was one such example. (You’ll 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 wasn’t 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 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 “𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁”; 𝗰𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, which align perfectly with our body- language interpretation.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, which conversely boosts ours. (It’s so nice when relationships are symbiotic like that.)⠀
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