T herapist & INJECTOR While many skin therapists and injectors tend to stay in their own lanes, working as a team will ultimately achieve your clients’ best results. Sarah Hudson talks to us about working with Plastic Surgeon and injector Dr Jack Zoumaras. How did you introduce an injector to your clinic and why?
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y focus as a skin clinician and a focal pillar of my Skin By Sarah Hudson clinic has always been to provide anti-ageing services for my clients that reflect the leading technologies and trends. That said, I never introduce new treatments to my clients lightly – instead, I always engage the top experts and practitioners to better understand new technologies and treatments to determine if they’re right for my client base. This is exactly how I met Dr Jack Zoumaras. As the clinical trainer for Vivace RF Micro-needling, we both recognised a mutual interest and passion for bringing out the natural beauty in our clients. I pride myself and my clinic on improving the 56 | SPA+CLINIC
look of the skin and its health, and Dr Zoumaras respects my knowledge and expertise in this area. Though, I know my limitations with what I can and can’t achieve in my clinic. So that’s where I realised Dr Zoumaras, a leading facial plastic surgeon who specialises in facial anatomy and an authority in his field, could step in. When consulting, if I feel a client wants to include anti-wrinkle injections into their skin program or would benefit from plastic surgery to best achieve their results, I refer them to Dr Zoumaras for a consultation.
How do you communicate and does cross referral work well for you two? Dr Zoumaras and I have always operated through a mutual respect for one another, but that doesn’t mean we forget