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Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:44 am      Reply with quote
Need some advice to ease my mind.

I went to a facial spa yesterday. She did normal extractions and then extracted a milia. She used a tool with a sharp point that looked like a one-ended tweezer. She made a small hole in the milia and the extracted the contents.

I asked about safety guidelines for her tools and she said they soak all tools in a hospital grade solution for at least 10 minutes and then at the end of the day take further sterilization steps. She said the hospital grade solution kills bacteria like HIV etc.

Is this normal for this type of extraction? I just felt weird about it since this was the first time and she made a puncture using what she described as an extractor with a lancet. I'm a slight germaphobe so I'm hoping you all tell me this is normal. Smile
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:28 pm      Reply with quote
Welcome to this forum, Jennawjxx Smile I think her ways of sterilizing tools for extraction of milia is acceptable, in my opinion, if she soak them in a special hospital-grade solution to kill germs. When she say that she takes extra steps in sterilization at the end of the day, it means that she put the tools in boiling water... If you go to, say a doctor or a dentist, they do the same thing --- surgical tools are sterilized in boiling water. This step prevents germs from "spreading"....

I've done milia extraction on my mom's face many times at home.... Before I do anything on her skin, I prep the area by dabbing it with cotton ball that has been soaked with alcohol to clean it. Use of surgical disposable gloves is important... If the milia is hard to get and embedded into the skin, I prick it with a disposable sharp surgical needle. I use 2 types of extraction tools for this purpose to ensure I get "everything" embedded there... The needle is disposed of and not-re-use it again... The last step is to apply Betadyne to ensure healing.... I boiled the extraction tools in water and then stored by wrapping them in clean paper towel inside a flat tin container...
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:30 pm      Reply with quote
Just had a facial yesterday as well with extractions and its common for them to use this tool. Although I didn't ask them how they sterilize, but I'm sure it's part of a spas safety guidelines... I hope

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Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:35 pm      Reply with quote
BCgirl, just make sure that you ask if they sterilize the tools before usage for your safety (don't assume anything)....
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:03 pm      Reply with quote
^ I definitely will next time, although I feel as though once you are at the spa and you ask the aesthetician, they will all most likely say "yes" to sterilizing (even if they aren't sure) because it would be bad practice for them not to sterilize.

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Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:56 pm      Reply with quote
Well she really should be using disposable lancets but her methods of sanitization and disinfection sound acceptable. Boiling water does not kill fungi spores though. The only thing that kills 100% of living organisms is the autoclave.
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:12 pm      Reply with quote
Please don't assume that tools are sterilized. The esthetician should be able to tell you exactly what they do. "Further steps" at the end of the day either means she does not want to take the time to explain or is not sure.

A good salon will use the autoclave.

Did the extraction of mila go well?

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Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:45 pm      Reply with quote
I don't know why she wouldn't use disposable lancets, just toss in the SHARPS container and be done!

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