Six weeks before the wedding: should you skip a first-ever skin treatment?
On theqoo's beauty board, someone six weeks out from their wedding was thinking about getting Rejuran (an injectable made from salmon-derived DNA fragments, popular in Korea) about three weeks before the day. Searching the board, they kept finding advice not to do anything because you cannot predict how your skin will react, so they asked whether to skip Rejuran or "skin Botox" and just book facials instead.
Most of the 14 replies said: don't.
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The strongest view was that if it is your first time, do not start anything new within about two months. It is different, people said, if you have had it before and know your own downtime and results.
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One warned that even skin Botox can, with bad luck, make expressions look a little stiff.
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Many recommended facials, de-puffing treatments and décolletage care instead, with a tip to have the last one two days before, because a facial the day before can leave skin too rich for makeup to sit well.
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A minority thought Rejuran would probably be fine, or that a light lifting treatment a few days to a week before would be OK.
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Others said sleep and exercise matter most.
Desk note: In its consumer advisory on cosmetic skin procedures, the Korea Consumer Agency recommends a thorough consultation about your skin with a specialist beforehand, a detailed explanation of expected effects and side effects, checking that the practitioner is a board-certified dermatologist, and not signing up on impulse because of a discount event. With a fixed date ahead, also ask how long recovery takes and what happens if there is a side effect.
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Original thread: theqoo beauty board — skin clinic worries six weeks before the wedding · Reference: Korea Consumer Agency — cosmetic skin procedure advisory
If you are choosing a clinic in Korea, look at the sign too. Board-certified specialists can put their specialty in the clinic's name (for example '○○ Dermatology Clinic'), while non-specialist clinics have listed 'dermatology' as a treatment area instead. According to Hankook Ilbo, the health ministry plans to stop general practitioners' clinic signs from listing specialties like dermatology from the end of this year, but only for newly opened or relocated clinics, and window advertising can still show them. The surest step is to ask at the consultation what the treating doctor's specialty is. Hankook Ilbo, in Korean