Talking with a mentor from the 90s made me think about hands-on skills vs. machines

She told me how estheticians used to rely on feel and basic tools for everything. Now, my job involves so many gadgets that sometimes I miss the simple touch. Do you think we're getting better results or losing the art of it?

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joseph_lewis672mo ago

Totally get where you're coming from. My aunt was an esthetician back in the day, and she always talked about reading skin with her fingers, not a screen. Now it's all these machines that zap or scan, and you wonder if the personal touch is gone. Sure, gadgets can be exact, but there's an ART to feeling a texture change or spotting pore issues just by touch. Sometimes the old ways just connected better, you know?

grant_grant2mo ago

Remember when a good facial was just about skilled hands and not a bunch of beeping boxes? Now it's all laser readings and digital maps, like we're navigating skin instead of feeling it. Pretty soon they'll have an app that tells you when to moisturize, and we'll forget how to use our own fingers. But hey, at least the machines don't call in sick.

the_kai2mo ago

Wait what? Machines reading skin now? That's wild. I went for a facial last month and they put this cold scanner thing on my face that beeped at my "problem zones". Felt like getting diagnosed by a robot. Sure the printout was detailed, but the lady barely touched my face except to wipe off gel. How can you fix skin you haven't even felt properly? We're handing over way too much to gadgets.