How often have you thought that you can leave a hairdresser not only with a beautiful hairstyle, but also with unpleasant bonuses: fungus, head lice, scabies, or even worse - hepatitis?
Such cases are real. Although you cannot completely insure yourself from all the troubles, remembering what you should pay attention to in the salon will definitely not be harmful to you.
First of all, if possible, pay attention to whether the hairdresser changes scissors and combs after the client who was in front of you. Every self-respecting master should have two sets of tools, which include combs, brushes, scissors, hairpins.
If you are doing a very short haircut that uses a clipper, then it should have removable blades. All of these instruments are sterilized or disinfected.
Metal instruments, if they have been in contact with blood (for example, accidentally cut the skin while cutting), then the instrument is sterilized. All combs, hairpins, hair dryer nozzle are disinfected. First, they are washed with water to remove dust and epithelium residues from the client, with a detergent, and then soaked in a disinfectant solution. It is recommended to store the combs in a UV sterilizer.
Try to follow all of the above if you come to the salon ahead of time and wait for the master to be free. Instead of burrowing into your phone and reading news, comments, watching cats and memes, they are not going anywhere.
If you have not seen where the master gets the tool, do not hesitate to ask how he processes the combs.
A small remark on the topic of disinfection and sterilization, some do not see the difference between these two procedures.
Disinfection - reduces the proportion of microorganisms on the surface of something. Special disinfectants are used.
Sterilization - kills everything: germs, viruses and fungi. There are physical (steam, heating) and chemical (liquid and gaseous substances).
Clients (even some of you, my dear readers) sometimes do not even know themselves if they have any scalp diseases. We have a rich microbiota there, there are both bad and good microorganisms. Even controversial ones, such as malassezia: there is no consensus yet whether it is worth getting rid of them completely or not, but to dandruff and they are involved in skin diseases, literally 10 years ago they were considered non-pathogenic, but now the opinion of dermatologists has changed.
In any case, the instrument must be disinfected and sterilized. Many of us may not have diseases, but they are carriers of the same yeast-like fungi.
Pay attention to the towels used to wipe your hair after washing (after staining). Also see where you put that towel after you. One towel per client, you cannot wipe several clients with one towel.
Usually in the salons there are baskets with used towels, they are washed at 90 degrees, after drying - heat treatment (iron).
It is a good sign when disposable materials are used in the salon: towels, napkins, aprons, peignoirs, collars. When using a reusable dressing gown, the master must use disposable collars so that the dressing gown does not touch the skin directly. Reusable aprons should also be washed and disinfected.
Broom brushes, with which the master sweeps the cut hair from the neck and face, are not prohibited by Rospotrebnadzor. But they must be treated with a disinfectant. It is better, of course, if the master does not use it at all, but removes the hair with a disposable napkin or cotton pad. If you do not want the master to remove your hair from your face, you can always say so and remove it yourself.
If you came to the salon not only to trim the ends, but, for example, to dye your hair or do a perm, you can always ask for certificates or declarations of conformity (they are issued upon request in the store where the master buys cosmetics for work). You can see the expiration date, the availability of a translation into Russian and the EAC mark (it could be just a sticker).
The hairdresser must also have a medical book with notes that the master is undergoing examinations on time.
There are no such strict rules for the processing of tools as, for example, in a manicure for a hairdressing salon. Because the risk of injury to the client is not so great. A hairdresser may not have a dry heat cabinet, if it is not a barber shop, because men's haircuts are very short and the risk of injuring a client is much higher. There it is generally better for the master to have more than one clipper, with removable blades.
You can endlessly trust your master, but no one wants to treat seborrheic dermatitis or, for example, head lice (lice).
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