✦ Aftercare
Finishing your sessions is a milestone, not the end of the road. TSW recovery rarely runs in a straight line, so here is how to look after your skin when you go home, and how we stay part of it.
✦ Honestly
Skin that looks calmer can still be fragile. The habits that protected it during treatment still matter once your weekly sessions end.
TSW recovery isn't linear. Flares can still happen after a course of CAP, and some people come back to Bali for more sessions. That isn't failure. For many people, it's simply how TSW goes.
We can't tell you exactly what your recovery will look like. What we can do is help you prepare for going home, and stay in touch while you settle.
“TSW is a chapter I survived, not the story I live by.”
Annina Martignoni, Wave patient
✦ Going home
Going home is a big change for your skin: a different climate, old surroundings and a busier life. A little preparation goes a long way.
Talk to us before you go01
Talk to us before you leave
In your last sessions, ask us anything about your skin, what to keep doing and what to watch for at home.
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Make home safe first
Home is often where old irritants are waiting: scented detergents, cleaning sprays, dust, mould, new furniture. If you can, have it cleaned with hot water and cleared of fragrance before you arrive.
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Travel gently
Tiredness and jet lag are triggers. Keep a change of clothes in your carry-on, and plan real rest for your first days back.
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Keep your routine
Keep the daily habits that helped in Bali: hot-water laundry, your own gentle products, loose cotton, and as much sleep and rest as you can.
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Stay in touch
Send us an update once you've settled in, and get in touch whenever something worries you.
✦ Triggers still matter
Your skin may be stronger, but it can still react to the things it reacted to before. Knowing them helps you make sense of a flare when one comes.
Inside you
Stress, broken sleep, your menstrual cycle, illness, alcohol and some foods. Life at home is often busier, so protect your rest.
Around you
Detergents, perfume, cleaning sprays, dust, mould, new furniture and paint. Home is where these tend to hide.
On your skin
Scratching, rubbing, strong midday sun, heat, sweat and friction from tight clothes or rough fabrics.
A new climate
Colder, drier or more polluted air than Bali, or a change of season, can affect your skin. Watch how it responds in the first weeks.
✦ If you flare
Try not to panic. A flare doesn't mean everything has come undone. Be your own detective: think back over the last few days for anything new, such as a product, food, poor sleep, stress, the weather or travel.
Remove anything you suspect, rinse your skin with water, and look after the basics while it settles: rest, sleep, cool loose clothing and gentle food.
And be kind to yourself. A flare, a scratch or too long in the sun is not a failure.
When to see a doctor
If you have a fever, spreading redness, thick yellow pus or clusters of blisters, or you feel unwell, it may be an infection rather than a flare. See a doctor promptly, and let us know.
✦ Staying in touch
You don't stop being part of Wave when your sessions end. We'd always rather hear from you.
Anytime
A question, big or small
Something about your skin, your routine or a product you're unsure of. Send us a message.
A setback
A flare you can't read
If you can't work out what set it off, tell us what's happening. We'll help you think it through, or point you to a doctor if you need one.
Coming back
More sessions
Some people return to Bali for more CAP. Whether that makes sense for you is something we'd talk through together, based on how your skin is doing.
Email hello@waveskinwellness.com.
✦ Mind and support
TSW is emotional as well as physical, and the months after treatment can bring their own feelings: relief, worry about the next flare, grief for the time it took. All of that is normal.
Many of our patients say the people around them carried them as much as the treatment did. Stay connected with the friends you made in Bali and with the wider TSW community, and let the people at home help.
We're a skin clinic, not a mental-health service. If your mood stays low, or you feel hopeless about recovery, please talk to a GP, counsellor or psychologist. If you're in crisis, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line in your country straight away.
✦ Your first step
Tell us about your skin. We’ll tell you honestly if CAP could be right for you.
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