i decided to transition into this career path as it was a way to materially impact the lives of fellow trans people and erase boundaries that they face. It sounds dramatic, but I think of myself as less of an aesthetician and more of someone who helps improve mental health and makes you harder to discriminate against in daily life.

I am not one to impose traditional norms of femininity on anyone, but the world we live in is how it is.

I operate with a severe sliding scale payment model, which slides upwards to the extent that wealthier clients are able to pay it forward to fund free sessions for folks with less means, and downwards to the extent that it costs me money to work on someone (that is okay and everyone deserves this kind of service if they want it)

In addition to my own little practice I’m also working at another clinic which is also trans focused, and does a lot of work for folks who are prepping for lower surgeries as well as general gender affirming hair removal. This also means I work with a lot of trans dudes who are prepping for their lower surgeries, so it’s not only trans fem folks

Ask me anything about hair removal

edit: Have a question in the future and this post is really old? Feel free to reply or DM me - I’ve been posting here for years and it’s unlikely to stop until i’m a corpse

  • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    How are you able to charge more for wealthier clients? Like how do you even get them to provide income without them suspecting you’re using that info to charge them a higher fee?

    • macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      sliding scale is normally expressed as “here’s the initial price of <highest amount>” and then the price goes down. Same thing but people would rather see the price “discounted” from $200 to $150 than see it raised from $100 to $150.

    • jwsmrz [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I don’t arbitrarily charge people more money on a whim, I have a base rate and allow people to volunteer information during my booking process which will then effect the rate.

      I offer discounts for folks who are unemployed, on disability benefits, and a number of other circumstances

      You are also able to identify as high income + “I want to pay it forward” in this booking process