Treat Different™ Podcast

Treat Different™ Podcast

Welcome to Treat Different, the podcast redefining beauty standards, aesthetic education, and patient safety for melanin-rich skin. Hosted by Fatou Diouf, RN injector, speaker, educator, and founder of the Treat Different movement. This show exposes the gaps in traditional aesthetic training, challenges harmful norms, and teaches you how to treat Black skin with confidence, care, and cultural competence. Whether you’re an injector, esthetician, MedSpa owner, or medical professional, this podcast is your invitation to lead the industry forward. Real talk. Real education. Real change.

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July 6, 2025 12 mins

Join me as we delve into the transformative world of modern aesthetics on today's episode of the Treat Different Podcast. We challenge the outdated notions of Botox being solely about wrinkle reduction and explore its broader role in enhancing skin quality and emotional expression.

We also discuss the shift away from overfilled and "Instagram face" trends towards achieving balance, softness, and structure in facial aesthetics. Dis...

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Welcome to the Treat Different podcast, hosted by Fatou, where clinical excellence meets cultural awareness in advocating for safer and smarter aesthetic care for melanin-rich skin. In this insightful episode, Fatou is joined by Melissa Events, a 25-year industry veteran and founder of Beauty Hunters. Together, they delve into the nuanced world of chemical peels and PDRNs, highlighting common mistakes that often lead to post-inflam...

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Welcome to another powerful episode of The Treat Different Podcast with your host, Fatou Diouf—Aesthetic Nurse, Educator, and Founder of the Treat Different movement. In this heartfelt episode, we honor Mental Health Awareness Month with a conversation that goes far beyond the surface.

 

Fatou sits down with Grace Carlisle, a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who beautifully merges inner healing with outer beauty. Togethe...

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In this powerful solo episode of the Treat Different podcast, Fatou challenges the beauty industry’s obsession with “glass skin” and reveals why this trend can be harmful for Black women. While glossy, poreless skin may be marketed as the ultimate skincare achievement, it often comes at the cost of barrier health, inflammation, and long-term damage—especially on melanated skin. Instead of striving for an unrealistic beauty ideal, ...
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In this eye-opening episode of the Treat Different podcast, Fatou exposes a common yet overlooked risk in aesthetic medicine: the use of neurotoxins in the lower face of Black women. With honesty and clinical insight, she shares why this technique; often taught as a standard, can lead to unintended facial sagging, collagen damage, and aesthetic harm when applied to melanin-rich skin. You’ll learn: – Why Black women are uniquely af...
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In this engaging episode of the Treat Different Podcast, we delve into the realm of aesthetic treatments, focusing specifically on Botox and its influence on confidence and personal satisfaction. Our host engages in a candid conversation with Sokhna Coumba, who presents her insights on the importance of understanding the effects and misconceptions surrounding Botox in the African American community, precisely in the Senegalese comm...

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March 22, 2025 8 mins

Episode 1: The Gaps in Aesthetic Training

In this raw and necessary first episode, Fatou Diouf, RN—injector, educator, and founder of the Treat Different movement—breaks down what the aesthetics industry refuses to talk about: the dangerous gaps in training when it comes to treating Black skin.

From outdated protocols rooted in Eurocentric beauty standards to real patient harm caused by poorly trained injectors, Fatou unpacks w...

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