Christie Danyluck: Not happy with herand advise to avoid her! After a phone consultation about laser facial vein removal from Christie Danyluck at Advanced Skin Care Center at St. Luke’s in Chesterfield, Missouri, I was told that red-purple veins can be treated, not blue ones. Mine were red. I followed up with a face-to-face consultation the end of June, 2018. During the consultation I showed Christie these three areas of concern: veins around my nose, veins under my eyes, and one vein under my lip. With the Candela GentleMax Pro Laser, Christie had said that she thought she could help me. The treatment plan was to laser those three areas. It is notable that she did not say she was giving me just a 50/50 chance of probability or less. No, she said to me, “I think I can help you.” So I expected some difference to be made with her laser vein treatment on me. To be fair, previously, I had had veins around my nose treated with a Yag and with a Veingogh. I did not see results. I felt frustrated. Christie, during our phone and face-to-face consultation, offered hope. I must repeat I did hear Christie say, “I think I can help you.” To me those words, “I think I can help you,” mean effecting some change in a positive direction.
The day of my laser vein appointment (July 5, 2018), she switched the treatment plan, deleting one-third. She said she could not treat the veins under my eyes after all. Contrary to my face-to-face consultation where it was doable, she reversed herself, saying the laser head would now hit the metal eye shields. What surprises me is the following: Why would a “professional” say she could treat my under eye veins in a face-to-face consultation, but not have verified it by checking out its feasibility? I was there. All she had to do was to check it out while I was there in the room. Only the very day of my appointment instead she altered my laser vein treatment plan to what she would only now do. No under eye veins—that was eliminated. (It felt like a bait and switch.) I should have left. It was a sign. Unfortunately, I stayed. Then she treated veins around my nose and very tiny one under my lip. She mentioned my nose veins were in reddened area of my skin. Of course, she had already cited that during my face-to-face consultation with her. Looking back now, I believe at this late date with her repeating about some facial redness, she was trying to prepare me for her being ineffectual. I’ll never know for sure, but I believe from Christie’s behavior that she knew that nothing was going to change with the vein treatment she was giving me.
Fifteen minutes later: How did my nose veins and my vein below my lower lip look after treatment? She held a mirror up. The room was not well lit. It was difficult to assess my results. She had told me to give my treatment two weeks to evaluate its outcome. Later home and in far better light from a makeup mirror, I could see in that the vein under my lip and in my other areas looked the same as pre-treatment. Two weeks later: Nothing, no change.
Interestingly, during my face-to face consultation she quoted me $75 for three laser areas: nose area, under eyes, and tiny one under lip. She had cancelled the under eye vein laser. That meant she only had only used the laser on two areas, not the three areas as she originally had quoted me. Deleting the laser eyes area, she was doing much less, but notably she would not reduce her quoted price, which would have been fair.
Summary of Why I Would NOT Recommend Christie Danyluck:
1. Saying she could help me with my veins, but not doing so—areas remain the same.
2. Saying she would laser my under eye veins, then not following through with this treatment--failing to check for its feasibility during the consultation.
3. Reducing what she actually treated from three areas to just two, but not reducing the price.