Treat Different™ Podcast

Treat Different™ Podcast

Where beauty meets evidence. Hosted by Fatou Diouf—International Speaker, Aesthetic Injector, and Founder of Fatou Aesthetics Academy™ and the Treat Different™ movement, this podcast challenges the status quo in aesthetics and redefines how we treat Black skin and skin of color. Each episode is designed for injectors seeking confidence, frameworks, and growth in aesthetic medicine education. From Black skin aesthetics and melanin-rich skin to injector training, mindset coaching, and medspa business growth, you’ll learn evidence-based aesthetics that elevate both your skills and your career. Whether you’re an injector, a beauty professional, or simply curious about the future of aesthetics, Treat Different™ is your front-row seat to safer techniques, powerful insights, and a movement that’s changing the face of beauty—literally. Black skin aesthetics, skin of color aesthetics, melanin-rich skin, injector training, aesthetic injector education, frameworks for injectors, injector confidence training, injector mindset coaching, aesthetic medicine education, aesthetic training podcast, medspa business growth, injector career coaching, building a medspa, careers in aesthetics, aesthetics entrepreneurship, evidence-based aesthetics, aesthetics podcast, women in aesthetics, aesthetic injector podcast, future of aesthetics

Episodes

October 10, 2025 10 mins

Fatou, founder of Fatou Aesthetics Academy and the Treat Different Movement, speaks candidly about the industry's drift from patient-centered artistry to performance-driven sales. She urges a return to truth, safety, and service over hashtags and quotas.

She shares three integrity codes: lead with listening, educate don’t convince, and protect your energy, as practical reminders to rebuild practices around purpose, not pressu...

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In this candid episode, Fatou shares a personal journey of coming back from Senegal and hitting a low, detox-like season. She explains how the heaviness signaled the ending of an old self and the beginning of a new one.

Fatou offers simple daily practices—prayer, breathwork, affirmations, and gratitude—to help navigate the in-between and reminds listeners that this painful period is cleansing, not a failure, and a prepa...

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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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