Pa. rehab professionals start therapeutic makeup skills program

ELKINS PARK, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Stephanie Stein and Rebecca Carpino have been often called the ‘Makeup Girls’ across the workplace. Now, their abilities are bringing remedy to a different stage.”I’m a two-time most cancers survivor,” stated Carpino, a medical administration coordinator/social employee. “So, makeup turned an outlet for me as a result of I misplaced my hair. I felt like my womanhood was gone.”For Stein, makeup was at all times an curiosity. But she wished to include it into her position as an occupational therapist.”Makeup follows beneath the grooming facet of the occupational remedy framework,” she stated. “And relating to motor impairment, so difficulties with dexterity and motor management, makeup software will be remedy.”The ladies pitched the thought of a makeup skills program and obtained funding from a grant by way of the Albert Einstein Society. Once accepted, they have been in a position to launch “Groom, Glow, and Grow.” Now, each are licensed makeup artists making a distinction.Since 2020, the program has obtained greater than 100 referrals for sufferers who may benefit each bodily and emotionally. With every session, Carpino and Stein would apply makeup and instruct the affected person to use it themselves.”We need members leaving like, ‘Hey, if I need to exit, that is now one thing new I can do,'” stated Stein, “Or you recognize, ‘I simply need to be ok with myself at this time.'”When former affected person Stephanie Dunn obtained remedy following her leg amputation, she stated this makeup skills program was the spotlight.”When I used to be right here at Moss, they labored extremely arduous on getting me useful to go residence,” she stated. “But this program is what I bear in mind probably the most.”Dunn, who’s a speech language pathologist at Einstein in Philadelphia, had by no means been on the receiving finish of remedy. But following a surprising an infection and analysis with necrotizing fasciitis final fall, her life turned the other way up. Groom, Glow, and Grow gave her skills to keep up positivity and confidence.”To really feel like an individual once more and to do one thing enjoyable and pleasant made an enormous distinction in my rehab keep,” she stated. “To put on daring colours was by no means my factor earlier than, however now it positively is as a result of I really feel like I can do something.”Groom, Glow, and Grow will proceed to do all three of these issues at MossRehab for the foreseeable future. Anyone eager about studying extra or making a donation can go to their web site or Instagram web page.RELATED: Philadelphia gun violence sufferer takes a stand and walks againCopyright © 2023 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.

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