INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The first thing that will be done when you get CIT is to have your face cleansed and sterilized. After your face is cleaned, the practitioner will apply a topical numbing cream onto the affected area. This will be left on for 20 to 30 minutes. Since the procedure requires the use of needles, a numbing agent is used to ease pain or discomfort. However, you still may feel some discomfort or minimal pain. Your treatment will either be done via a needle roller or a needle pen. The practitioner will move the roller or pen over your skin, puncturing the skin in evenly space wounds. This procedure takes anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour and a half, depending on the extent of the area being treated. Most people find the treatment uncomfortable, but not extremely painful. After the treatment, your skin will be red or pink for 12 to 24 hours. Most people can return to work the day afterwards. If you have sensitive skin, your skin may be redder longer. If extremely long needles were used, it might take longer for the redness to subside, too. Some people might experience slight swelling or bruising. Your skin might be warm, itchy, or tight after the procedure. Others might peel. This is normal. You should follow all post-treatment care your practitioner provides. This helps keep your skin from scarring or becoming damaged. Stay out of the sun for two days after the treatment. Wear hats, scarves, or other garments to cover your skin if you have to go outside for 24 hours after the procedure. Stay out of tanning beds after the procedure. Only use lukewarm water to clean your face for two days after the treatment. Gently pat the area dry. Don't rub the area. Don't touch the area with dirty hands. This helps reduce risk of infection. Refrain from putting on most makeup for 12 hours after the treatment. Your practitioner can give you mineral makeup that can be applied a few hours after treatment. Follow any skincare regimes and use any skincare products given to you by your practitioner. Avoid cosmetic products with alpha or beta hydroxy acids, vitamin A, benzoyl peroxide, or alcohol for two days after the procedure. CIT requires multiple treatments to be effective. In most cases, two to three treatments will be needed. These treatments are generally four to six weeks apart. In cases of bad scars or stretch marks, you made need five or more treatments. You should start seeing results in two to eight weeks. Some people don't see results for up to three months. For maximum results, complete all follow-up visits suggested by your practitioner. Though CIT is best done by a medical professional, there are at-home products you can use for minor cosmetic purposes. Home rollers or pens have shorter needles that can be used a few times a week. At-home needling devices are used to reduce the size of large pores, help with oil production, help with fine lines, and help the effectiveness of topical agents. You can use at-home CIT with vitamin C serums. It generally takes one to two hours for the wounds to heal after an at-home needling. If you use an at-home roller, make sure to buy a quality one, such as the Derma Roller home roller. It's pivotal to get quality needles. Products sold on the internet may not be top quality and can cause damage to your skin.

SUMMARY: Cleanse and numb the face. Undergo the treatment. Expect redness for about a day. Follow post-treatment care. Return for follow-up treatments. Consider at-home CIT for minor cosmetic use.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: By definition, sexual harassment must be unwelcome. You need to consider whether the person on the receiving end did not welcome the harassment, or if they encouraged it. Being silent is not encouragement. However, you might have encouraged the harasser with your actions or words. For example, flirting with your boss invites flirting from them in return. Objecting or complaining is proof that you did not welcome the conduct. Telling the harasser, "Please stop doing that" or complaining to a supervisor shortly after the incident can definitely help your case. Another factor you need to consider is the severity of the conduct. Being touched on the armthough unwelcomeprobably doesn't qualify as sexual harassment. However, someone grabbing your buttocks and shouting sexual slurs is both shocking and sufficiently serious to qualify as sexual harassment, even if it happens only once. In fact, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission assumes that a single incident of touching someone's intimate body areas is sufficiently offensive to qualify as sexual harassment. However, the touching must be unwelcome. Isolated incidents probably do not qualify as harassment (unless they are very severe). For example, a stray comment about men or women is probably not harassment. However, there is no magic number of times harassment needs to occur. Instead, frequency will be analyzed together with severity. You should think of it as a sliding scale. The more serious the conduct, the fewer incidents there need to be in order to qualify as sexual harassment. However, the less serious the conduct, the more incidents there will need to be. Some people are more sensitive than others. For example, someone might think being told "You look nice today" is sexual harassment. By contrast, another person might find the comment annoying but not harassing. Lastly, a third person might think it is a compliment and feel on top of the world. For this reason, courts will analyze the conduct based on how a reasonable person would interpret the conduct. Before jumping to any conclusions, you might want to ask trusted friends if they would find the conduct or comments harassing. Tell them what happened and ask for their interpretation. Do they think the conduct was harassing? You would probably benefit from meeting with a lawyer. Gather all of your evidence and schedule an appointment. At the consultation, you can talk about your situation, and the lawyer can analyze whether the offensive conduct qualifies as sexual harassment. You can find an employment lawyer in the following ways: Ask people you know. They might have used a lawyer who they can recommend. Contact your Employee Assistance Program. Many employers offer these programs, which can provide referrals to lawyers. Use a referral service. States and many cities or counties have bar associations, which are organizations made up of lawyers. Many of these bar associations run referral services or can point you in the direction of one. Ask another lawyer. You might have used a lawyer to buy a house or handle an estate matter. Call this person up and ask if they can recommend an employment lawyer. If you believe that sexual harassment has taken place, then you should complain to your Human Resources department or your supervisor. Your employer will not be legally responsible for a hostile work environment created by a coworker unless you put the employer on notice of the harassment. You also should think about complaining to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or an equivalent state agency. After complaining to an agency, you could also bring a lawsuit in federal court for sexual harassment. See Sue for Sexual Harassment for more information.

SUMMARY:
Ask if you welcomed the conduct. Analyze the severity of the behavior. Check the frequency of the harassment. Check if others find the behavior off-putting. Talk with a lawyer. Take next steps.