How To Be a Skin Care Aesthetician
Glowing, beautiful skin is key to looking gorgeous. A skin care aesthetician helps clients achieve this. Skin care aestheticians are licensed specialists who consult with clients and advise them about the best ways to care for their skin. They also perform services to improve a client's skin. They help with skin problems such as wrinkles, acne, dull skin, pigmentation issues and more. A skin care aesthetician may give a client a facial, perform a micro-dermabrasion, remove blackheads, give a chemical peel and provide other skin care procedures as needed.
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Apply to a school that teaches you to become an aesthetician. Most schools require that you are a high school graduate or have a GED. Depending on the program, the hands-on training time will vary, but will fall within an average range of 700 to 1,000 hours. There are a number of brick-and-mortar schools that teach skin aesthetics. You may also want to consider training online. Though you must have hands-on practice to be a skin care aesthetician, these schools offer their coursework in an online classroom.
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Complete the coursework the school offers. During your studies, you will learn about skin care and skin care management. You will learn about lasers, skin care products, chemical peels, permanent cosmetics, waxing, skin massage and more. This information will enable you to provide advice and treatment to your clients.
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Apply for a license in your state. The number of training hours you need will vary greatly by state ranging from 260 hours in Florida to 1,200 hours in Utah. Most states require that you be of a certain age (usually 17) and have completed the required number of training hours.
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Apply for positions at beauty salons, and dermatology and cosmetic surgery offices.
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