Patients often need help with their appearance after medical procedures.
Estheticians, also known as estheticians, are personal appearance workers who specialize in performing a variety of cosmetic and personal care treatments for their clients. Their scope of practice varies by jurisdiction, but generally includes the ability to perform skin care, hair removal, and makeup services for compensation. In some places, estheticians may also be licensed to perform various types of massages. While some may act as general practitioners, providing whatever service a client requests, others specialize in different types of practice. Some work as skin care specialists, while others work as medical estheticians, hair removal specialists, or even makeup artists. As the profession’s scope of practice is quite broad, it is not uncommon for an esthetician to seek additional education and certifications in a specialized area of work.
A paramedical esthetician is a specialist in skin care.
Typically, a significant portion of an esthetician’s initial training is devoted to facial skin care. You’ll receive training to identify common skin types and perform basic cosmetic skin care procedures, such as facial massages; removal of blackheads; and the application of masks, serums and creams. Estheticians can also receive significant training in hair removal techniques. Many may choose to specialize in hair removal services and work exclusively in that area. Some may also choose to further specialize in the area of hair removal, restricting their practice to brow shaping and maintenance.
Some estheticians specialize in hair removal methods such as brow placement.
Medical or paramedical estheticians work closely with physicians and other health care professionals to provide personal appearance services to clients with special medical needs or who are undergoing cosmetic procedures that require medical supervision. In the former case, a medical esthetician may work with patients who are recovering from plastic surgery, who need help concealing facial disfigurement, or who have skin sensitivity caused by medications or radiation. In the second case, a medical esthetician can perform certain services, such as microdermabrasion or laser hair removal, under the supervision of a doctor.
Estheticians may select a specialty such as eyebrow drawing.
In many places, applying make-up to another person’s face for financial compensation is restricted to those who hold a professional license as an esthetician or cosmetologist. As a result, some choose to specialize in providing makeup services for others. In some cases, they may work for photographers or cosmetic retailers, while others work in salons or as freelance makeup artists offering their services to anyone in need of a professional makeup application.