Many estheticians consider getting their laser certification to be a major step forward in their careers. You can provide facials, waxing, peels, and other topical skin care treatments at spas, medical spas, resorts and hotels, salons, and more once you earn your certification as an esthetician. Makeup and beauty services are another areas where licensed estheticians can help out. To use a cosmetic laser, however, you need more than an esthetician degree.
If an esthetician wants to offer laser hair removal or other cosmetic laser procedures, he or she must first complete training at an approved laser hair removal school. The reason why this isn’t taught in esthetician programs is that the epidermis is the only skin layer covered in esthetician programs, but the dermis is covered in cosmetic laser programs.
Over a million laser hair removal procedures have been performed in the last year alone, making it the third most popular noninvasive cosmetic procedure. Estheticians looking to increase their earning potential and develop their careers can complete training in laser hair reduction in as little as two weeks.