Estheticians specialize in skin care rather than hairstyling. They may also manufacture, sell, or apply cosmetics. As highly trained specialists, estheticians provide preventative care for skin and offer treatments to keep skin healthy and attractive. Unless the esthetician is also a licensed dermatologist, he or she does not prescribe medication or give medical treatments. However, the esthetician is trained to detect skin problems that require medical attention.

The name esthetician comes from the Greek "aistetikos" and Latin "aesthetica," a branch of philosophy relating to the nature and forms of beauty.

Career Opportunities For The Professional Esthetician

How would you like to perform a facial on a movie star or apply his or her makeup? Or how about a career where you travel frequently and demonstrate up-to-the-minute cosmetic products, to audiences around the country? When you complete your training and acquire the license to practice as an esthetician and makeup artist, exciting and unlimited opportunities await you. With your license in hand, you are on your way to a lifetime career in a dynamic and prestigious industry.

As an esthetician or makeup artist, you can exercise your creative abilities in a stable career that rewards talent. Best of all, for the amount of preparation time and expense you put in, no other field offers as many job opportunities.