Advanced Medical Spa Therapist

This course will cover techniques to secure proper client relationships, develop referral business, and close sales. Students learn the characteristics of top sales personnel and how to improve upon individual strengths to provide the skills and techniques needed for effective client services, product sales, and team building within the spa industry.

The Student Esthetics clinic provides students with the opportunity to develop and practice their skills through interaction with the general public. Each clinic session is supervised by a member of the Esthetics faculty, who is a qualified Esthetician, and able to provide guidance and assistance to the student and client. Students work in a clinical setting providing esthetic services such as manicures and pedicures, waxing, facials, make-up application, and relaxing body massage.

This course provides students with a basic understanding of cosmetic chemistry and regulations within the industry. Students learn applications for day, evening, runway, and bridal settings.

Students in this course learn to identify bones and muscles of the hands, arms, feet, and legs; identify pathologies of the hand, nail, foot, and skin. Students study the growth cycle of the nail and focus on client care, safety, and hygiene through relevant practical work, shellac, and polish application.

Students in the Medi-Spa course will perform assignments and learn Fitzpatrick skin typing, laser versus IPL, patch testing, laser hair capillary, and pigment removal techniques. Students are exposed to photo facials, microdermabrasion, radio frequency body contouring, and fractional skin resurfacing.

Students learn to administer the principles of multiple hydrotherapy modalities safely and appropriately. Students will understand specific body treatments including body aromatherapy, mud wraps, seaweed wraps, salt glows, and body scrubs.

This course provides the students with an overview of the structure, function, layers, and appendages of the skin. Students gain competence in identifying pathologies and diseases of the skin and learn how to perform lymphatic drainage. Students will learn the fundamentals of performing facials and other various skin treatments.

This course will cover the technical skill of hair removal through different professional hair removal techniques. Students learn to identify the structure and function of hair, its growth cycle, and diseases and disorders associated with hair.