Comments on: I want to be a master esthetician (about 1200 hrs) and a Medical esthetician. Will it work out being both? http://www.estheticianjobs.info/medical-esthetician/i-want-to-be-a-master-esthetician-about-1200-hrs-and-a-medical-esthetician-will-it-work-out-being-both Esthetics Schools, Training, Employment and Careers Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: EducatedEsthetician.com http://www.estheticianjobs.info/medical-esthetician/i-want-to-be-a-master-esthetician-about-1200-hrs-and-a-medical-esthetician-will-it-work-out-being-both/comment-page-1#comment-867 EducatedEsthetician.com Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:36:46 +0000 http://www.estheticianjobs.info/medical-esthetician/i-want-to-be-a-master-esthetician-about-1200-hrs-and-a-medical-esthetician-will-it-work-out-being-both#comment-867 You can be successful doing both, however you may ultimately want to focus on an area of specialty. As you do your research you'll need to become aware of "scope of practice." Different states allow estheticians to do different things. They also prohibit estheticians from certain procedures. For example, in many states an esthetician cannot fire a laser at all, other states require you to be under Dr supervision if you are an esthetician using a laser. You'll need to check your State Board regulations in order to determine what you are allowed to do. Check Medical Board regs as well! I don't think there is any state that would allow you to perform (inject) botox, unless you also had the appropriate medical license (in most cases that would be an RN or NP) Also - there is currently no specific state license for medical esthetician. There are definitely certifications and trainings that are recognized in the industry, but not as part of the state licensing process. Hope that helps EE www.educatedesthetician.com You can be successful doing both, however you may ultimately want to focus on an area of specialty.

As you do your research you’ll need to become aware of "scope of practice." Different states allow estheticians to do different things. They also prohibit estheticians from certain procedures. For example, in many states an esthetician cannot fire a laser at all, other states require you to be under Dr supervision if you are an esthetician using a laser. You’ll need to check your State Board regulations in order to determine what you are allowed to do. Check Medical Board regs as well!

I don’t think there is any state that would allow you to perform (inject) botox, unless you also had the appropriate medical license (in most cases that would be an RN or NP)

Also – there is currently no specific state license for medical esthetician. There are definitely certifications and trainings that are recognized in the industry, but not as part of the state licensing process.

Hope that helps
EE
http://www.educatedesthetician.com

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