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Esthetician and Massage Therapy Schools Provide Entry to Medical Field

Published: May 22, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

Among the decisions you’ll make when you graduate from esthetician school or massage therapy school is the type of environment you want to work in. While this is true for hairdressers, too, estheticians and massage therapists have more available to them a major alternative to the salon: medical facilities.

Increasingly, doctors are hiring estheticians. Typically, these are dermatologists who have the estheticians supplementing the

medical treatments by doing facials that fight everything from acne to aging, plus waxing and other services. Massage therapists can look for work at hospitals, which employ them for assignments ranging from infant massage to relaxing, pre-surgery massage. A similar environment is the medi-spa which, as the name implies, is a spa with a doctor on staff and an emphasis on more intense, medically oriented therapies.

When graduates of esthetician schools and massage therapy schools rent space in a salon, they must market themselves constantly in order to build, retain and replenish a steady clientele. It’s really your own business when you go that route and, for some people, the self-promotion is unpleasant and difficult. Even when you’re on staff at a salon, you’re expected to help recruit skin care or massage clients. Spa technicians who choose to work within a medical setting, however, often have all the referrals they can handle just from among the doctor’s patients. For people who do not enjoy marketing themselves and want to focus on therapeutic massage or facials, this can be a great solution in a growing field.

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Sharai920, February 23, 2009 03:10

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I am 16. I want to attend beauty school. I read somewhere that you can start when your 16. What exactly can I start when I'm 16? Are there any classes or programs I can be doing while I'm still in high school? I live in Matewan, WV if that helps any. Thanks =)