Esthetics in a Medical Setting
What is Medical Esthetics?
Medical Esthetics—often referred to as clinical esthetics or corrective esthetics—focuses on advanced, results-driven skincare treatments performed within a clinical environment. At Estelle Skin Care & Spa Institute, our comprehensive curriculum prepares you to work seamlessly alongside physicians, dermatologists, and plastic surgeons. You will learn the rigorous protocols necessary to bridge the gap between traditional spa therapies and clinical-grade care, delivering safe, transformative patient results in a medical setting.
Why is Medical Esthetics Training Important to Your Career?
We purposefully integrate our advanced, Corrective Esthetics training directly into our core Esthetics program. This ensures you graduate fully prepared for the demanding clinical job market—without any additional, specialized tuition costs!
By completing our program, you will:
- Earn Dual Credentials: Graduate with an exclusive Corrective Esthetics Certificate in addition to your standard Esthetics diploma, providing concrete validation of your clinical capabilities.
- Stand Out to Medical Employers: Become a highly competitive and immediately valuable candidate for in-demand roles at med-spas, dermatology offices, and plastic surgery centers.
- Master Advanced Clinical Procedures: Gain hands-on expertise in the sophisticated techniques, safety protocols, and medical-grade treatments required in a physician-supervised setting.
- Expand Your Career Trajectory: Build the advanced foundational knowledge necessary to command higher clinical salaries or eventually launch your own specialized, results-oriented skincare business.
Below is just a sampling of the Esthetics in Medical Settings education that we include in our Esthetics program at no additional tuition cost.
Our Esthetics in Medical Settings education includes:
- Histology of skin
- Skin reaction for different diseases and medication overview
- Disorders and pigmentation of skin
- Advanced ingredient knowledge, taught by a Doctor of Pharmacy
- Hydradermabrasion
- Advanced chemical peels
- On-site PCA Skin Certification, including Treatment Options for Students Seminar
- PCA Skin Advantage Seminar (optional)
- Theory of injectables
- Theory of laser technology – certificate awarded
- Hands-on introduction to laser treatments¹
- Advanced Microneedling – Level 2, certificate awarded
- Dermaplaning – Level 2
- OSHA and EPA requirements
- Cavitation machine for skin tightening and lifting treatments
- Cellulite treatments with cavitation machine
- Indications and contraindications for skin recovery after cancer treatments
- Specialized facial procedures for cancer treatment recovery
- Business education for medical settings
¹ Hands-on laser training is introductory and subject to applicable laws, regulations, and school policies.
This portion of our program allows students to learn advanced techniques and makes them more marketable and valuable to employers in the skin care industry!
Laser Certification provided by Pure Medical Spa*
Receive a Certificate upon completion of the program!
- Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute has partnered with Pure Medical Spa in Skokie, IL to provide our students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a medical setting.
- Students will learn the theory of lasers and get hands-on training with lasers and other advanced equipment. This training helps to prepare students for employment in a medical office or clinic.
Looking For a Medical Esthetician School in Chicago?
The state of Illinois does not offer a “medical esthetician” or “clinical esthetician” license. At Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute, we offer an exclusive curriculum that includes Corrective Esthetics training — the advanced techniques and procedures used in esthetics. Some of the courses included in our program are not esthetics and constitute medical training that might assist a student in obtaining employment as an unlicensed physician’s technician in a medical clinic. This type of training can make a graduate more attractive to potential employers in the medical field.*
Students who start our industry-leading esthetics program, complete it — and we’re here for them every step of the way!
We ensure that our students pass their licensure exam, but that’s just the beginning — we also offer lifelong job placement assistance and continuing education!
We Stand Apart
Our partnerships with the industry’s leading professional skin care product lines allow our students to gain an incredible amount of ingredient and product knowledge during their program! Work with top product lines such as Estelle Professional Skincare, GM Collin, PCA Skin, Bioelements, Glymed Plus, and more! In addition, you can apply the wealth of ingredient knowledge you learn at Estelle to any product line you might work with in the future!
Contact us at 847.329.9174 for more information and to schedule a no-obligation campus tour!
* = Disclaimer regarding “medical estheticians” and scope of practice
In Illinois, an individual cannot present themselves as an esthetician while performing these services and is practicing as an unlicensed technician under the supervision of a licensed physician. Corrective, advanced, and medical courses are not esthetics and constitute medical training that might assist a student in obtaining employment as an unlicensed physician’s technician in a medical clinic. (IDFR)