How to Choose the Right Laser Course for Your Beauty/Cosmetic Career
Choosing the right laser course can be a daunting task, especially with the array of options available. At Bravura Education, we understand that everyone’s career path is unique. Here’s a guide to help you select the most suitable course based on your current career stage.
- Just Starting Out: The Fundamentals
If you are new to the laser industry, beginning with foundational courses is essential. These courses provide a strong base in laser safety, basic principles, and an introduction to different types of laser treatments.
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If you have no experience in the laser industry at all, or haven’t done a beauty qualification, the Skin Anatomy and Physiology Course is a must. To feel confident and competent in using lasers and IPL an understanding of the structure and function of the skin and hair is essential. Once this one is under your belt, it’s time for laser safety!
The Laser Safety Online Course (Cosmetic) is ideal for beginners. This course covers the essentials of laser safety and basic machine operational skills. Once you nail the concepts in this course, you could literally look at any machine and understand how it works and how to use it! This course will save you hours of time having to do your own research about how lasers and IPL work, what different terms mean, the difference between machines and how to be a safe and effective therapist.
Start with the Laser and IPL Hair Removal Course if you're interested in hair removal services. This one includes the Laser Safety Online Course in it but also takes you through everything you need to know about doing hair removal using either laser of IPL (SHR). It discusses the hair growth cycle, how to plan a hair removal treatment regimen for your clients, pre and post treatment care, understanding common side effects and preventing unwanted adverse outcomes.
The Tattoo Removal Laser Course is perfect for those wanting to add tattoo removal to their skill set. This one is great for beauty therapists wanting to extend their menu of services, cosmetic tattooists who would like to tidy up old tattoos or tattoo artists wanting to give their clientele a new canvas. Like the Laser and IPL Hair Removal Course, this one also includes the Laser Safety Online Course in it but also takes you through everything you need to know about doing laser tattoo removal. It includes information on the types of ink, which wavelengths remove which colours, how to plan a tattoo removal treatment regimen for your clients, pre and post treatment care, understanding common side effects and preventing unwanted adverse outcomes.
- Expanding Your Skill Set: Intermediate Courses
For those who have an understanding of laser safety and are looking to expand their skills, intermediate courses focus on more specific treatments and techniques.
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The Advanced Cosmetic Laser Course is for those who have completed their laser safety courses (and maybe done tattoo removal or hair removal) who want to learn about advanced skin treatments like skin rejuvenation and resurfacing, lightening pigmentation and reducing redness for things like capillaries or leg veins. It will take you step-by-step through the essential clinical information about the treatments, which settings and machines to use, how to plan treatment regimens for your clients, pre and post treatment care, understanding common side effects and preventing unwanted adverse outcomes.
If enrolling in the Advanced Cosmetic Laser Course is a bit to much of a commitment, the good news is that we've broken it down into many short courses for you so you can do the topics in small bites!
- Keeping Up-to-Date: Refresher Courses
Continuous professional development is crucial in the ever-evolving field of laser treatments and laser safety in particular needs to be redone every three years. Refresher courses help keep your knowledge and skills up to date and help to remind you what you still remember!
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The Refresher Laser/IPL Safety Certificate (Cosmetic) is ideal for all beauty and cosmetic medicine laser therapists to renew their certification and stay current with the latest safety standards.
As always, if you have any questions, we are here to help, please reach out to us.
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