Also called: Medical Esthetician, Clinical Esthetician
Works alongside doctors helping patients with skin care before and after surgery, cancer treatment or burns.
In a plastic surgeon's office she preps a patient's skin before a procedure, then teaches another how to care for healing skin. She also does camouflage makeup to cover scars.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. State esthetician license (about 600-750 training hours) plus an exam. Plus advanced medical esthetics training.
Ways in: Trade school, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Esthetics (trade school).
Growing faster than average.
Low risk for 10 years. Skin-analysis software helps; caring for patients after surgery, cancer or burns needs gentle, skilled hands.
Classes: Biology, Health-science CTE class, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-5094.
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