Anybody know of a qualification between "Beauty Therapist" and "Dermatologist"?!

[Bombalurina]

I think the title of this thread says it all!

I've been a beauty therapist for 10 years and I do specialise in skin care, particularly using electrotherapy equipment, and microdermabrasion....but I want to know if there's a course & exam I can take that will give me a different title!! Basically I'm fascinated by the skin and how it works and I want a course that will further my knowledge, and make clients take me more seriously as a skin care professional (A lot of them just see me as a spray tanner, or waxer, or manicurist, and much as I LOVE all aspects of beauty, I still feel there's a little stigma attached to it that we're all thick as a bog door!!! And we're not!!!) I could train to be a dermatologist, but to do that I have to train to be a doctor first, and I just don't want to!!

Any ideas geeks?

XX

 

[Purple Haz]

I think that fact that you have a passion for skin and are well equipped in the knowledge of products and the skin should be enough to impress your clients and be proud of yourself! I personally don't know of courses that would give you a that slightly more professional sounding career title other than moving over into the medical field. You obviously work with alot of electrical machines and are trained in environ which you know is a cosemeceutial range, I would put yourself in the category of being and aesthetic therapist. Do not let the stigma of being a beauty therapist get you down, it's people like you that raise the name and standard of being a therapist! Advertise yourself as being a skincare specialist but you should further yourself for you, not to impress clients.xxx

 

[essentia]

I feel exactly the same - there is a big leap between and it needs filling! The skin academy in London do some courses but they are one day ones but look good. I suspect they are the same level as the F Barratt Hill book. Because of my full time training and electrolysis I learn a certain amount and do feel confident in my work but to go one step further would be great.

It is annoying to see dermatology courses just for nurses and doctors when it would really benefit therapists who wish to gain more knowledge. I also agree that the title aesthetic therapist seems better lol:hug: