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Esthetician / Aesthetician (Skincare) Schools and Courses

Esthetician (aesthetician in Canada and elsewhere) training focuses on skin: analysis, facials, hair removal and related treatments. The spelling and the regulation depend on the country, but the core skills overlap. 334 verified listings from 217 providers below.

334 programs & classes

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per day, per course, per year, per instalment) are not comparable. Courses for teens and children appear only when you choose a youth audience. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

What esthetician training covers

  • Skin structure and analysis
  • Facial treatments and product knowledge
  • Hair removal methods within the cosmetic scope
  • Infection control
  • Client consultation

Typical routes

Entry-level programs run from a few months to about a year. Advanced skincare courses assume a base qualification. Some places license estheticians separately from cosmetologists; others do not regulate the title.

Also searched as: aesthetician, esthetician, skin care specialist, skincare, master esthetician. Variants are folded into this page rather than split into near-duplicates.

Before you choose a course

  • Which authority, if any, approves the school or the course for the place where you want to work
  • Contact hours and practical hours, shown separately from elapsed time
  • Whether the certificate is an attendance record, an assessed provider award or an external qualification
  • What the price includes: kit, consumables, uniform, registration and assessment fees
  • Evening and part-time options if you are working

What this is not

Esthetics is not medical esthetics. Medical settings add prerequisites and scope limits, covered on the medical esthetician page.

More in Skincare and esthetics

Facial treatments, skin analysis and advanced skincare, including training for medical settings with defined prerequisites.

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