how to become an aesthetic nurse

Thanks for your response.
I guess the next thing for me to do will to write up a business plan. I will need to educate myself in this area, as all of my knowlegde at this point is medically based.
I did purchase "Small Business for Dummies". It includes a chapter on creating a business plan. I am open to suggestions.
At this point, to me, there are so many unknowns in medical aesthetics. I would love to speak with someone as a mentor in this area.

Kind Regards,
Tanya RN

Tanya:

Try doing a search on the Internet for associations or certifications for Nurses in this field. Mentoring is the way to go for me; I still hold onto a dear friend who was "literally" my first preceptor.

Call your local Chamber of Commerce and see what they have for free. When I went in recently, to the small business incubator (that is what it is called in these parts) for consult (free) regarding an issue I was having. I was given a blank Business Plan. If you have Word Office, yo will have Blank Templates to write one up; it really is pretty cool because it forces you to look at options that are mundane but oh so necessary for establishing a successful business.

There are other resources in Stickies in the beginning pages of this Entrepreneur Forum.

Sorry to all that I off track of the topic of Aesthetics in Nursing. Again, I hope we here from someone to help this poster.

I wanted to say thanks to all of you who have offered advice in this area. I began getting familiar with this business about a year ago. Sharing your experiences has really helped me in my own aesthetic business. I've had my skin clinic for three months now. It is (very) slowy growing. And that is good considering I have done almost no advertising. which brings me to another question. Has anyone tried advertising in the local ad mailers or ad clipper type papers? I see many salons advertising in them around here, so it must be profitable, though I have no idea how much an ad like that would cost. I actually have gotten most of my clients through word of mouth and other client referrals.

I have been to quite a few forums, I have to say this is the most "happening" forum related to nurse aesthetics.

Yes, this is true. However, I have not found a post here where someone talks about salary. So, can anybody give me an idea of how much a Aesthetic nurse makes according to experience?

Thanks!

Hi guys! I am brand new to this forum but are enjoying all the input about aesthetics nursing. I have been a practicing RN for the past 8 and a half years with half my experience in the acute care setting and half in the clinic setting. I plan to go the the Esthetic Skin Institute in June for their 9 day seminar, with my ultimate goal being to own and run my own Medspa. I know it's going to be a lengthy process to get there, and I would appreciate any and all of your input as far as "the best way to start". I have considered talking to some plastic surgeons and dermatologists in my area to see if they would hire me per diem to provide these services to their clients to gain expertise in these skills, and with hopes to one day find a medical director for my Medspa. One question I have for all if you is how difficult was it for you to obtain your medical director? This is my biggest worry as I plan to open shop on the island of Kauai, one of the smaller islands, so physicians are not overtly abundant in my area. I would greatly appreciate any and all of your input.

I am planning on going into the field of Aesthetics, and I will need to attend some kind of training program/school/workshop. Based on your experiences, what is the best choice? Where should I go?

Thanks!

Leo,

I went to AEI, Aesthetic Enhancement Institute. They are based in Florida but do the seminars in several other states throughout the year including New Jersey, Virginia, and California. The have many courses-facial aesthetics (chemical peels and microdermabrasion), dermal fillers, sclerotherapy, tatoo removal, and other ones that I can't remember. You can take all of them or just one. I took the facial aesthetics one, because I can do those procedures where I live without a doctor. They run about $2000 for each course I think. Each course is 1-2 days depending on which one you choose. And sometimes they offer all the courses together at the same place spanning 1-2 weeks. So if you want to take all of them at once, you can. There is also a place in Texas I heard about that I really wanted to go to, but i couldn't work that one out. I can't remember the exact name, something like "Dallas Advanced Medical Aesthetics." The owner is Dr. Fam. He instructs too I think. I sent an email to the link provided at their site, and he wrote me back personally. Their program teaches all the courses together and is about 2 weeks. Its more expensive of course but cheaper than paying for each separate course taught at the other places. Hope that helps.

Marlene

I will let you know about the Austin Medical Aesthetic Seminar that I will be attending from January 20-24 , 2007.

I called today and found out that it will cost $100 to place an ad in the local ad mailer for my aesthetic business. I would only need to get two customers as a result in order to not lose money from placing the ad. Has anyone seen good results with placing these types of ads? This paper reaches 100,000 homes in the area.