About this Course
AAF 201: Evidence and the Scientific Method Continuing education: NCEA-approved continuing education, 5 CEs Estimated learning time: Approximately 4 hours Course format: Self-paced Kit: Not required About the course This course helps estheticians examine the evidence behind treatments, products, ingredients, and professional claims. You’ll learn to distinguish research from opinion and marketing claims, apply the scientific method to questions that arise in aesthetics, and respond to clients within esthetic scope of practice. What you will learn 1. Differentiate evidence-based information, professional opinion, anecdotal claims, and unsupported marketing claims in aesthetics and skincare. 2. Apply the basic steps of the scientific method to an aesthetics-related question or professional scenario. 3. Evaluate the quality, relevance, strengths, and limitations of research and evidence supporting treatments, products, ingredients, and professional claims. 4. Formulate an evidence-informed professional response to a client question while maintaining esthetic scope of practice, appropriate referral, and safe next-step recommendations. hours
Meet Your Instructor
Ms. Lakeisha is a master esthetician, educator, and wellness professional with over 18 years of experience in clinical skincare, natural ingredients, and treatment planning. Her teaching style blends science, strategy, and practical application to help estheticians build confidence, strengthen decision-making, and deliver safer, more effective treatments. In this training, she helps students sharpen their observation skills, refine their clinical thinking, and recognize common skin analysis mistakes that can affect treatment outcomes.
Build the Thinking Behind Your Practice
Strengthen your ability to evaluate claims, understand evidence, and approach esthetic decision-making with greater confidence. Enroll in Evidence & the Scientific Method and begin building a more thoughtful, evidence-based approach to professional esthetics.
$247.00