The carbon-assisted Q-switched Nd:YAG laser peel: exfoliation, pore refining and skin rejuvenation. The whole course is 100% online and at your own pace, with an optional FREE practical at our Southampton academy for students who need face-to-face training for insurance purposes or want more hands-on practice.
100% online, with an optional FREE practical
Everything, including every assessment and your certificate, is online. If you need face-to-face training for insurance purposes, or you would like more hands-on practice, you are entitled, on purchase of this course, to come in for practical training at our Southampton academy and work on a live model, which we will arrange. It is free of charge and arranged by email, it has no effect on your certificate, and there is no sign-off.
Wavelengths covered: this course covers carbon peel handpieces labelled 1320 nm and 755 nm, as well as the 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG described in the published studies. Always check the label on your own handpiece and follow your Local Rules and eyewear requirements.
Accredited CPD course: 6 CPD credits
The CPD Group accredited activity #1004411. Skintastic Aesthetic Lasers Ltd is an approved CPD provider (#777800). This is a CPD course: it is not a regulated qualification and carries no qualification level.
Check this accreditation yourself on The CPD Register.
What you will be able to do
- Explain the health and safety, medical device and laser safety rules for carbon laser peel treatment in the UK, and set up a compliant laser-controlled area
- Describe the treatment, its benefits and uses, and set honest expectations with clients
- Explain the two phases of the treatment and the science behind them, including selective photothermolysis and the published evidence
- Assess client suitability using Fitzpatrick skin typing, and decide who to treat, postpone, refuse or refer
- Take a full medical history, apply absolute and relative contra-indications, and recognise medications, topicals and supplements that affect treatment
- Select the right equipment and wavelength-correct eyewear, and control laser plume
- Carry out and read a carbon patch test, and choose a safe treatment energy
- Describe how to perform a full carbon laser peel, with the optional collagen pass, and give correct aftercare
- Adapt the protocol safely for body areas, and complete accurate client records
Course content
- Start here: your course guide
- Regulations, legislation and laser safety
- Introduction to the carbon laser peel
- How it works: mechanism of action
- Client suitability and Fitzpatrick typing
- Medical history and contra-indications
- Medications, topicals and herbal remedies
- Equipment, eyewear and device compliance
- Patch-testing protocol
- Step-by-step treatment technique
- Post-treatment care and aftercare
- Treatment adaptations for body areas
- Legislation and regulatory requirements
- Your final assessment
- Client forms, resources and course completion
- Your optional free practical
Every lesson has a short video, clear notes, key fact and caution boxes, activities, and a multiple-choice quiz with instant feedback.
How the course works
| Part | What you do | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Online learning | Work through the lessons, quizzes, the multiple choice test and the written answers online, at your own pace | 6 hours of learning, all online |
| Your certificate | Your certificate of achievement is available on the course page once every lesson and quiz is complete. No trainer sign-off is needed. | |
| FREE optional practical | If you need face-to-face training for insurance purposes or want more hands-on practice, you are entitled on purchase to come in and work on a live model, which we will arrange. Email info@skintasticaesthetics.com to arrange it. Held at our Southampton academy, 26 The Avenue, SO17 1XL. Skintastic provides the models and lunch is provided. No sign-off, and no effect on your certificate | Arranged by email |
The course is 6 hours of learning in total and worth 6 CPD credits. Your certificate does not depend on the optional practical.
Who it is for and what you need
This course is designed for qualified therapists who want to add the carbon laser peel to their treatments. You need:
- A Level 3 Anatomy and Physiology qualification (available from us if you do not hold it, and we accept Recognition of Prior Learning)
- A Laser and IPL Core of Knowledge certificate (available from us). This course does not replace it
- Training on the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser you will use, and insurance that names the carbon laser peel and your device
- A qualification in laser is preferred but not essential
Price
£499. No VAT is charged on this course.
Your trainer
Carla Cooper-Gale, founder and Managing Director of Skintastic Aesthetic Lasers Ltd, holds a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training and is an Internal Quality Assurer and Assessor. She has about 15 years in the aesthetics industry and teaches the optional practical in her own clinic. Questions? Call 02381 946394.
