Learn cold and hot plasma treatment the safe, honest way, at home and then hands on. This blended course teaches cosmetic skin treatment with the SkinCool+ dual plasma system, from the science and safety of argon, ozone and the treatment room to consultation, patch testing, technique, aftercare and what you may truthfully claim.
Accredited CPD course: 16 CPD credits
The CPD Group accredited activity #1018119. 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.
What this course covers
- The skin, how it heals, and why pigment change is the main risk of plasma
- What plasma is, what it does to skin, and how strong the evidence really is
- Your SkinCool+, its ten heads, the settings and the argon supply
- Safety: argon, ozone, eyes, fire, the room, infection control and waste
- Consultation, contraindications, skin typing, lesions, patch testing and consent
- Cold plasma heads 1 to 6 and hot plasma heads 7 to 10, with aftercare and complications
- Claims, the law and your client records
How it works
You study 8 hours 25 minutes at home at your own pace, then attend one classroom day (09:00 to 17:30) at 26 The Avenue, Southampton, where you treat live models with both handles. You are assessed by a written assessment and two separate practical observations, one for cold plasma and one for hot plasma. Entry requires Level 3 Anatomy and Physiology and Level 3 Beauty Therapy, or equivalent, and insurance naming plasma before you treat.
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Course at a glance
| CPD credits | 16 |
|---|---|
| CPD Group activity number | #1018119 |
| Lessons | 15 lessons, 90 topics |
| Certificate | Issued when you pass |
Who can take this course
Level 3 Anatomy and Physiology or equivalent; Level 3 Beauty Therapy, healthcare registration or equivalent experience; aged 18 or over; insurance naming plasma treatment before you treat. RPL accepted except for the practical.
What you will learn
- Name the three layers of the skin in order
- State which layer cold plasma works in and which layer hot plasma needle heads reach
- Explain what plasma is and why it is called the fourth state of matter
- Give everyday examples of plasma
- Describe the proposed effects of cold plasma on the skin
- Say how strong the evidence is for each effect
- Name the main parts of the SkinCool+ and what each does
- Explain where the machine figures and the starting settings come from
- Explain why argon is an asphyxiation risk
- Say where argon collects in a room
- Describe the nine steps of a plasma consultation
- Explain the three possible answers
- State the seven rules that apply to every cold head
- Explain how heads 1 to 6 meet the skin
- List the six things that must be true before any hot plasma treatment
- State where you may and may not treat on this course
- Give clear aftercare after cold plasma
- Explain why aftercare is stricter after the rollers and the 49P head
- State the rule that underlies all claims
- Explain the six rules in plain words
- Name the main regulators and what each covers
- Explain why you must check the current position yourself
- List the client forms and what each is for
- Put the paperwork in the right order
Course structure
Lesson 1: Start here: your course guide (7 topics)
- Welcome: what this course teaches and what it does not
- Your course at a glance: accreditation, hours and what CPD means
- What you will be able to do: the course learning outcomes
- Who can take the course: entry requirements and prior learning
- How the course is delivered, and who delivers it
- How you are assessed and how you earn your certificate
- Accessibility and support
Lesson 2: The skin, and how it heals (6 topics)
- The layers of the skin and which ones plasma reaches
- Inside the epidermis: the layers and the barrier
- Three cells that decide the result: keratinocyte, melanocyte and fibroblast
- Collagen, elastin, ageing and sun
- How skin heals: the four phases
- Scars, pigment and the skin barrier
Lesson 3: Plasma: what it is, hot and cold (5 topics)
- The fourth state of matter
- How the SkinCool+ makes plasma, and why it uses argon
- Cold plasma and hot plasma compared
- What plasma brings to the skin surface
- How deep each head works
Lesson 4: What plasma does to skin, and the evidence (5 topics)
- What cold plasma is thought to do
- What hot plasma does, and the healing timeline
- How to judge evidence
- What the research actually shows
- Medical conditions: why you refer, never treat
Lesson 5: Your device: the SkinCool+ and its ten heads (7 topics)
- The SkinCool+ and where the figures come from
- The ten heads: the cold plasma heads, 1 to 6
- The ten heads: the hot plasma heads, 7 to 10
- Choosing the head, and four checks before you press the pedal
- The argon supply: connecting a cylinder safely
- Disconnecting a cylinder, and the three settings you control
- Daily routine, maintenance and reporting faults
Lesson 6: Safety: argon, ozone, eyes and the room (7 topics)
- Argon: the invisible risk
- Storing and moving gas cylinders, and the law behind it
- Ozone
- Protecting the eyes
- Electrical safety and fire
- The treatment room, infection control and waste
- Your written risk assessment
Lesson 7: Consultation, contraindications and patch testing (7 topics)
- The nine-step consultation
- Contraindications that rule out both handles
- Contraindications for hot plasma, and the cautions
- Medicines that matter
- Skin typing and the rules for each handle
- Lesions: yours to treat, or refer?
- Patch testing and informed consent
Lesson 8: Cold plasma treatments: heads 1 to 6 (7 topics)
- The seven rules for every cold head
- Head 1: the direct jet
- Head 2: the square tube
- Head 3: the horn tube and the cosmetic scalp refresh
- Heads 4 and 5: the rollers
- Head 6: the 49P dot matrix
- The cold plasma facial, stop signs and what you tell the client
Lesson 9: Hot plasma treatments: heads 7 to 10 (7 topics)
- Before any hot plasma treatment, and where you may treat
- Head 7: the ceramic ozone head
- Head 8: the diamond
- Why not the upper eyelid, and where this course differs from the manufacturer
- Heads 9 and 10: making a dot
- Spacing, depth and reading the skin
- Removing a small skin tag
Lesson 10: Aftercare, complications and results (6 topics)
- Aftercare after cold plasma
- Aftercare after hot plasma: the first week and beyond
- What is normal, and recognising complications
- Managing complications and when to refer
- Reporting and records after a complication
- Photographs, results and the unhappy client
Lesson 11: Claims, a case study and the evidence (5 topics)
- The rules behind every plasma advert
- What you may and may not say
- Rewriting an advert
- Case study: Mrs D
- The evidence behind the course, and how to find it
Lesson 12: Legislation and regulatory requirements (6 topics)
- Who regulates what
- Health and safety law around your plasma room
- Licensing in England and London
- Licensing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Your clients, your records and your advertising
- Your compliance checklist and where to check
Lesson 13: Your client forms, model sets and course completion (5 topics)
- The forms and the order of client paperwork
- The skin typing and medical history forms
- The consent forms for each handle
- Patch test, treatment and lesion records
- Incident reports, aftercare sheets, model sets and course completion
Lesson 14: Your final assessment (5 topics)
- How the assessment works
- Part A: multiple choice, and the pass rule
- Part B: short answers
- Part C: client scenarios
- Practical observations and what happens if you are referred
Lesson 15: Your practical day and trainer sign-off (5 topics)
- The programme for the practical day
- Set-up, the leak check and cleaning down
- Part D: the cold plasma observation
- Part E: the hot plasma observation
- Models, sign-off and your certificate
How you are assessed
Each teaching lesson ends with a short multiple choice quiz. Your final assessment combines multiple choice questions with written answers marked by your trainer, and your supervised practical is signed off by your trainer. Your certificate is issued when you pass.
