Advanced Skin Science for Beauty Therapists

How well do you understand the skin? Would you like to take a closer look inside the epidermis and dermis and see how the skin works? How products can penetrate into the skin and how compromised skin results in pigmentation, acne and sun damage? 

Delivered online and assessed by end of course questions and answers, those that pass will receive our Advanced Skin A&P certificate.  

Subjects covered include:

• What is healthy skin?

• How we can improve skin health?

• Skin rejuvenation? 

  
  

  Epidermis

  • The epidermal layers in detail

  • Epidermal programming 

  • Desquamation 

  • Advanced histology of skin cells including;

    • structure and function 

    • the cellular membrane 

    • Organelles of cells 

    • 3D look inside the cells and how they work

  • Cells of the epidermis 

    • Keratinocytes 

    • Melanocytes 

    • Desmosomes 

    • Langherhan cells 

    • Merkel Cells 

  • Cell Mitosis and stem cells 

  • Transient amplyfying cells 

  • Extra cellular matrix 

  • Intra cellular matrix 

  • Moisturisation & Barrier function 

  • Natural moisturising factor 

  • Free fatty acids

  • Tryglycerides 

  • Sebaceous lipids 

  • Formation of the acid mantle  

  Dermis 

  • The dermis 

  • Areola tissue 

  • Papillay layer 

  • Reticular layer 

  • Fibroblast cells and there role

  • Tissue regneration 

  • Collagen Types

  • Collagen structure 

  • Triple helix 

  • Vitamin C & Collagen 

  • Collagen degradation & regeneration 

  • Collagen glycation 

  • Elastin 

  • Structure of elastin 

  • Degradation and moisturisation of elastin 

  • Glycosaminoglycans (GAG's)

  • Hyaluronic Acid 

  • Glycoproteins 

  • Subcutaneous layers  

  Appendages of the skin

  • Sebacous glands

  • Dermal Papila 

  • Sebum 

  • Suderiferous glands

  • Eccrine and apocrine glands

  • Sensory nerves of glands 

  • Circulatory system of the skin

  •  Lymphatic system of the skin  

  Indications and treatment modalities on skin 

  • Pigmentation 

  • Product penetration and permeation

  • Effects of hormones on the skin 

  • Sun damaged skin 

  • How skin ages

  • Free Radicals 

  • Acne 

  • Wound healing process 

  • Cosmetics and their ingredients effects on the skin 

  • Skin peels - how they effect the skin 

  • Microneedling - effects on the skin

  • Laser & IPL - effects on the skin

  • LED light therapy - effects on the skin