ID Esthetician study materials
ID Esthetician study resources

ID Esthetician case studies

ID Esthetician · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Idaho Esthetician licensure examination is the state's assessment for candidates who want to practice skin care professionally under Idaho's cosmetology and esthetics regulatory framework. It is intended for students completing an approved esthetics program and for applicants from other jurisdictions seeking licensure by endorsement, and it verifies that a candidate can practice safely and lawfully, not just perform treatments well. The ID Esthetician case studies are 5 cases and about 2,757 words.

1

The $250 Microneedling Add-On

Maya has held an Idaho esthetician license for three years and works at a salon in Coeur d'Alene. The owner recently bought a microneedling pen with 1.5 mm cartridges and wants to add a $250 'collagen induction' service.

501 words, about 3 min
2

Blood on the Extractor

At a small Boise spa, esthetician Renee is performing a 60-minute deep-cleansing facial with manual extractions on a 41-year-old client who takes daily aspirin. During extraction of a chin comedone, the client bleeds.

596 words, about 3 min
3

The 'Pore' on the Nose

At a med spa in Meridian, esthetician Priya is doing a consultation for a 62-year-old golf instructor. He has Fitzpatrick type II skin, marked sun damage, and a 6 mm pearly papule with fine telangiectasias and a rolled border on the left nasal ala.

545 words, about 3 min
4

Waxing Two Days Before Vacation

Lena books a 30-minute brow and lip wax two days before a beach vacation. She is 28, five months postpartum, and breastfeeding.

557 words, about 3 min
5

The Wedding Peel Countdown

At an advanced skin clinic in Boise, a 38-year-old woman books a 'medium-depth TCA peel' 10 days before her outdoor wedding. She has melasma on both cheeks, Fitzpatrick type IV skin, and has used tretinoin 0.05% nightly and hydroquinone 4% for six months.

558 words, about 3 min