ME Esthetician case studies
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The Maine Esthetician credential is a state license that authorizes you to perform skin care services for the public in Maine - facials, cleansing and exfoliation, facial massage, hair removal by waxing and tweezing, makeup application, and the product and ingredient decisions that support those services. It is issued through the Maine Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, which sets the licensing requirements and administers the examination pathway. The ME Esthetician case studies are 5 cases and about 3,640 words.
1Double-Dipping, a Cold Sore, and a Saturday Schedule
Priya owns a two-room studio in Portland and books waxing every 15 minutes on Saturdays. At 2:40 p.m., with six clients left, she has only four disposable wooden spatulas and no delivery until Monday.
867 words, about 4 min2Shiny Forehead, Stinging Cheeks
A 24-year-old graduate student books a 'deep-pore cleansing facial' for today. For three months she has used a 10% benzoyl peroxide foaming cleanser morning and night, a 2% salicylic acid toner twice daily, 0.5% retinol cream every night, and a clay mask three times a week.
722 words, about 4 min3Ten Days to the Wedding
A 32-year-old client books a 'wedding glow' appointment 10 days before her wedding. She wants her upper lip, brows, and chin waxed.
754 words, about 4 min4Pseudofolliculitis on a Beard
A 29-year-old man with Fitzpatrick type V skin and a coarse, curly beard comes in for waxing of his cheeks, neck, and beard line. He shaves daily and has a band of hyperpigmented papules and several ingrown hairs with small pustules along the front of his neck.
645 words, about 3 min5Booth Rent, Borrowed Scope, and a 'Medical' Peel
You are a Maine-licensed esthetician renting a booth in a salon. The owner asks you to add a 'medical-grade 40% TCA peel' to the menu and to post before-and-after photos with the caption 'cures acne and melasma.' She also asks you to let the unlicensed receptionist perform a brow tint 'just once' while you are with a client, and to use a spray bottle labeled 'disinfectant' that has no EPA registration number because 'the blue stuff works fine.' You notice the salon's license and your own license are not displayed, and the owner says displaying them 'makes the place look clinical.' Your booth rent is due Friday, and you need the income.
652 words, about 3 min