EDUCATION

Register for Oncology Esthetics® training

Attend the 10th Anniversary Meeting – Society of Dermatology SkinCare Specialists (SDSS)
Courtyard Marriott in San Diego, CA
March 19 – 21, 2012

Monday March 19th, 2012      1:30 pm – 2:20 pm     
Oncology Esthetics® – Do No Harm

This presentation will define cancer and how it can metastasize throughout the body. Treatments that alleviate side effects such as cleansing, massaging on the face, neck and décolleté, require knoweldge of the lymphatic system. Currin will teach you how to show compassion, build cancer awareness, and how to adjust your protocols that take into consideration medications and supplements that cancer survivors must use for life.

Wednesday March 23, 2012      9am – 3pm
Oncology Esthetics®: The Role of the SkinCare Specialist

Non Member Fee: $225
SDSS Member Fee: $150

This intensive 6 (six) hour workshop is designed to support SkinCare specialists on topics that serve as key issues while processing the experience and challenges of working with cancer clients.  This workshop focuses on developing a deeper understanding of adjustments to be made when working with anyone undergoing cancer treatment and while in recovery. Key topics include reviewing what cancer is, metastasis, side effects from treatment and the importance of the lymphatic system.  Identifying the SkinCare specialist’s role in supporting the cancer client and what life is after cancer is pertinent to our success and outcome for the cancer client.

Register for SDSS presentations and post conference classes at: http://www.sdss.tv/

Oncology Esthetics®: A Practitioner’s Guide
Oncology Esthetics®: A Practitioner’s Guide has been written with heartfelt sensitivity in order to give estheticians the information they need to treat clients who are cancer survivors or are undergoing treatment for cancer.

This book provides a good foundation for the Oncology Esthetics® training and contains information that is necessary to know before attending the training.

To order this text book see http://www.alluredbooks.com
 

Oncology Esthetics®
Training for the skin care professional who wants to specialize in this modality.

Our Clinical Oncology Esthetics® (COE) appeals to skin care professionals who:

• May or may not have been touched by cancer directly or indirectly and want a more in-depth understanding of cancer, cancer therapies, and their side effects
• Are looking for a new modality to specialize in, attracting new clients to their spa
• Want to enhance their knowledge to be part of the new developing trend that combines medical-wellness-spa modalities

These skin care professionals are actively looking to engage with cancer survivors, finding fulfillment within themselves knowing they can touch and perform safe spa treatments for these clients.

Oncology Esthetics® trainings are facilitated by an oncology medical professional and a licensed esthetician instructor trained in Oncology Esthetics®. Certificates are personally signed by Mórag Currin, the facilitating oncology medical professional, and the licensed esthetic instructor.

Demonstrations are live as well as on video, with cancer survivors present. Students have the opportunity to meet and work with cancer survivors.

Class duration: 3 days classroom/practicum

Course Contents:

• Purpose of Oncology Esthetics®
• What is Cancer?
• Cancer Treatment and its Side Effects
• How to Avoid Causing Harm during Spa Treatments
• Psychological Effects of Cancer
• Early Recognition of Skin Cancers
• Immunology, Lymphatic System and Oncology Massage
• TecNiche Therapies® Skin Care
• Choice of Skin Care Products
• Ingredients in Skin Care
• Marketing

Tuition: $695/student