Skin Cancer Guide for Salon Professionals
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About the Course
Become knowledgeable about skin cancer to better serve your clients in their health and wellness. Update your knowledge on the signs of pre-cancerous lesions, the most common skin cancers, and rare types of skin cancer your clients may experience. Cosmetologists often see areas of skin, hair, and nails that clients seldom do, allowing you to improve detection of suspicious changes that could lead to skin cancer. The purpose of this course is to familiarize cosmetologists with the various types of skin cancer and how to encourage clients to seek medical attention when suspicious skin changes are found.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss histology and physiology of the skin
- Describe natural changes in skin, hair, and nails that occur with aging
- Describe risk factors for skin cancer
- List ways to prevent skin cancer
- Describe signs of pre-cancerous actinic keratosis
- Explain how pre-cancerous actinic keratosis is treated
- Describe signs of basal cell carcinoma skin cancer
- Explain how basal cell carcinoma skin cancer is treated
- Describe signs of squamous cell carcinoma skin cancer
- Explain how squamous cell squamous skin cancer is treated
- Describe signs of melanoma skin cancer
- Explain how melanoma skin cancer is treated
- Discuss findings of skin cancer in a professional, non-fearful way with clients