Efua Mensah
Clinical Skincare Tutor
Cosmetic chemist and clinical facialist teaching ingredient science and safe chemical peeling.
Clinical Skincare Science
Facial Treatments
What a facial is and is not — hygiene and infection control, cleansing and exfoliation, extraction, massage, masks and finishing, devices, and how to build a defensible treatment plan. Foundation Tier.
- ₵6,500
- Beginner
- Hybrid
- 8 weeks
- Instalment plans available
About this course
Master evidence-based facial treatments — analysis, protocols and product selection for professional results. This programme blends expert-led theory with supervised, hands-on clinical practice at our East Legon campus, and is designed around the realities of practising aesthetics on richly melanated West African skin.
Curriculum
7 modules · supervised practical hours throughout
- Course Opening: Judgement Before Hands
- A Working Definition, and What a Facial Can Honestly Do
- What a Facial Does Not Do, and the Claims You Must Not Sell
- Spa Facial, Clinical Facial, Procedure
- Skin of Colour: Less Margin for Error, and the Injury Pathway
- The Intensity Ladder and the 60-Second Red Flag Scan
- The Consultation: Seven Questions and Two Histories
- Skin Analysis and Expectation Setting
- Contraindications, Medications and Condition-Specific Modifications
- The Decision Tree and Building the Plan in Layers
- Documentation, Aftercare and Protective Language
- Practical: The Consultation Drill and the Pre-Practical Checklist
- Handout: Screening, Contraindications and the Decision Pathway
- Module 1 Knowledge Check: Scope, Screening and Contraindications
- Why a Facial Is an Infection-Control Procedure
- The Infection Chain and Standard Precautions
- Hand Hygiene: The Moments and the Technique
- Gloves and PPE
- Clean, Disinfect, Sterilise — and Classifying Tools by What They Touch
- Preparing the Room and Zoning the Trolley
- Product Handling: The Jar Problem and the Decanting Protocol
- Water, Steamers, Sponges and Linen
- Sharps, Blood Spills and Needlestick Injury
- Device Hygiene, Contact Time and Storage Discipline
- The Three Logs, the Scenarios and the Practical Standard
- Printable: Observed Treatment-Room Checklist
- Handout: Infection-Control Reference for the Facial Room
- Module 2 Knowledge Check: Hygiene and Infection Control
- How to Use This Module: Outcomes, Map and the Competence Standard
- Cleansing Without Stripping, and the Clinical Endpoint
- Choosing a Cleanser, and How Many Cleanses
- Cleansing Technique: The Details That Matter
- Steam: An Honest Reckoning
- When to Avoid or Modify Steam, and How to Say So
- The Three Routes to Exfoliation
- Mechanical and Enzymatic Exfoliation
- Chemical Exfoliation: The Six Variables and the Acid Families
- Exfoliation in Skin of Colour, and the Pre-Exfoliation Checklist
- Facial Exfoliation Is Not the Same as a Chemical Peel
- The Over-Exfoliated Face and the Over-Exfoliation Cycle
- Reaction Response, Recovery and Reintroducing Actives
- Case Practice, Documentation and Commercially Uncomfortable Scripts
- Handout: Cleansing and Exfoliation Selection Tables
- Module 3 Knowledge Check: Cleansing and Exfoliation
- The Equation That Governs This Module
- The Same Extraction, Two Outcomes
- What Can — and Cannot — Be Extracted
- Preparation: Time Is Your Safest Tool
- The Stop Rules
- Aftercare and the Pigment Conversation
- The Client Who Wants Everything Squeezed
- Handout: The Extraction Decision Card
- Module 4 Knowledge Check: Extraction and the Stop Rules
- Where Module 5 Sits in the Facial, and Learning Outcomes
- Massage — Honestly: The Four Effects
- Pressure, Indications and Contraindications
- The Massage Decision Tree, Setup and a Safe Sequence
- Masks by Purpose: Hydrating and Calming
- Clay and Enzymatic Masks, Timing and the Selection Matrix
- Finishing: The Skin’s Exit Plan
- The 72-Hour Handover, Escalation and Documentation
- Printable: Massage Practical Marking Criteria
- Handout: Mask Selection, Finishing and the Written Handover
- Module 5 Knowledge Check: Massage, Masks and Finishing
- How to Read This Module, and Learning Objectives
- The Four-Question Device Filter and the Depth Map
- Where Devices Fit in the Sequence
- Tier One Devices: These Earn Their Place
- LED: Honest Claims, Wavelengths and Protocol Basics
- Handle With Care: Microdermabrasion in Skin of Colour
- High Frequency, Galvanic, Microcurrent and Oxygen
- Skin of Colour Principles, Pause Criteria and Documentation
- Choosing the Device, and Saying It Honestly
- Handout: Device Selection, Contraindications and Charting
- Module 6 Knowledge Check: Devices and Honest Claims
- The Anchor: A Plan Is a Promise You Can Defend
- A Defensible Default Sequence Within a Single Facial
- Choose the Direction Before Choosing Products
- The Stacking Rule, and What Counts as Exfoliation
- Designing a Course, and a Worked 6-Week Plan
- Homecare, Rebooking, and the Four-Way Breakout Differential
- Aftercare in This Climate, and the Course Close
- Handout: Treatment Plan, Stacking and Aftercare Reference
- Module 7 Knowledge Check: Building a Treatment Plan
- Final Examination
Entry requirements
Open to beauty therapists and aspiring skincare professionals.
Upcoming intakes
The next intake for this course is being scheduled. Register your interest and admissions will contact you as soon as dates open.
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