Meaning & use
esthetician
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Meanings
nouncountable
A trained professional who gives skin treatments such as facials, cleansing, and hair removal.
Grammar: Countable: one esthetician, two estheticians; often used with 'a' or 'the'.
Patterns
- work as an esthetician
- see an esthetician for something
- a licensed esthetician
She booked a facial with an esthetician at the spa.
My esthetician recommended a gentle cleanser for my skin.
He trained for a year to become a licensed esthetician.
nouncountableAmerican
A person trained in beauty treatments and skin care, especially one who works in a salon or spa.
Grammar: Countable and used mainly in American English for a beauty professional.
Patterns
- a qualified esthetician
- an esthetician at a salon
The salon has three estheticians and two hairdressers.
An esthetician can advise you on skin-care products.
Word forms
| plural | estheticians |
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Common combinations
- licensed esthetician
- Only a licensed esthetician may perform this treatment.
- see an esthetician
- I see an esthetician every few months for a facial.
- medical esthetician
- A medical esthetician works alongside dermatologists.
- esthetician training
- She completed her esthetician training last spring.
Synonyms and how they differ
- beautician
- More general and often about hair and nails as well as skin; 'esthetician' is more specific to skin care.
- dermatologist
- A medical doctor who treats skin diseases; an esthetician gives cosmetic treatments and cannot diagnose illness.
- skin-care specialist
- A plain descriptive phrase with the same meaning, useful when the technical word is unfamiliar.
Word family
Commonly confused: esthetician or aesthetician? esthetician or aesthetic?
esthetician vs aesthetician
The British spelling of the same word; also, in philosophy, a person who studies aesthetics (the nature of beauty).
esthetician vs aesthetic
An adjective meaning 'concerned with beauty'; 'esthetician' is the person who provides beauty treatments.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'esthetician' correctly?
Choose one answer.
An esthetician gives cosmetic skin treatments such as facials, so option 1 fits. Option 2 is wrong because prescribing medicine is a doctor's job, and the other options describe unrelated work.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “esthetician”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.