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Have a Specialized Interest for Your Cosmetology Career? Go For It!

Published: April 06, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

Here at beautyschooladvisor.com, we tell you how varied a career you can have after beauty school: work in a salon one day, on the set of a

local TV station the next and backstage at a charity fashion show over the weekend. If you get fully licensed, you can be a hairdresser, nail tech and esthetician. But there’s another side to that coin. If you choose, you can shape a deep but extremely narrow cosmetology career.

For example, if you become a massage therapist, you may find that you love working with pregnant clients, who are stressed but excited as they prepare for motherhood. One thing they can really use is a massage! For the best experience, they should go to a massage therapist who understands that they are most comfortable lying on their side and knows to be extra careful about the blood clots that can form in the legs during pregnancy. A technician who specializes in maternity massage is a great choice for them.

Other market niches that offer opportunities include children, teens, men, older adults, ethnic clients, athletes, chemotherapy patients and other victims of hair loss and hair thinning, special needs kids or adults, sufferers of various skin diseases and a long list of service specialties like perming or waxing. I once interviewed a cosmetologist who made huge money from the unique service of threading eyebrows! Your cosmetology career will zoom when you follow your passions, whether they’re broadly drawn or restricted to a pinpoint.