Folks, I’m trying find and good school with most hands on as possible. Preferable in Florida. But it’s seems to be very many.
And It’s hard to pick a good one. I found one in New York as a option: http://laserhairinstitute.com/index.html. This is the one listed with most hands on. But website looks very outdated? Anyone who have been where and/or have tips for an Florida class with a lot of Hands on ?
All help welcome!
OneMore
Maybe it seems obvious but ill ask anyway. Why do you ask?
I’ve had technicians who took courses with nothing but theory and technicians that took courses with hundreds of hands on hours.
I advise to keep your money. Spend as little as possible just to get you some certificate, the rest you will learn from your employer and experience.
Hi Odi, and thanks for your answer.
The reason is I want to start a small Hair Removal clinic and I don’t want to cheat any customer. I want to start with one Laser
cover the major group. I believe it’s an good idea to only provide
the Hair removal until experience is build. Next will be tattoo removal ? However one laser to start with.
I have no practice at all and need to learn.
To join a good class I hope to cover which one to buy ?
And get the basics to start hair removal the proper way,
without cheating any customers.
I see what you are saying.
2 things that pop in my head:
One, the easiest way is probably to get some certificate and going to work for a year or so at some other place and then you will gain experience for your own place.
The other thing, i don’t know how the business is in Florida in terms of laser hair removal but i can tell you that in Toronto it fell a very steep hill. There are LOTS of deal of the day kind of deals and probably 5-10 new ones for hair removal per week so the business has been far from profitable. IMO those businesses that are doing the deals are likely to lose a lot of money, the customer won’t return to pay full price because they can go else where and unless they have some very deep pockets (hundreds of thousands worth) then they are not going to make it. On the other hand, since there are so many that do it, the clinics that don’t do it are left for dry. My business been on first page of Google for a few years now and in the past 6 months or so the business went down by at least 50%.
When you buy a machine for close to 100 grand, you need lots of paying clients to get your money back, not always easy.
In terms of what’s good to buy, there is no simple answer. Every technology and machine have pros and cons. The biggest con is probably the fact that you can’t treat all kinds of hair.
Hi again, and thanks for sharing your experience.
The city I live in is the oil capital in Norway.
And here it’s no low price adds. And only 3-4 places,
who is very well priced. However I don’t believe it’s a gold
mine. But possibilities to get a small business.
The plan is to start halftime and hopefully employee
one or two person when time is right. Wanna come:-)
The reason I mention Florida is I’m always visiting Florida.
And New York, is a typical Transit place and may work.
(Let me mention I love CN tower and the life in Toronto)
I see the Alma have a universal and one pure Hair removal.
In this bad days in US, I hoped to pick up something used.
My budget was actually first US$20K but have been increased
to US$50K. I already have facilities options.
The one Laser options will be target to dark hair.
I get a feeling of this is the biggest group ?
For sure I understand you have the skin types also.
Let me know about your thoughts !
Do you know the new prices of mentioned units ?
Best regards
OneMore
I agree that spending tons of money on technical schooling for LHR is not really a wise investment.
The biggest thing for someone operating a laser is experience. Your best bet would be some sort of apprenticeship wherein you could train on the laser you plan to purchase.
Depending on your country’s regulations, opening up a clinic won’t be as simple as starting your own floral shop. You’ll probably need to be under the supervision of a physician, and you will have to have some sort of malpractice insurance.
Also think about your potential clientele. Depending on where you are in Norway, you may not be able to recruit lots of customers if the vast majority of folks in your locale have blonde hair :whistle:.
So i take it you live in Stavanger?
When it comes to laser you only have one option, dark coarse hair. The less than dark and coarse it is, the less effective it is.
To target the widest range of people i would say go with a diode laser. Although as JMISR said already, if we assume that most people there are blonde and very light skin type, you might be better getting an Alexandrite laser.
There are quite a few websites for used machines, new machines can range from 80k to 150k. You should probably also make sure that you can take those machines to Norway and that it will be ok to use in by your local health department or whoever deals with it. I know in Canada it needs to have some stamp saying that it’s fire proof mostly.
I believe Judy Adams in St Augustine still does courses. She’s a long time expert.
I’m back folks,
Seems like this thread forked some.
I will make another thread regards “the perfect buiness setup”.
Seems like it was not many who knows about good training.
However thanks to all.
The website to Judy Adams is very outdated for the classes.
But I will drop here a mail.
But so far I put the trust on the NY one !
Again thanks!
Try Berkowits school in Forest Hills Queens. They are very good. If you come to new york, stop by, I can help you with equipment selection, if you wish.
Thanks for the tip: IhateBodyHair 
romeo: This is the school I have target and the one with
best response. Fast answar on e-mail and good answars.
So my plan is to stop by them on my way to Florida.
I will just try to fit it in my schedule, and thats
the most difficult thing The classes schedule
with my understanding was fixed.
I looked on your website… WOW nice clinic !
And I will be very happy If I can visit and get some real
life to help pick equipment.
At this stage seems like it will be used “lasers”
since It sems to be buyers marked on this machines right now ??
Again thanks to all !
OneMore
You can stop in but it is not a buyer’s market anymore on used lasers. In any case, I can guide you the right way.
Used are only good if you have someone in your area that can service/fix/refurb them back together.
The companies are usually not a good solution because they will rip you off but what you need is someone that used to work for the company and knows those machines inside out and does work on the side.
Not so easy to find…