A guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician
Searching for the game-changer to enhance your income as an esthetician? Add a body contouring service (or two) to your menu. It’s no secret that non-invasive body contouring has been booming. And the services are in super high demand. Expanding by adding body contouring services flows quite naturally from the skincare and beauty services you already provide. You have a database of clients who trust you and they would be delighted if you were to extend your talents to improve their body issues. In this article, we’ll tell you exactly how you can get started. We’ll explore a variety of body contouring treatments you can choose from, give you the scoop on body contouring machines for those treatments and point you toward the body contouring certification courses you’ll need.
Body contouring treatments can greatly enhance your income and even expand your client base. It’s an obvious business expander choice for an esthetician.
Though it depends on your market, the average fee is $150 per body contouring treatment.If you see just two clients a day at that rate, you’ll earn $1500 per week, so you could potentially earn an additional $6000 per month.
Business expansion is a great way to grow your business. But it can be a big undertaking, so you’ll need a clear plan in place.
To add body contouring you’ll need to
- Understand the fundamentals of non-invasive body contouring
- Determine your client's needs
- Evaluate and choose the body contouring technologies that can address your client’s needs
- Learn how to perform the treatments by getting education and certification in the body contouring treatment(s) you choose
- Select the best body contouring machines for your practice
We’ll cover each of these steps in our guide showing you how to add a body contouring service (or two) to enhance your income as an esthetician.
Guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician
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Understand the fundamentals of non-invasive body contouring
Just like any specialty, there’s a lot to learn when it comes to non-invasive body contouring.
As experienced med spa owners who successfully expanded into body contouring, the biggest mistake we’ve seen made is jumping into body contouring without having adequate foundational knowledge.
Step 1: Learn the fundamentals. It’s just like everything else; getting a firm grasp of the fundamentals is an absolute prerequisite for body contouring success.
At a minimum, you’ll need a firm grasp of
- Body contouring terminology
- What body concerns non-invasive body contouring can address and doesn’t address
- Each of the body contouring technologies and which ones are right for your business
- The levels of non-invasive body contouring machines and which ones are right for you
It’s possible to do it without our help. You can search the internet and fill in the blanks…
but that takes a ton of time…
plus…how do you know if you can trust the source(s)?
So the Body Contouring Academy
Authored a reliable, comprehensive non-invasive body contouring reference
A 101 for body contouring providers
You can use it to master the fundamentals
It’s an online course which gives you everything you need to know
The Comprehensive Guide to getting started with body contouring: the foundation for success
And…you have lifetime access to the course material, so you can access it anytime for review or for training your employees!
That’s step 1 in the guide to add body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician.
In the next step, you’ll need to determine what body contouring needs rank the highest for your clients.
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Determine your client’s needs
The best way to start delivering a new service like body contouring is by meeting the needs of your current clients. Focusing on your existing clients is a good way to reduce your upfront investment because it won’t be necessary to spend on advertising to attract new clients at the start.
So Step 2 in the guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician is knowing the top body concerns that trouble your current clients.
You might already have a good feel for the answer(s) simply by reflecting on your experiences with them.
But if you don’t already know the answer(s) or want to know more, one of the simplest and most effective ways to determine your client’s concerns is by asking them.
Some easy ways you can accomplish this:
- Send an email survey
- Ask them by phone or in person
- Send a text survey
For your survey questions, use and define these body concerns:
- Buttocks - enhance, lift, shape
- Cellulite - minimize and smooth
- Detox - eliminate excess fluids, toxins and waste
- Hip Dips - reduce the hip dip appearance
- Loose (flaccid) Skin - firm, tighten and smooth
- Muscles - define, build, strengthen, firm and/or tone
- Stretch Marks & Scarring - minimize, reduce, smooth
- Unwanted Fat - reduce, shape and sculpt
After you identify your client’s top body concerns, the next step is gaining knowledge of the details about the body contouring technologies and then making a determination of which of those technologies will meet your client’s top needs.
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Evaluate and choose the body contouring technologies/treatments that can address your client’s needs
Step 3 in the guide to adding body contouring services to expand your income as an esthetician is learning all about technologies, machines and treatments.
It’s only after you’ve determined your client’s top body concern(s) that you can identify the best body contouring technologies to bring in to address their top concerns.
First, it’s important to note that non-invasive body contouring machines are classified into three levels:
Level I
Medical Grade (requires physician association)
Level II
Paramedical Grade (conditions to purchase)
Level III
Entry Level (no conditions to purchase, perfect for beginners)
We recommend starting with Level III machines when you’re starting out..and that’s our focus here.
The Level III machines are safe and effective and have an affordable price tag.
Here’s a brief description (in alphabetical order) of the Level III body contouring technologies.
Cryolipolysis, Fat Freezing (fat reduction)
- Cryolipolysis technology uses cold temperatures to kill fat cells to reduce fat in the treated area
Electromagnetic Muscle Stimulation (EMS muscle toning)
- Electromagnetic Muscle Stimulation (EMS) technology utilizes magnetic fields to produce intense muscle contractions that improve muscle tone, strengthen and build muscle
Lipo Laser, LED (fat reduction, stretch mark reduction)
- Aka low level light therapy, cold laser and red light therapy, uses low level visible light (635 - 650 nm wavelength) to induce a process called photobiomodulation (PBM) which provides multiple benefits: reduces fat, minimizes stretch marks and smooths cellulite
Pressotherapy (detox, overall slimming, fat reduction accelerator)
- Also known as pneumatic compression technology: utilizes a bodysuit to apply alternating compression and decompression on the body to increase blood flow and lymphatic circulation, which stimulates lymphatic drainage
Radiofrequency (skin tightening)
- Radiofrequency (RF) energy technology emits electrical energy that produces a controlled heating on the skin which promotes new collagen and elastin growth, resulting in a tightening and rejuvenation of the skin
Ultrasound Cavitation (fat reduction)
- Aka ultrasonic cavitation, fat cavitation or simply ‘cavitation,’ ultrasound cavitation technology emits sound waves that penetrate into the body causing bubbles to form around the fat cells - which burst and destroy fat cells
Vacuum Therapy (cellulite smoothing, localized fat reduction, detox &
non-surgical BBL)
- Vacuum therapy technology combines negative pressure technology with massage and cupping to reduce superficial fat deposits, minimize cellulite, increase lymphatic drainage, plus enhance the buttocks
- Well known as the ‘non-surgical BBL’ (Brazilian Butt Lift)
Vibration Therapy (detox, fat reduction accelerator)
- Vibration technology produces vibrating side-to-side, up-and-down and back-and-forth motions which generates up to 6G of force upon the body which results in increased lymphatic function, muscle building, increasing bone mass, cellulite smoothing and weight loss
After learning the technologies and making the determination of the best technologies for your clients, move on to step #4 of the guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician: learn to perform the treatments.
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Learn how to perform the treatments by getting education and certification in the body contouring treatment(s) you choose
Next, you’ll need education in treating the body problems that are at the top of your client’s lists.
⇨ Step 4: enroll in a body contouring certification course for a treatment that meets your client’s demands
Choosing the right certification course
At the Body Contouring Academy, our turnkey courses
- Are authored by seasoned body contouring professionals who are recognized industry experts
- Include post-course support and the support of a community of body contouring professionals and students
- Provide flexibility and lifetime access to the material
Plus the courses provide all the forms you’ll need to implement the treatments right away!
Choose from the following list of body contouring certification courses.
Look for the course that best fits your client’s needs!
Learn how to reduce fat, tighten skin, smooth cellulite and minimize stretch marks in
The Body Contouring 6in1 Masterclass
✅ Fat Cavitation
✅ Radiofrequency
✅ Vacuum/LED
✅ Lipo Laser
Learn how to sculpt buttocks (and the body) with advanced vacuum therapy and vacuum cupping techniques in
The Booty (& Body) Sculpting Masterclass
✅ Butt Sculpt (non-surgical BBL) & Waist Shaper
✅ Rump Plumper & Hip Dips Reduction
✅ Localized fat deposits & Cellulite
✅ Detox
Learn how to reduce fat with the most-recognized body contouring technology in
The Cryolipolysis (Fat Freezing) Certification Course
Cryolipolysis (Fat Freezing)
Learn how to use vacuum therapy to smooth cellulite, detox, reduced localized fat deposits and enhance buttocks in
The Vacuum Therapy 4in1 Body Sculpting Masterclass
Vacuum Therapy Technology and Vacuum Cupping
Learn how to sculpt, tone and build muscles in the
Electromagnetic Muscle Sculpting (EMS) Body Sculpting Course
EMS muscle stimulation technology
Learn how to provide detox treatments and accelerate fat reduction in the
Pressotherapy Body Contouring Course
Intermittent Compression Technology (Pressotherapy)
Learn how to assist with detox and accelerate fat reduction with this passive exercise therapy
Whole Body Vibration Therapy Body Sculpting Course
Whole body vibration technology
When do you need your machine?
You do not need your machine to take the course, but you’ll need your machine to practice and become proficient in client treatments.
Step 5 of the guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician is selecting the best body contouring machine(s) for your business.
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Select the best body contouring machines for your practice
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Level III body contouring machines from which to choose.
So in this final step, Step 5 of the guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician, we’re giving you our machine picks.
Most of the machines we’re recommending are the same or similar machines we’ve used in our medical spa for going on ten years, and based on extensive experience.
Our body contouring machine picks
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Final Thoughts
Are you ready to take your esthetics business to the next level?
Adding body contouring could be the game-changer you’ve been looking for. The demand for body contouring is surging, and your existing clients are eager for you to offer these body transforming treatments. And considering the potential to earn an extra $6000 per month by seeing just two clients a day, your financial rewards are clear.
Our guide to adding body contouring services to enhance your income as an esthetician gives you the five steps to get there. So…
Start your journey now!
- Explore our wide range of online body contouring certification courses, authored by industry experts.
- Select from our machine recommendations, hand-picked based on our extensive experience.