The Society for Clinical and Medical Hair Removal

How to Master Selling During a Virtual Consultation
2020-09-14 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
In this webinar, you will learn how to set your team up for success with virtual consultations. Prior to 2020, many offices dabbled with virtual consults while others didn’t offer them at all. Moving forward, they will be a critical part of your office’s success. Virtual consultations, just like in-person ones, need to be very formulaic so you can master each part of the process and eventually the entire process to ensure your success. Bodify has created a simple and effective virtual consult process to ensure we get as many perspective clients as possible to say yes! Regardless of what procedure you are selling, the same process can easily be implemented and help you sell.

Hair Removal for Ethnic Skin: Update
2020-08-24 20:00 - 22:00
Treating ethnic skin types for hair removal requires special skill and consideration. This presentation will discuss the techniques and modalities that are appropriate for ethnic skin as well as the specific problems that can arise.

Leading your Practice Through Crisis, Shifting Your Marketing Message and What you Must Know as you Restart your Business
2020-07-20 20:00 - 22:00
COVID-19 is arguably the biggest disruptor we have ever seen, so to avoid making decisions from a position of fear, we’ve identified the key aspects you need to be focused on now, and moving forward. They will share insight on:
• What do you have to do differently?
• How creating the right content can drive more business to your site.
• What are Do’s and Don’ts on Facebook or Instagram
• Newsletter and blogs: how to we shift our messaging & offers
• How to adapt your communication plan for current and new patients
• What your website needs in the new normal
• How to relaunch new patient acquisition marketing efforts

Creating a Productive & Inclusive Workplace: Title VII & Best Practices
2020-05-18 20:00 - 22:00
This webinar will provide an overview of the current state of the law concerning workplace discrimination claims, with a focus on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, including a discussion of cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. The presentation will also provide best practices for creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees.

Laser Updates, Safety, and Laser Safety Officer
2020-05-17, 2020-03-14
Provided by Esthetics and Laser Specialties (Fadia Hoyek, CME) and approved for 10 live continuing education hours. Description: Electrologists and CMEs will be introduced to the newest laser technologies, ANSI safety measurements and laser safety officer role in their practices to protect themselves and their clients. For more information, please contact Fadia Hoyek at Fadiahk@aol.com or 954-854-0562.

Electrology Association of Florida Meeting
2020-05-03
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL. This event has been approved by SCMHR for seven continuing education hours (.70 units). For more information, please contact Goldie Silber at goldie.silber@gmail.com.

Loans, Grants, and the CARES Act: Small Business Survival During the Pandemic
2020-04-20 20:00 - 22:00
This webinar will help you navigate small business grant and loan options available to owners and contractors. We’ll review the recently implemented CARES Act, as well as other programs to help your business weather the pandemic.

General Electrolysis/Laser Updates Including Boosting Your Business
2020-04-19
Provided by Esthetics and Laser Specialties (Fadia Hoyek, CME) and approved for 10 live continuing education hours. Description: Electrologists and CMEs will be introduced to the newest in electrolysis and laser technology. Additional information will be provided on how to grow your markets, client retention and boosting businesses in a challenging market. For more information, please contact Fadia Hoyek at Fadiahk@aol.com or 954-854-0562.

IPL Essentials: A Comprehensive Look at Client Care and Treatment and Technology Options
2020-03-23 20:00 - 22:00
The good, the bad, and the complicated; learn the essentials of IPL hair reduction along with new ways to approach client care with Tina Zillmann, LE, CLHRP, and practicing technician. This basic course will educate technicians about communication techniques, qualifying clients, IPL treatment applications, and post-treatment practices that help ensure the best result for patients. An enlightening course the seasoned or novice technicians who want to advance their talent in IPL hair reduction.

Cindy Cassady School of Electrology, Health and Beauty CEU Event
2020-03-21
This event has been approved by SCMHR for 4 live hours of continuing education. For more information, please contact Cindy Cassady at 850-478-3362.

Social Media Influencer Marketing for Your Business
2020-02-17 20:00 - 22:00
Learner Objectives:

What is Social Media Influencer Marketing?
Components of an influencer marketing strategy
Why Social Media Influencers?
How to Build a Strategy Around Social Media Influencers
Who Uses Social Media Influencers?
How to choose your influencers
Summary of Influencer Marketing in Social Media

Review of Theory and Practical Application of Laser and Light-Assisted Hair Growth Reduction
2020-02-15, 2020-01-11
This program is designed to review students in the theory and practical application of laser and light-assisted hair growth reduction and delay. Educator will review students in hair anatomy and growth, past and present applications available for affecting hair growth, the history of laser and light-assisted hair removal systems, federal and state government regulations, and the areas of potential employment in the field.

For information, please contact Robert Babani at info@bellas.edu or rbabani@bellasa.edu, or by phone at 954-589-2558.

This program is approved by SCMHR for 20 hours of continuing education.

General Electrolysis/Laser Updates and Boosting your Business
2020-02-09

Integrative Approach to Pain Management in the Hair Removal Industry
2020-01-27 20:00 - 22:00
The objective of this webinar is to familiarize attendees with the anatomy and physiology of pain. Beginning with the definition and a client’s interpretation, to the actual process of how pain is relayed and interpreted through the inflammatory response, and ending with the professional’s responsibility of easing the process and helping clients manage pain through the hair removal treatment.

How to Create a Marketing Strategy and Elevate Your Digital Presence
2019-12-02 20:00 - 22:00
Today’s customers are more mobile, more informed and more demanding than ever. For businesses to maintain a competitive advantage, they must adopt an agile strategy that reaches customers at multiple times of their consumer journey.
Join our webinar to learn how the right digital strategy will create real connections with the people most important to your business.

OSHA Compliance and Medical Waste
2019-11-18 20:00 - 22:00
The goal of this webinar is to give the participant an overview of some of the rules and laws that electrologists and laser technicians should follow in their practice. These safety precautions will help protect the practitioner and client from infection and cross contamination.
Some of the topics that will be discussed will be handwashing techniques, gloves, needles, sterilization, environmental control, housekeeping and client safety.

Advances in Electrolysis and Laser Devices and How to Start Your Own Business
2019-11-16
Approved for 10 live hours of continuing education. For additional information, please visit www.estheticsandlaserspecialty.com or contact Fadia Hoyek at 954-854-0562 or fadiahk@aol.com

Laser Hair Removal & Electrology Treatment Considerations
2019-11-09
Learner Objective: This 10-hour program is designed to provide information regarding the practice of electrology and laser hair removal to electrologists who want to refresh or add to their base of knowledge regarding the profession.

Electrology Association of Florida (EAF) Fall Meeting
2019-11-03
Electrology Association of Florida November 3, 2019. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Offering 7 hours of continuing education. for more information, please contact Goldie Silber at goldie.silber@gmail.com.

Practice Management for Hair Removal Professionals
2019-10-28 20:00 - 22:00
There are many factors involved in running a practice or working with doctors in the hair removal, esthetics, and beauty fields. It can be a very rewarding career as long as you stay on track with your daily, weekly, and monthly goals. When it comes to your career, there will be a lot of decisions to make throughout your life that will reflect on your clients, reputation, family, friends, and coworkers, including the decision of the direction you want to follow –– working solo or with an established medical practice. Practice management is an art and planning is essential. Presenting a professional face in every aspect of your practice will afford you respect in your successful career. Let’s explore all the possibilities you can create!

ESF Meeting
2019-09-21 09:00 - 16:00
Six-hour continuing education event sponsored by the Electrology Society of Florida. Location: Embassy Suites, Altamonte Springs, Florida. For more information, please contact Karen Hermanspan at twino@bellsouth.net.

Laser Hair Removal & Electrology Treatment Considerations
2019-09-21 08:30 - 20:00
This 10-hour course is designed to provide information regarding the practice of electrology and laser hair removal to electrologists who want to refresh or add to their base of knowledge regarding the profession. For additional information or to register, please contact Ronald Brunette, Gulf Coast Academy, Naples, Florida at flsoe@me.com or 941-626-8720.

Information Privacy, Physical Security, and Legal Compliance
2019-08-26 20:00 - 22:00
More and more, Information Privacy is a “hot-button” topic for businesses, associations and service providers. In this webinar, we discuss two of the broadest regulatory efforts at enforcing information security and privacy and its effect upon business. Moreover, we examine the provisions of these regulations and the effect they may have on your business operations and why compliance is so important.
We also provide a general framework to examine and assess compliance and how to implement an effective security program for your business. We will provide a basic understanding of privacy laws, standards for information security, and information to assist providers in following applicable privacy regulations.

Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Risk Management for Hair Removal Professionals
2019-07-29 20:00 - 22:00
The inherently intimate of many spa and esthetics treatments create special sexual harassment, sexual assault and other sexual misconduct legal and business risks for esthetics professionals and the spa and medical esthetic clinic operators providing these services. Since the practical realities of delivering many esthetic treatments and services prevents the elimination of many of the intimacies that create these risks, spa and medical esthetic clinics and individual estheticians alike should understand these risks and follow good risk management processes to manage their exposures. Attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will conduct a Web-Ex briefing designed to help spa and esthetics clinics, licensed estheticians, and other esthetics and spa professionals and staff understand, recognize, and mitigate these legal, professional and business risks. Among other things, she will discuss sexual harassment, sexual assault and other common legal, ethical and business risks that frequently arise from sexual misconduct complaints by clients or employees; discuss policies, practices, training and other risk management strategies for preventing and mitigating potential sexual misconduct exposures, and best practices for investigating and responding to complaints and other events arising sexual misconduct concerns; and other tips to help spa operators and estheticians hone their ability to recognize and diffuse potentially risky circumstances.

Structures & Physiology of the Cardiovascular & Respiratory System for the Hair Removal Professional
2019-05-20 20:00 - 22:00
Welcome to the exciting world of cardiovascular and respiratory medicine for the hair removed professional! Participants of this webinar will gain a better understanding of the anatomical and physical features of both the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. They will further learn how these two organ systems work together in health and disease. Finally, we will highlight the important features of these systems as they pertain to the hair removal professional.

Biology of Hair and Skin: How Both are Affected by Hair Removal Methods
2019-04-08 20:00 - 22:00
This course reviews hair and skin physiology, focusing on relevant up-to-date findings from the fields of dermatology, endocrinology and pain management. The course examines requirements for destruction of the hair growth matrix while reducing short- and long-term side effects to other skin structures. Finally, the course reviews common and uncommon side effects of electrolysis and light-based hair removal, how to prevent them from occurring, and how to treat them if they do occur.

HIV, Hepatitis and Bloodborne Pathogens
2019-03-11 20:00 - 22:00
Learner Objectives:

Review the natural history of HIV, its mode of transmission and methods of prevention with particular application to electrology and the laser hair removal industry.
Review the different types of hepatitis, their modes of transmission and methods of prevention with particular application to electrology and the laser hair removal industry.
Review other bloodborne infections and their potential risks for hair removal professionals.
Review general principles of infection control and prevention that can protect those in the hair removal industry.

Combining Hair Removal Modalities with Esthetics Services
2019-02-11 20:00 - 22:00
In this 2-hour presentation, the participants will learn the history of hair removal and the reasons men and women have removed their hair throughout the years. Participants will acquire enough knowledge regarding the difference between older and newer modalities, as well as the best way to combine more than one modality according to a client’s hair color and texture including esthetic services that may enhance and improve their skin tone, types and age. Participants will learn about contraindications and which modality is best for a client suffering from health conditions, disease or disorders, or simply treating a client’s hair on the face or body for cosmetics reasons.
