Clinical Facial Foundations

The complete grammar of the professional facial, taught from the treatment chair.

About this course

Every advanced protocol rests on the same quiet fundamentals: reading skin correctly, preparing it patiently, and working with a hand that never hurries. This course rebuilds those fundamentals from first principles.

Filmed inside our working clinic over six weeks of real treatments, each module pairs close-camera technique with the clinical reasoning behind every choice.

What you’ll learn

Full-face clinical assessment and skin typing
Professional cleansing, exfoliation and extraction technique
Massage sequences for lymphatic drainage and lift
Product layering logic — actives, order, and timing
Aftercare planning and home-protocol design
Client consultation and record keeping

Curriculum

4 modules · 12 lessons

Welcome to the clinicFree preview06:12
Skin typing beyond Fitzpatrick18:40
The consultation, observed24:05

Double cleansing, properly14:22
Enzymatic vs. mechanical exfoliation19:48
Extraction without trauma22:31

Pressure, rhythm, repetition16:09
Lymphatic drainage sequence26:44
The lifting massage21:17

Layering logic17:53
Designing the home protocol15:36
Certification review09:58

Your instructor

Dr. Elena Vasseur

Founder, Maison Derma Clinic

Fifteen years of clinical practice across Zurich and Paris. Every technique in this course is one she performs weekly in her own treatment rooms.

Reviews

★★★★★

“A rare seriousness. I redid my entire consultation process after module one.”

Camille R.

Aesthetician, Paris

★★★★★

“We now use this as onboarding for every new therapist we hire.”

Ingrid M.

Spa director, Vienna

Questions

Licensed aestheticians, dermal therapists, injectors, and cosmetic nurses seeking advanced clinical training. Some foundation courses accept students currently in licensure.

Certificates are issued by Maison Derma Clinic and recognised across professional networks in Europe and the Gulf. Each certificate carries a verifiable ID.

Lifetime access to every enrolled course, including all future updates to the material.

Yes. Modules unlock as you complete them, and there are no deadlines. Most students finish within the suggested duration.