Connecticut esthetician scope of practice
What can an esthetician do in Connecticut?
Connecticut licenses estheticians as an Esthetician through the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The basic esthetician license covers skin care services such as cleansing, toning, stimulating, exfoliating, makeup, lash and brow work, and removing unwanted hair by manual or mechanical means. It excludes prescriptive laser devices, cosmetic medical procedures, the practice of medicine, and eyebrow threading. Below: whether that license covers microneedling, chemical peels, dermaplaning, laser and IPL, and Botox or fillers, each answered from Connecticut's own statutes, board rules or board statements, read on October 27, 2026.
- Microneedling
- Not allowed
- Chemical peels
- With conditions
- Dermaplaning
- Not allowed
- Laser and IPL
- Not allowed
- Botox and fillers
- Not allowed
Licensed by Connecticut Department of Public Health.The board's page The state's own words
Microneedling
Can estheticians do microneedling in Connecticut?
No. The statute lists dermarolling as a cosmetic medical procedure excluded from esthetics; such procedures may be performed at a medical spa only by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse.
Chemical peels
Can estheticians do chemical peels in Connecticut?
Only with conditions. Peels are limited by strength: a peel using a solution above 30% concentration at a pH below 3.0 is a cosmetic medical procedure outside esthetics and reserved to physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurses at a medical spa.
Dermaplaning
Can estheticians do dermaplaning in Connecticut?
No. Dermaplaning is named as a cosmetic medical procedure, which is excluded from esthetics; at a medical spa it may be performed only by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse.
Laser and IPL
Can estheticians do laser hair removal in Connecticut?
No. Laser hair removal, laser skin resurfacing and intense pulsed light are cosmetic medical procedures, and prescriptive laser devices are excluded from esthetics, so they are outside the esthetician license.
Botox and fillers
Can estheticians do Botox or fillers in Connecticut?
No. Cosmetic injections, cosmetic soft tissue fillers and the injection of cosmetic filling agents and neurotoxins are cosmetic medical procedures excluded from esthetics.
Advanced license
Does Connecticut have a master esthetician license?
Connecticut's official pages we read name no advanced or master esthetician license; the basic Esthetician license is the one that sets the scope.
Good to know
What else Connecticut says about an esthetician's scope
- A license from the Department of Public Health is required before practicing as an esthetician.
- At a medical spa, cosmetic medical procedures may be performed only by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse.
- A 1997 Medical Examining Board declaratory ruling on laser hair removal requires a physician's assessment of each patient and direct on-site supervision during treatment.
Sources
What Connecticut's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Connecticut's own statutes, board rules or board statements, read on October 27, 2026. Scope rules change and boards interpret them: confirm with the Connecticut Department of Public Health before you offer a treatment.
- The license and its scope
““Esthetician” means a person who, for compensation, performs esthetics”
cga.ct.gov ““Esthetics” means services related to skin care treatments, (A) including, but not limited to, cleansing, toning, stimulating, exfoliating or performing any similar procedure on the human body”
cga.ct.gov “excluding the use of a prescriptive laser device; the performance of a cosmetic medical procedure”
cga.ct.gov “eyebrow threading as a means of shaping and removing unwanted hair on the face and around the eyebrows”
cga.ct.gov - Microneedling
“cosmetic injections, cosmetic soft tissue fillers, dermaplaning, dermastamping, dermarolling, dermabrasion that removes cells beyond the stratum corneum”
cga.ct.gov - Chemical peels
“chemical peels using modification solutions that exceed thirty per cent concentration with a pH value of lower than 3.0”
cga.ct.gov - Dermaplaning
“dermaplaning, dermastamping, dermarolling, dermabrasion that removes cells beyond the stratum corneum”
cga.ct.gov - Laser and IPL
“laser hair removal, laser skin resurfacing, laser treatment of leg veins, sclerotherapy and other laser procedures, intense pulsed light”
cga.ct.gov - Botox and fillers
“injection of cosmetic filling agents and neurotoxins and the use of class II medical devices designed to induce deep skin tissue alteration”
cga.ct.gov - The board
“no person may practice as an esthetician without obtaining a license or temporary permit from the Department of Public Health”
cga.ct.gov - Also good to know
“shall only be performed by such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, or a registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378”
cga.ct.gov - Also good to know
“The physician shall provide direct on-site supervision in the course of hair removal treatment with laser therapy.”
portal.ct.gov
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