Questions -

1. Where did the laser trainer receive their laser/IPL training?
2. How many years have they been providing state approved training?
3. How long has the person teaching the class been a practicing laser or IPL practitioner?
4. Is the college curriculum approved under the Department of Higher Education, Health Occupations or the Division of Private Occupational Schools.
5. Does the school you are thinking about attending arrange for you to get a long-term (interest bearing loan) to get you to attend their classes and then charge 50% more for the training because of this loan?
6. Will you receive the accurate knowledge of laser hair removal and be able to operate a laser successfully once you graduate?
7. Will you be trained on more than one particular type of laser or IPL? Alexandrite, Nd:YAG, long pulse, short pulse, Erbium or Q-Switch?
8. Will the college or the person training you...stay with you for years as a mentor after you have graduated as a 'Certified Laser Specialist'? (only given at the RMLC)

Answers -

1. If they are a good instructor, they probably attended the Rocky Mountain Laser College (over 2500 graduates worldwide). Why go to the trainee when you can go to the trainer?
2. The RMLC has been a college teaching the aesthetic applications for the past 60 years. This includes 15 years of laser/IPL: hair, vein, tattoo, skin tag, sun/age spots, wrinkle and cellulite removal.
3. Lorenzo Kunze, ME, the college principal instructor, has been practicing electrology and laser techniques since 1971 and has been teaching laser hair removal longer than anyone worldwide. Lorenzo's name to fame is he is one of the first non-medical professionals to utilize a laser for permanent hair removal.
4. The RMLC is an approved college under the Colorado State Commission on Higher Education under the Division of Private Occupational Schools and the Better Business Bureau. Several of the training centers listed on the internet are not approved schools and graduates of these schools will not be able to acquire the proper insurance without approved training.
5. The RMLC wants to keep the price down to about the same charge that was in effect in 1997. They do not feel that they should arrange long term (interest bearing) loans to warrant top education and then charge $9-10,000 for training.
6. The RMLC has successfully trained over 2,500 graduates worldwide. 87% of their graduates are still utilizing their learned education in the laser aesthetic profession.
7. The RMLC offers students the opportunity to work with many different types of lasers in their endeavor to learn aesthetic laser applications. 25 different lasers that include: hair, vein, tattoo, skin tag, sun/age spots, wrinkle and cellulite removal. Lorenzo also feels that if you are in the market to purchase a laser...one needs to find out which laser fits each individual graduates needs. To do that a graduate must learn what each laser does and how to use it...'all lasers are not created equal^TM.
8. Lorenzo has made a promise to his graduates to assist them, even after graduation to enhance the training that he has provided them. Graduates 20+ years ago still call and/or email Lorenzo with questions regarding cosmetic procedures both medical and aesthetic.

NOTICE: Prospective Students, please do not be talked into purchasing a laser prior to your training. After you have the proper training, you can make a better decision on what laser to purchase. There are great choices when it comes to purchasing/leasing a laser...so wait until you have the opportunity to work with several types of lasers before buying or leasing.