aesthetician

noun

aes·​the·​ti·​cian ˌes-thə-ˈti-shən 

variants or less commonly esthetician

1

: a specialist in aesthetics (see aesthetic entry 2 sense 1)

Encountering such designs, we have the aestheticians to tell us that they are rhythmic ways of filling space and of pleasing the eye.

—Guy Davenpo

For the aesthetician, wildlife art is an enigma of stability in a century of ever-changing trends.

—Chuck Wechsler

2

: a person licensed to provide cosmetic skin care treatments and services (such as facials, hair removal, and makeup application)

In a dark booth at the back of the beauty salon, the aesthetician put me on a table and applied a series of ointments to my face, some cool, some warmed.

—Phyllis Rose

But instead of hot wax, the aesthetician smooths a heated preparation of sugar, lemon juice, water, and sometimes glycerin over the skin before pulling it off with either her fingers or a strip of cloth.

—Valerie Monroe

Examples of aesthetician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite the intellectual and ideological chasm separating the viral aestheticians of the trad right and the artists exhibiting in TriBeCa and Kreuzberg, contemporary art is in the midst of its own eclectic historicist turn. —Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024

Celeste Rodrigues is a celebrity aesthetician based in Los Angeles. —Claire Sullivan, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024

Kristin Gunn is a licensed medical aesthetician and the owner of Beaux MedSpa in Austin, TX. —Iman Balagam, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2024

Banks plays Hope Goldman, an aesthetician in Hollywood with a sterling clientele; director and co-writer Austin Peters zips through her rise to success before the opening credits are over. —Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024

Word History

Etymology

aesthetic(s) + -ian entry 1

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1