LICENSING GUIDE
Tennessee
— Aesthetician
Tennessee's Aesthetician license covers massaging, cleaning, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, or beautifying the skin with the hands, permitted mechanical or electrical apparatus, or cosmetic preparations; applying artificial eyelashes and makeup; giving facials and skin care; and removing superfluous hair by tweezing, depilatories, or waxing.
Renewal Period:
24 months
Last Verified:
September 17, 2026
PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE
School Pathway
Training Hours:
750
Applicants must be at least 16, complete at least 750 hours in the practice and theory of aesthetics at a school of cosmetology, and pass both written and practical examinations administered through the Board's testing vendor.
Apprenticeship Pathway
The Board's current Aesthetician licensing page identifies the 750-hour cosmetology-school pathway and does not list a separate esthetics apprenticeship route.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
License Sources
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
No treatment scope rules have been published for this license type yet.