I am a middle aged woman and tried to get into laser beauty and people will tell you that you can but its hard and costly, and you won't get work without being a nurse first. Don't do short courses. No one tells you the truth and the colleges make it hard for me to pass and it hurts deeply because I have suffered from skin conditions it was like big deal to me. I have had skin problems from a child and I knew I wanted to go into something but the laws are changing soon and you have to be a qualified dermatologists to have a licence and that will be the bottom line. so don't get sucked in by colleges lies because they just want your money. I am poorer and wiser for all this.