Transcending Beauty: A Guide for Estheticians Embracing All Gender Identities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798319215475)

What does it truly mean to make someone feel beautiful, seen, and safe in their own skin?

Transcending Beauty is the first-of-its-kind guidebook crafted for estheticians and beauty professionals committed to affirming and celebrating transgender and gender expansive clients. Drawing from decades of public health experience, drag artistry, and hands-on esthetics practice, Patricio Argenta blends evidence-based guidance with powerful personal stories to offer a deeply informative and heartfelt resource.

This book equips beauty professionals with the tools to:

• Understand key gender identity terms and concepts with compassion and clarity
• Create inclusive, welcoming spaces for all clients, starting from intake forms to treatment rooms
• Tailor beauty services such as hair removal, skincare, and makeup to meet the needs of transgender and gender expansive individuals
• Navigate the impacts of hormone therapy and gender-affirming procedures on the skin and body
• Address systemic bias, challenge harmful beauty norms, and promote true esthetic equity

Whether you're a seasoned esthetician, student, or simply someone passionate about inclusive care, Transcending Beauty will inspire you to rethink what beauty really means and who it's for.

Part practical guide, part love letter to the LGBTQIA+ community, this book is a call to action: to transform not only your practice, but the industry itself.