UFG Lab Technician Becomes an Aesthetic Biomedical Professional in GO

Understanding the patient, delivering the best result through procedures, and seeing them leave the office happy. That is the goal of Jéssica Vieira dos Reis, an aesthetic biomedical professional from Jataí (GO). She works as a lab technician, but dreams of Starting a Business in Aesthetics.

Since starting her undergraduate studies at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Jéssica has not stopped studying. She knows how important it is to stay up to date in the market. She has a master’s degree in Applied Health Sciences and recently specialized in Aesthetics.

Below, you will learn about some important stages of her academic and professional career.

The Biomedicine Degree

The aesthetic biomedical professional chose her undergraduate program because of its curriculum. That is because she lives in Jataí (GO) and wanted to study at UFG, which has a campus in her city. Today, the campus is called UFJ (Federal University of Jataí).

Another important point was that Jéssica wanted to graduate in the health field. So the next step was to look at the options available at that university, in her city, within the Health field. That made it easier to filter the available results.

“Among the programs offered were: biomedicine, physiotherapy, nursing, and others. Of those, biomedicine was the one I liked the most.” After college, Jéssica started her master’s classes at the same place.

The Master’s in Applied Sciences

The aesthetic biomedical professional says that right after graduating she got a spot in the UFG master’s program. For her, the possibility was incredible, since she wouldn’t need to change cities or educational institutions. “I did a master’s in Applied Health Sciences.”

The next stage in Jéssica’s career was the job market. While she was still studying, a chance came up to take a public-service exam, also at UFG. And with so much effort in her studies, she got the position to work in the laboratory, as a technician.

That way, she began working daily with students, hands-on classes, assisting professors, setting up classes, and much more. “So it’s not a role that’s so focused on biomedicine itself. It’s a more technical area of the profession.”

The Postgraduate Program in Aesthetic Biomedicine

Jéssica says she likes the job, but that it is a very different routine from what happens in aesthetics. And that was one of the reasons that took her to a new field of study: the Postgraduate Program in Aesthetic Biomedicine.

She had known about this specialization since college. That is because in her fourth semester the topic was presented in a lecture. “At UFG, every year we held a Biomedicine event. At that time, a speaker from aesthetics came to the university.”

The reason is that it was that year the field began to gain national prominence. Until then, biomedical professionals could only work in laboratories, with analyses and other traditional fields. More recently, aesthetics became an alternative.

“From that moment I was interested, so much so that in my last year of college I tried to enter the postgraduate program to finish everything [college and specialization] at the same time. But then other things happened and it didn’t work out.” 

She says she really liked the method used in the classes. “I thought it was very good because the points used really have an excellent cost-benefit ratio, in addition to being completely safe. That is, it works out well for both the professional and the patient.”

The New Challenges of the Aesthetic Biomedical Professional

Jéssica says she hasn’t yet decided whether she will work in a specialized area of aesthetics. That is because she prefers to learn about everything and then decide. What she does know for sure is that she has found a way to work more directly with patient results.

“Being able to understand what the patient wants and manage to deliver that result is, for me, the best part. Because the person leaves the office all happy and satisfied with the procedure. And that is what I seek to learn every day.”

So, at first, she will work in both roles at the same time: in the laboratory and in aesthetics. Later, she plans to start her own business to reach the main benefits of aesthetics, such as flexible hours and higher pay.

“I intend to reduce my hours at UFG to devote a bit more time to aesthetics and be able to start my own business and all that. You have to do what you like and what makes you feel good.”

The Job Market in Aesthetics

The aesthetic biomedical professional hasn’t yet reaped the rewards of this area of the job market. However, she knows she made the right choice. “People are very afraid because of the competition, but if you’re good at it and do it carefully, study, and do it with love, it always works out.”

Especially because she says her biggest investment has to do with the daily effort to learn more and more. And by doing what you like most, the path is lighter.

“Some weeks the hands-on sessions are on Fridays. Sometimes I have to miss work. And the job is also all day. So my time to study is at night. So it’s kind of 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the fight. And that’s how it goes.”

To Learn More

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