After this course students will be able to:

  • Manage stress caused by skin problems and insecurities relating to their appearance

  • Manage stress caused by social media pressures

  • Describe the four broad personality types and how each one reacts differently to the pressures of social media

  • Examine how real skin and real faces are supposed to look and change throughout life -and contrast these with the tricks of photoshopping and filtering

  • Use the 7 step guide to building and maintaining self-confidence while being online

  • Recognise the importance of individuality to avoid the pressure of becoming another ‘instagram clone’

  • Describe what botox and facial fillers are and why they are so dangerous with more accessibility and unqualified injectors targeting unsuspecting students with ‘bargain deals’

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from Dr Louise

    • Kins Skin School Journal

    • Just a quick note for the boys!
  • 2

    How social media can affect your self confidence

    • Survey pre-C2M1

    • Intro to Module 1

    • Why is self confidence important?

    • Selfie Time!

    • How taking selfies can affect self confidence

    • How filtering affects self confidence

    • How issues with your appearance can affect your mood and self confidence?

    • 7 tips to building self confidence

    • Your teenage appearance does not define you - you can inspire in many ways

    • 8 steps to coping with stress from skin problems

    • Let's Recap

    • Survey post-C2M1
  • 3

    How social media affects people differently and why

    • Survey pre-C2M2

    • Welcome to Module 2

    • Why do some people cope with social media pressures better than others?

    • The effect of social media on the 'dove'

    • The effect of social media on the 'eagle'

    • The effect of social media on the 'Owl'

    • The effect of social media on the 'Peacock'

    • Real Life Scenarios

    • Let's Recap

    • Survey post-C2M2
  • 4

    The dangers of social media encouraging cosmetic procedures

    • Survey pre-C2M3

    • Welcome to Module 3

    • How and why is social media making everyone look the same

    • How teenage faces are always changing

    • Social media versus reality

    • 10 steps to coping with social media pressures

    • The dangers of cosmetic procedures and how they can go wrong

    • Let's Recap

    • Survey post-C2M3
  • 5

    Next steps

    • YOU'RE ALMOST DONE!!

    • Before you go...