Schools for training barbers, as well as beauty schools, are present in Tonawanda. Barber schools are generally concerned with the study of men's hair and its management, primarily its care, cutting and styling. A beauty school or a cosmetology school, is typically much more broad in its definition and programs. Some of the specialized programs offered under them include cosmetology, esthetics and skin care, electrolysis and laser hair removal, nail technology, makeup, and beauty school teacher training. After training as a barber or a cosmetologist (or variations thereof) one can open an independent salon, or work as a professional in an established one.