Over the last few years, safety and cosmetic injectables both I and many of my professional aesthetic peers have observed a significant rise in harmful complications from various aesthetic procedures. Many of these complications can be attributed to treatments by inadequately qualified and insufficiently trained practitioners.
A few practitioners in the UK collaborate with specialist manufacturers of cosmetic injectables to provide advanced training courses. They may speak at both national and international conferences focused on cosmetic injectables.
These opportunities are only offered to the very best practitioners who have mastered the art of delivering advanced cosmetic treatments and who also want to train their peers.
This can be useful to consider when comparing clinics as it provides a “seal of approval” outside of the practitioner’s own claims of being experienced or an expert in injectables.
A Glance at the Current Landscape
The aesthetics industry has seen rapid growth, and while there are many skilled and dedicated practitioners, there are also those who venture into this field without adequate training. Presently, there’s no legal mandate for those offering Botox or fillers to possess formally recognised qualifications. A one-day course certificate of attendance issued by the dozens of commercial providers of training in injectables can sometimes be the only evidence of “training” that anyone has.
A Personal Perspective on Training
From the dawn of my nursing career, I’ve devoted thousands of hours to training and mastering the intricacies of aesthetic medicine. It’s more than just a profession; it’s an art, one that’s refined over time with rigorous practice and education.
Some practitioners that you meet will only ever have been on basic Botox and Filler courses that don’t cover advanced techniques that may be required for treating certain areas of the face.
The Gold Standard of Qualifications
A few practitioners in the UK collaborate with specialist manufacturers of cosmetic injectables to provide advanced training courses. They may speak at both national and international conferences focused on cosmetic injectables.
These opportunities are only offered to the very best practitioners who have mastered the art of delivering advanced cosmetic treatments and who also want to train their peers.
This can be useful to consider when comparing clinics as it provides a “seal of approval” outside of the practitioner’s own claims of being experienced or an expert in injectables.
