Foundation Dermal Filler & Botox® Training

Overview

As your entry into the world of facial aesthetics, Skild’s foundation BOTOX® and dermal fillers course provides delegates with the best possible start to their careers by teaching how these incredibly popular treatments work to reduce muscle activity and volumise the face.

Unlike other schools, this is an in-depth and multidisciplinary course, covering not only physical injection techniques, but the expertise and competence necessary to provide top-level client experiences when you put your skills into practice. Our experts will guide you through the techniques of delivering Botulinum Toxin (sometimes referred to as Botox) and dermal fillers on multiple live models.

Business aspects, medico-legal requirements, recognising ‘valid’ consent, consultation ability, managing complications and more skills are all taught to ensure that you leave us as complete an aesthetic practitioner as possible. This course is recommended for all professionals that are medically trained and qualified with the relevant regulatory bodies but that have no experience with BOTOX® or dermal filler treatments.

Who is this course suitable for?

• Doctors
• Dentists 
• Pharmacists
• Nurses
• Paramedics

Learning Objectives

• Introduction to aesthetics, BOTOX®, dermal fillers and their limitations
• Relevant facial anatomy
• Pharmacology of toxins and dermal fillers
• Indications and contraindications of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers
• Gain an ability to complete aesthetic consultations effectively
• Understand what makes consent ‘valid’.
• Administering botox and dermal fillers using the latest evidence based medicine
• Aesthetic complications and managing risk

• The five pillars to setting up an aesthetic business

Theory Covered

• Basic BOTOX® pharmacology, indications, limitations, storage, dilution and administration
• Basic rheology of dermal fillers
• Understand product choice during treatment planning
• Choosing appropriate injection locations and doses for BOTOX® treatments
• Relevant facial anatomy including vasculature, skeleton, musculature, fat pads, nervous innervation and movement vectors
• Using anatomy to ensure safety and complication minimisation
• Coping with / treating side effects such as simple bruising all the way to double-vision or occlusion-related necrosis
• Gender specific analysis
• Indication for combining BOTOX with dermal fillers
• Safely dissolving filler in both emergencies and non-emergencies

• Treatment review; patient assessment, treatment assessment, long-term maintenance planning

Practical Covered

• Supervised consultation, assessment and treatment of multiple models
• Full treatment of models
• Appreciating the difference between injecting in a general medical and aesthetics context
• Facial assessment and subsequent selection of appropriate injection points and doses
• Multiple filler placement techniques and effective selection of technique for each client

• See the importance of good medical photography in practice

What’s included in the course?

• Access to our Skild Facebook group for post-course communication with our experts, knowledge sharing with other alumni and help requests
• Training materials
• Access to experts 
• Preferential product pricing through partner pharmacies

Assessment?

• Medical and social history taking
• Patient assessment and clinical decision making 
• Understand indication and contraindications for treatment
• Recognise and gain valid consent
• Pre-treatment procedures
• Selection and application of analgesics
• Safely deliver product with both technical and artistic ability
• Post-procedure care and advice

• Effective communication and professionalism throughout entire client journey

Schedule 

• 0830 – registration
• 0900 – day starts
• Introduction
• Theory Refresh
• Practical
• Lunch & business considerations
• Practical
• 6pm – certification