Botulinum Toxin / Botox® Theory

• Understand how the toxin works
• Onset and duration of toxin
• Dilution guides
• Understand how to store, dilute, and administer Botox®.
• Understand facial anatomy
• GLOGAU photoaging scale
• Fat compartments and changes
• Bone changes through decades
• Understand how to assess the face and choose the most effective dose and injection location using protocols.
• Understanding complications
• Understand how to avoid both common and rare side effects.
• Understand how to manage side effects when they do occur.
• Know when it is appropriate to use a combination of Botox® and dermal fillers.
• Understand common reasons to follow up patients, and common follow up injection points.

Practical Session

• supervised consultation, assessment, and treatment of demo models with Botox®.
• Management and judgment of predicting the outcome of treatments with Botox® in the three main areas of use in the upper face: crows’ feet; frown lines; and forehead lines
• Develop an injection technique that reduces side effects and increases predictability of results using Botox®.
• Learn to handle and prepare the injections without damaging the delicate Botox® protein.
• See the importance of good medical photography in practise.