During the day you will discover:

What’s the future in facial aesthetics

 - what you can say and not say when advertising so not falling foul of the regulators

 - do you need to be VAT registered

 - how to be ready for the new regulations 

 - new licensing updates

 - MHRA and ASA to become more proactive - how to stay under their radar

 - complaints policy

 - voluntary registration - good or bad

 - post graduate qualification - yes or no

How to avoid complications:

 - how to spot body dysmorphic patients

 - how young is too young

 - contraindications to Botox - numerous medications, including cough/cold medications

 - handling patients expectations versus anticipated results

 - new consent templates that are goal orientated

 - Montgomery consent process versus Bolam consent process

 - brotox - how to treat men differently

 - dozens of factors that will predispose to the patient to bruise, including green tea the night before

 - new medical history template with warning alerts

 - the 4P’s to avoid complications

 - what are and what are the differences between relative and absolute contraindications

 - latest protocol on aseptic techniques, skin preparations and biofilm prevention

 - what it is and why you must have a ‘code of patient safety’

 - needle versus cannula

 - to aspirate or not to aspirate

 - speed of injection

 - volume of filler deposited

 - full face assessment mandatory to determine cause of patients complaint

 - the danger areas for fillers - glabellar, temples, tear troughs

 - detailed verbal and written post op instructions

 - what is essential to have in your medical emergency bag and how to use these drugs

 - lip fillers and patients on Roaccutane

 - ptosis - how to stack the odds in your favour

 - avoiding Diplopia when treating crows feet

 - ‘essential kit’ contents for non medical emergency situations

 - risk factors - patient, practitioner and product

 - prophylaxis for Herpes

 - avoiding the ‘Joker smile’ when botoxing for Gummy smile

 - why you need to be wary of those with hooding of eyes and short eyebrows/eyelid distance

How to manage complications:

 - diagnosing and management of allergic response

 - diagnosing and management of eye lid ptosis versus eye brow ptosis

 - bruising - latest protocol to manage

 - resistance to toxin

 - droopy mouth after botox for crows feet

 - boxers nose after botox for procerus 

 - puffy and dry eyes after botox for crows feet

 - hematoma

 - acute skin infections

 - delayed onset nodules - non inflammatory

 - delayed onset nodules - inflammatory

 - dealing with someone else treatment - what to do and what not to do

 - lip oedema

 - post op pain

 - swelling

 - early onset nodules

 - granuloma 

 - skin discoluration

 - abscess

 - vascular compromise - necrosis and compression

 - blindness

 - elective protocol for Hyalase

 - emergency protocol for Hyalase

 - hypersensitivity and adverse reactions to Hyalase

 - Dublin protocol 

 - sharps injury

 - herpes

 - how to reduce chances of patients taking further action

 - how to keep those patients where complications have arisen

Refreshments and lunch will be included.