As a professional in the aesthetic industry, you are always looking out for the most innovative and effective treatments to add to your repertoire, enter PRP Therapy. PRP Therapy (Platelet Rich Plasma) Training, the newest addition to our course programme, has proven incredibly popular with our delegates and patients alike. Being very much in the news […]
Two skin clinics have come under fire by the Advertising Standards Authority – for promoting Botox as a beauty treatment rather than just sticking to factual information. The ASA have announced a crackdown on the advertising of Botox as a beauty treatment and for making vague yet far-reaching claims. While the injectable is most famously […]
The IAPS (Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons) is calling for tighter regulation for the sector, specifically, demanding that doctors have to undergo specialist training before practising in plastic surgery. At the moment any qualified doctor can offer plastic surgery, and critics of this system argue that this does little to protect the patient. At the […]
A 28-year-old woman from the Gansu Province in China is having to undergo corrective surgery as unlicensed dermal fillers were inserted in to her face 11 years ago. Xiao Lan, still a teenager at the time, was told by her then-boss that her looks would not be enough to secure her finding a wealthy man as […]
Norwegian PhD student, Helene Johannessen thinks so, and alongside her clinical research team is currently undertaking medical research on laboratory rats to see if Botox could provide a legitimate alternative to costly and invasive gastric surgery. The work they have carried out so far shows promising signs that Botox could help to achieve weight loss […]
It is little known that one of Botox’s original medical uses was for an eye condition called blepharospasm, which causes continuous eye twitches or excessive blinking. It was discovered that the injection could help control the muscles in the eyelids that were responsible for producing so much movement, the results of which led those administering […]
Although trade and training fairs for the aesthetic industry have been around for some time, last weekend saw the UK’s first anti-ageing fair intended primarily for the general public. Held at London’s Olympia, The Anti-Ageing, Health and Beauty Show was aimed at customers rather than merely professionals practising in the industry. The two-day event was […]
At Cosmetic Courses we have had an exciting and hectic month, from Foundation and Advanced Botox and Fillers courses to Chemical Peel and Dermaroller, with bespoke one-to-one sessions along the way. At the beginning of the month we welcomed our delegates for the Foundation course, which is always an interesting course for us – mainly […]
The Keogh Review, a committee that has been set up to look at regulating the medical aesthetics industry to ensure best practice and protection for patients, is receiving support from numerous bodies working within the industry. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) has already offered their support and agreement with the Review, insisting […]
There is an ongoing discussion within the medical industry right now about who should be able to perform non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as Botox, chemical peels and fillers. Popular opinion amongst senior medical staff, as well as industry bodies, is that practitioners should be appropriately qualified medical professionals, Nurses in Aesthetics. As a result, procedures […]
