Botox Training Courses

Select training providers offer beauty therapists training in Botox injection.  In general only beauty therapists with several years of experience and advanced training diplomas can undertake Botox training.

Botox Training For Beauty Therapists

Botox is the most popular non-surgical cosmetic procedure performed worldwide.  Fresh statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that in 2011, over 5.7 million Botulinum Toxin Type A procedures were carried out in the United States, which is a 5% increase over the previous year.

Botox is equally popular in the United Kingdom, with more and more day spas popping up around the country, offering a variety of injectable treatments.

While Botox injection was initially carried out only by highly trained plastic surgeons or dermatologists, today many medical and para-medical professionals are undertaking Botox training and starting clinics devoted to injectable cosmetic treatments.  Today, generalist doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives are learning how to inject Botox and more recently highly trained beauty therapists have begun integrating injectable aesthetic treatments into their treatment salons.

Find out more about Botox training for beauty therapists:

What is Botox

Botox is the brand name for Botulinum toxin type A, which is a neurotoxin that paralyses muscles.  It is through this mechanism that Botox relaxes the muscles of the face that cause wrinkles due to facial expression.

The treatment is generally safe and temporary.  The effects last only 3-4 months on average and leave no lasting effects.  For clients that are satisfied and who want to maintain the effect, they need to return on a regular basis in order to maintain the results.

Botox is most commonly used to treat wrinkles in the upper part of the face.  The official cosmetic indication for Botox injection is to treat the wrinkles between the eyebrows, known as the glabellar region.  Botox is also commonly used off-label to treat the crow’s feet at the sides of the eyes as well as horizontal forehead wrinkles.

Since Botox results in transient effects, most side effects if they occur are minor.  Local spread from the injection site can result in a droopy eyelid, which resolves in several weeks.  The effects of the injection itself can lead to redness or swelling, which normally resolves within one week.  Sometimes the injection can introduce bacteria which can result in local skin infection which may require antibiotic treatment.  There are other rare side effects which may also occur.

Introductory Botox Training Courses

Introductory Botox training courses usually cover the basic and most popular techniques.  These techniques include treatment of:

  • Glabellar wrinkles
  • Crow’s feet wrinkles
  • Forehead wrinkles

Basic botox courses for beauty therapists will also cover the following topics:

  • Medical hygiene
  • Injection techniques
  • Facial anatomy
  • Physiology of skin and facial muscles
  • Pharmacology of Botox
  • How to store and prepare Botox for injection
  • Clinical examination and the aesthetics consultation
  • How to deal with side effects

When selecting a training course, it is critical to ensure that you have ample opportunity for practice.  Botox injection requires theoretical knowledge and also clinical experience.  Only through repeated practice can practitioners truly become skilled at aesthetics treatments.

Advanced Botox Training Courses

Beauty therapists should only consider advanced training once they have mastered the basics and administered successful treatments to large numbers of clients.  The advanced techniques allow for the treatment of a wider range of cosmetic complaints, however these techniques often require a greater degree of technical skills and knowledge and often also have a higher risk of side effects.

Advanced Botox training courses cover the treatment of the following ailments:

  • Hyperhidrosis (excessive underarm sweating).  Botox can be used to “paralyse” the sweat glands in the arm pits and can often provide relief to clients who suffer from this condition.
  • Neck (platysma) wrinkles.
  • Gummy smiles.
  • Marionette lines.
  • Upper lip wrinkles.

As with all training courses, beauty therapists will learn how to identify suitable clients for treatment, which clients to avoid and will need to practice the techniques learnt in the course.

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