As a consumer, we all look to balance the cost and quality when seeking treatment.

How do you ensure you are investing wisely? There are numerous examples of botched procedures and scare stories around the ever-growing industry.

Anyone can set up a clinic, anyone can buy injectables.

Not everyone has the qualifications, experience, and testimonials.

Qualifications Vs. Experience

A doctor may have more schooling, but who has more experience administering syringes?

Since the first year of nursing school, nurses have become specialised operating needles. From inserting IVs, shots and drawing blood, no other healthcare professional spends more time using needles than nurses. This experience ensures excellence in all procedures.

Did you know that leading companies such as Galderma employ nurse practitioners as clinical instructors?

Nurse practitioners train professionals, even top doctors, on how to administer their products.

Nurses are primarily responsible for recognizing pain and finding solutions. Whether it’s anxiety before a procedure, or the pain of a needle, an experienced nurse has interventions to make the experience more comfortable for you.

Nurses are the aesthetic industry’s leaders in injectables, performing more filler injections than any other healthcare professional.

Accountability

In the UK there’s no obligation for an Aesthetic Practitioner to have insurance before treating their clients.

Medical Aesthetic Practitioners are qualified medical professionals and are registered with a governing body.

Aesthetic Practitioners have no accountability. No requirement to register with a governing body. Many are uninsured, working under no supervision, no requirement to keep knowledge up to date. As a result, leaving the majority aesthetic practitioners uneducated of the risks associated with aesthetic procedures.

The face is a road map of vital structures that only a university-trained Medical Aesthetic Practitioner will be qualified to navigate.

Note, this information is not designed to discredit the beauty industry. The intention is to highlight why it is vital we work together. We have the great respect for any beautician who understands the limits of their training.

The concern is about risk posed to a patient if they exceed their trained ability. Remember, it’s not illegal for a non-medical practitioner (including a beautician) to perform filler injections but it presents a real risk to patient safety.

Accreditation(s)

Many qualified Medical Aesthetic Practitioners operate within a clinic that is accredited by a second regulatory body such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Save Face or often both. But what do these regulatory bodies do?

They check and verify:

• Qualifications

• Registration with statutory bodies

• Training for every treatment a Medical Aesthetic Practitioner provides

• Insurance

• Training updates

• Premises meets standards for safety and professionalism

Registration with a secondary regulatory body provides additional piece-of-mind for a client.

How can you make sure you choose the right practitioner?

Follow these 5 simple steps:

1. Registered healthcare professional. 

2. Insured.

3. Look for certificates for training and qualifications.

4. Relevant and genuine qualifications with regular training updates.

5. Products and equipment used are licensed and genuine.

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