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- In 2022, there was a notable rise in the popularity of minimally invasive aesthetic procedures in the US, highlighting the need for standardized educational pathways and quality control for practitioners in an unregulated environment.
- The study aimed to define competency levels for aesthetic practitioners and identify key milestones from novice to expert injector based on an online questionnaire completed by 386 participants.
- Findings suggested that advancing from novice to advanced injector typically requires around 4 years and over 790 filler injections, while progressing to expert level may take about 6 years with more than 1800 filler injections, emphasizing the complexity of achieving perfect results in challenging facial areas like the nose and perioral region.
Article Abstract
Background: In 2022, the US experienced a significant increase in demand for minimally invasive aesthetic procedures, underscoring its rising acceptance amid an unregulated educational environment for practitioners. The absence of standardized educational pathways and quality control in aesthetic medicine, primarily provided by nonacademic institutions, highlights a critical need for establishing educational standards to ensure practitioner competence and patient safety.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify levels of competency for the aesthetic practitioner and necessary achievement milestones during the educational path from novice to expert injector.
Methods: A total of n = 386 international study participants responded to an online questionnaire regarding their experience in aesthetic medicine practice. The questionnaire comprised 58 questions focusing on professional data, the perceived difficulty of injection, and risk for the occurrence of adverse events for specific facial regions in soft tissue filler and toxin injections.
Results: Regardless of medical specialty and experience level, averages of 3.85 (1.8) years, 786.4 (2628) filler injections and 549.9 (1543) toxin injections were estimated to progress from novice to advanced injector, while averages of 6.10 (3.7) years, 1842.2 (4793) filler injections, and 1308.5 (3363) toxin injections were estimated to advance from advanced to expert injector. The nose and the perioral region have been ranked as the facial regions where it is most difficult to achieve a perfect aesthetic outcome and with the greatest risk for the occurrence of adverse events for filler and toxin injections, respectively.
Conclusions: In this study we establish an educational framework in aesthetic medicine by defining the progression from novice to competent and expert injector levels, suggesting 4 years of practice and over 790 filler and 550 neuromodulator injections for competence, and at least 6 years with 1840 filler and 1310 neuromodulator injections for expertise. We also identify critical facial regions for targeted treatments by different expertise levels.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11403812 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjae096 | DOI Listing |
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