Fundamentals for Cosmetic Practice
Toxins, Fillers, Skin, and Patients
By Michael Parker
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Many medical professionals are now seeking to train in Cosmetic Practice, and there are many courses offering practical training and many texts offering detailed guides to the procedures; this text offers instead a helpful overview of the fundamentals involved and how they impact on practical skills, patient management, and potential complications. It constitutes the perfect guide to professional certification and beyond that to Cosmetic Practice.
*Presents the starter in aesthetic practice with the fundamentals of minimally invasive treatments. *Offers a reliable resource for any medical professional wishing to certify in this specialty.
*Combines material on both main treatment and on aesthetic patient management.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
1: the history of botulinum toxin
2: THE history of dermal fillers
3: Facial anatomy
FACIAL BONES
FACIAL FORAMINA
THE FACIAL NERVE
THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE
FACIAL VASCULATURE
FACIAL MUSCLES
THE FOREHEAD
THE CHEEKS AND MOUTH
FACIAL FAT PADS
LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE FACE
4: Anatomy, physiology and histology of the skin
THE EPIDERMIS
THE DERMIS AND HYPODERMIS
THE LIFECYCLE OF A KERATINOCYTE
METHODS OF SKIN HEALING AND THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
HAEMOSTASIS
INFLAMMATION
PROLIFERATION
REMODELLING
FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND HEALING
5: the science of ageing
HYPOTHESES OF AGEING
SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF AGEING
FACTORS AFFECTING SKIN AGEING
THE COSMETIC EFFECTS OF AGEING
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN COMBATING THE AGEING PROCESS
NON-SURGICAL MEASURES TO COMBAT THE AGEING PROCESS
PHYSIOLOGY OF AGEING: RECAP
6: Patient assessment
APPROACHES TO BEAUTY
ASSESSING YOUR PATIENT FOR TREATMENT
COMMON SKIN LESIONS AND HOW TO DESCRIBE THEM
COMMON BENIGN SKIN DISEASES
CUTANEOUS MALIGNANCIES
BODY DYSMORPHIA
7: communication skills
THE IMPORTANCE OF BODY LANGUAGE
TAKING A FOCUSSED MEDICAL HISTORY WITH THE CALGARY-CAMBRIDGE MODEL
SHARED DECISION MAKING
THE CONSENT PROCESS AND MONTGOMERY RULING
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
DECLINING TO TREAT
8: introduction to botulinum toxin
THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MOVEMENT
PHARMACOLOGY OF BOTULINUM TOXIN
CONTRAINDICATIONS TO BOTULINUM TOXIN TREATMENT
9: botulinum toxin practical skills
RECONSTITUTION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN
ASEPTIC NON-TOUCH TECHNIQUE
SKIN PREPARATION FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN
FRONTALIS
GLABELLAR COMPLEX
CROWS’ FEET
AFTERCARE
10: botulinum toxin complications and management
SYSTEMIC SPREAD OF TOXIN
CELLULITIS
EYEBROW ASYMMETRY
TREATING THE WRONG AREA
NEUROPRAXIA AND NEURALGIA
PTOSIS
HEADACHE
NEW WRINKLE FORMATION
11: introduction to dermal fillers
HYALURONIC ACID DERMAL FILLERS
CONCEPTS OF RHEOLOGY
CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE DERMAL FILLERS
POLY-L-LACTIC ACID DERMAL FILLERS
POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE DERMAL FILLERS
12: dermal filler practical skills
PREPARATION
NASOLABIAL FOLDS
MARIONETTE LINES
LIP AUGMENTATION
CHEEK AUGMENTATION
13 dermal filler complications and management
AVASCULAR NECROSIS
VENOUS OCCLUSION
POST-PROCEDURE INFECTION
PATIENT FACTORS IN DEVELOPING INFECTION
IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS
OVERFILLING
ACUTE FILLER LUMPS
THE TYNDALL EFFECT
ANAPHYLAXIS
LATE COMPLICATIONS: DELAYED ONSET NODULES
PERSISTENT SWELLING
LATE COMPLICATIONS: FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMAS
Bibliography
INDEX