Hello Amy,
Thank you for putting across so well the case for bt's being able to provide treatments such as botox with the adequate training.
I am looking to do a nvq level 3 atonomy and physiology with the intentions to study with skintechniques.
I come from a university educated background, although when I turned 25 I trained in eyelash extensions and now have my own salon which I have built up and is now employing two others. My mother is a nurse practioner who has a prescribing course amongst many other specialist degrees and believes I am very capable of learning this practice (with additional learning in other areas) and going ahead with the course.
May I ask who it is who insures you, as there is alot of speculation on what the terms and conditions are for you to obtain such insurances as I would like to look it up for myself.
Many thanks again on behalf on the therapists who are interested in pursuing this career and are encouraged by your words!
Best Rebecca X
QUOTE="AmyJG, post: 1475898, member: 59377"]Hi geeks,
I have done the Botox and Filler course at the college mentioned.
Basically they only train therapists with a high knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
Beauty therapists train extremely hard, especially to gain qualifications such as the ones that I have, CIDESCO, ITEC, SHAASP, CIBTAC and I have also done a nutrition diploma. If trained to a high level, the knowledge gained with respect to the anatomy of the body, especially the face, it is the equivalent to that of a nurse. Guinot, for example uses very complex products and of course has the galvanic machine AKA - The Hydradermie Facial. Why on earth would they let therapists use this machine if they were not trained in anatomy and physiology and how to treat galvanic burns etc etc. They wouldn't.
My feelings are they nobody can slate a profession as a whole or say that doctors are the only ones that can preform botox because I know for a fact that some doctors who I have had experience with no bugger all! He actually dismissed a malignant melanoma until I insisted that my friend see a specialist.
So my point being is that this whole persona on beauty therapist being "dumb and blonde" as it were must stop because some are highly intelligent and as far as I'm concerned I will go to someone for treatments such as botox who I know can do it well and has great knowledge of the product. Yes, of courses there are people out there who don't know but then slate them as an individual.
If you have the grounding, just as I did to then go into the profession of becoming a Botox technician then a 1 day course is good enough. You should already know the face (bones, muscles, nerves etc) - you are learning what Botox is, how to administer it and the admin that goes with it. You have everything tought to you (what could go wrong, what to do etc as well) - if you cannot be adult enough to listen, take it all in and then do your own revision once the course is done then well, you don't deserve to be doing Botox at all. It is a life skill and a professional career that we ultimately choose, so I should hope that a school leaver who has done a combined hair and beauty course who is not sure what he/she wants to do then goes into Botox, it just isn't done.
The course is expensive! Not to be taken lightly! So if beauty therapists want to further their knowledge in the cosmetic industry then let us. It doesn't matter what letters you have after your name, it doesn't make you know any more than someone else who has the same.
If you go to someone who hasn't got the right training etc then by all means say something or do something - THEY are giving us (beauty therapists or nurses or doctors) a bad name. But you cannot say that beauty therapists can't do Botox unless you can prove otherwise. It's like me saying that my brother cannot fix my car even though he is a basic mechanic because he doesn't work for Audi when he is the BEST I know and I trust him. It's all speculation and scrutiny of therapists because there is money to be made if the profession is done properly.
I know I am going on but this site is a forum and we are here to help one another regardless of our profession, so please stop putting therapists down when it comes to Botox. I (as an individual) want to make it more of a treatment to my clients and if they want the topical anaesthetic which takes up to 30minutes to work then that is what I will do to make the experience better for them. Knowledge is power and if someone is succeeding in what they do then congratulate then because they are obviously doing something right.
PS- And paying £100p/m insurance is not a light decision either[/QUOTE]
