Advanced Botulinum Toxin

Our Advanced Botulinum Toxin Course is designed for aesthetic practitioners who have already completed Foundation Botulinum Toxin training and are ready to expand their treatment portfolio, refine their assessment skills and develop greater confidence treating more advanced indications.

Advanced toxin treatment is not simply about learning additional injection points.

It requires a deeper understanding of facial anatomy, muscular interaction, facial movement, patient selection and how treatment in one area can influence another.

This course has therefore been designed around assessment-led, individualised treatment planning, helping practitioners move beyond standard protocols and begin making more sophisticated clinical decisions.

The Advanced Botulinum Toxin Course is designed for appropriately registered healthcare professionals who have already completed recognised Foundation Botulinum Toxin training and have an understanding of core upper-face toxin treatment.

This course is ideal for practitioners who want to:

Delegates should already be confident with the fundamental principles of consultation, assessment, reconstitution and Foundation Botulinum Toxin treatment before attending.

• Expand the range of Botulinum Toxin treatments they can offer
• Develop greater confidence assessing more complex facial movement
• Move beyond standard Foundation injection patterns
• Understand how different muscle groups interact
• Refine dosing and treatment-planning decisions
• Provide more individualised treatment
• Develop a broader toxin treatment portfolio

Foundation training gives you the essential principles required to begin treating safely.

Advanced training takes that knowledge further.

Rather than simply asking “Where should I inject?”, we begin asking:

How should treatment be adapted to this individual’s anatomy and movement?

The aim is to develop greater confidence in clinical reasoning and treatment individualisation, rather than relying on a fixed injection pattern.

Advanced training builds upon your existing Foundation knowledge and explores the clinical principles involved in treating more complex Botulinum Toxin indications.

Training includes:

• Advanced facial anatomy
• Functional relationships between facial muscle groups
• Dynamic facial assessment
• Individualised treatment planning
• Advanced patient selection
• Managing asymmetry
• Understanding compensatory muscle activity
• Advanced dosing considerations
• Injection depth and technique
• Refining injection placement
• Treatment combinations
• Managing patient expectations
• Recognition and prevention of complications
• Management of undesirable treatment outcomes
• Reviewing and adjusting treatment plans
• Clinical case discussion
• Evidence- and science-informed clinical decision-making
• Understanding when not to treat

Your course will expand upon Foundation upper-face Botulinum Toxin treatment and introduce a range of advanced treatment indications and techniques.

Advanced areas taught:

For each treatment area, we will consider:

The exact areas treated during practical model sessions will depend upon each model’s individual clinical assessment and suitability.

• Relevant anatomy
• Muscle function
• Assessment of dynamic movement
• Patient selection
• Indications and contraindications
• Injection technique
• Injection depth
• Dosing considerations
• Treatment planning
• Expected outcomes
• Potential adverse effects
• Complication prevention
• When treatment may not be appropriate

Look beyond the injection point.

A major focus of Advanced Botulinum Toxin training is developing a more detailed understanding of how the face moves as a whole.

Delegates will be encouraged to assess movement dynamically and consider the relationship between different muscle groups before developing a treatment plan.

We explore how individual anatomy, muscle strength, facial proportions, existing asymmetry and compensatory movement can influence both treatment choice and outcome.

The goal is to move away from a standardised treatment pattern and towards individualised clinical assessment and treatment planning.

Apply advanced principles to real patients.

Your face-to-face training day combines clinical discussion, advanced assessment and supervised practical treatment.

Training remains intentionally small, with approximately 2–3 delegates, allowing greater interaction with your trainer and meaningful hands-on model experience.

Throughout practical sessions, delegates are encouraged to actively participate in:

The focus is not simply on performing a new injection technique, but on understanding why a particular treatment has been selected for that individual patient.

• Consultation
• Dynamic facial assessment
• Identifying treatment indications
• Treatment planning
• Facial mapping
• Dose planning
• Practical injecting
• Assessing muscle interaction
• Patient education and aftercare
• Documentation

Clinical resources to support your advanced practice.

Every Advanced Botulinum Toxin delegate receives a complimentary Academy Delegate Pack containing resources designed to support continued development after training.

Your course-specific pack may include:

Delegate Pack contents may vary according to availability.

• Advanced Botulinum Toxin course handbook
• Advanced facial assessment resources
• Facial mapping materials
• Clinical reference guides
• Treatment-planning resources
• Consultation resources
• Selected treatment consumables
• Business resources
• Academy stationery and branded items
• Selected professional and industry resources
• Delegate gifts

Advanced training is also an opportunity to think about how expanding your clinical skills fits within your wider aesthetic practice.

We discuss the practical considerations involved in introducing additional treatment indications, including:

Delegates also receive business resources to take away and refer back to after training.

• Expanding your treatment portfolio
• Appropriate patient selection
• Treatment pricing considerations
• Communicating advanced treatment options to patients
• Maintaining safe professional practice
• Building treatments into your existing clinic offering

Advanced training shouldn’t end when you leave the room.

Following your course, you will continue to have access to appropriate post-training educational support as you begin incorporating your advanced techniques into practice.

This allows you to continue developing your confidence, revisit areas of learning and seek guidance as you consolidate your new skills.

Our aim is to build an Academy community that supports continued professional development rather than simply providing one-off training days.

Advanced delegates also receive access to Academy graduate discounts across selected professional aesthetic products.

These may include:

Dermal Fillers | Skin Boosters | Polynucleotides | Professional Aesthetic Products

Product ranges and discounts may vary according to supplier arrangements.

By the end of your Advanced Botulinum Toxin training, our aim is for you to leave with:

Most importantly, we want you to leave feeling more confident in thinking clinically about Botulinum Toxin treatment rather than simply following injection patterns.

• A deeper understanding of functional facial anatomy
• Greater confidence analysing dynamic facial movement
• A broader Botulinum Toxin treatment portfolio
• Improved understanding of advanced patient selection
• Greater confidence individualising treatment plans
• Practical experience treating suitable live models
• Advanced assessment and mapping skills
• A stronger understanding of dosing and injection principles
• Increased awareness of complications and undesirable outcomes
• Clinical resources to support your continued development
• Your complimentary Academy Delegate Pack
• Business resources
• Certification following successful completion
• Academy graduate product discounts
• Ongoing post-training educational support

Delegates looking to broaden their advanced injectable skills can also complete our Advanced Dermal Filler Course.

These courses have been developed as separate training experiences, allowing sufficient time to focus on the anatomy, assessment, techniques and clinical reasoning involved in each treatment modality.