Master Injector Series I - San Francisco, CA

The 1-Day Master Injector Series I Practicum℠ offers advanced training on multiple dermal filler products, designed for experienced practitioners with more than 6 months of aesthetic experience. Attendees will learn through lectures and hands-on sessions with live patients, covering techniques such as mid-face volumization, lip augmentation, and blunt-tip cannula injections.

Becoming a leading authority on injectable procedures requires intensive preparation and clinical consistency. The 1-Day Master Injector Series Practicum follows a 2-hour lecture review and more than 6 hours of hands-on training.

During their stay in San Francisco, attendees will review the following topics regarding Neurotoxin and Dermal Fillers:

• During their stay in Atlanta, attendees will review the following topics regarding Neurotoxin and Dermal Fillers:
• Avoiding complications and establishing treatment parameters including step-by-step protocols
• Guidance in developing your Cosmetic "Crash Cart"
• Correct dosing and usage of Vitrase with HA fillers
• Volume Rejuvenation of the Facial Middle Third. (Lower eyelid, cheek, and perioral area)
• EMT Advanced Lip Augmentation (Proprietary technique by Plastic Surgeon Greggory Buford, MD. Denver, Colorado)
• Using lower and mid-face volumization techniques in creating natural-like symmetry
• Feminizing the anterior jawline and treating pre-jowl sulcus
• Advanced techniques for dramatic, natural facial enhancements
• Feminizing chin enhancement methods and techniques
• Safe technique for achieving outstanding results in Tear Trough
• Nasal enhancement techniques in facial esthetics
• Neck and Décolletage enhancement techniques for male and female patients

The hands-on training portion of the course features common use and newer products beyond the typical Botox and overused fillers. Dermal filler and Neurotoxin injections include:

Neurotoxin Injections:

• Forehead Lines - traverse rhytids: Frontalis injection
• Glabellar Complex Injections - Worry Lines and Medial Eyebrow Lift
• Eyebrow Shaping / Lateral and Medial Arch
• Crows Feet (Lateral Canthal Rhytids)
• Sad Smile / Marionnette Lines: Depressor Anguli Oris Injection
• Gummy Smile - Levator Labii Supeioris Alaeuge Nasi Injection
• Jawline Contouring: Masseter Injection
• Liquid Face Lift Injections
• Orofacial Pain Protocols: (TMD/TMJ) • Migraine Headache Protocols
• Platysmal Band Injections
• Dimpled Chin: Hypertrophic Mentalis Injections
• Hyperhidrosis: Axillae

Dermal Filler Injections:

• Lips (Volume Enhancement / Vermillion Border)
• Cheeks (Malar / Apex Enhancement)
• Hands
• Submalar Hollows
• Temple Region
• Pre-Jowl Sulcus

In addition to more traditional dermal filler techniques, our San Francisco Master Injector program offers detailed training in dermal filler cannula techniques. Now a golden standard in dermal filler delivery, attendees will receive training using blunt tip cannulas, allowing them to access highly vascularized areas while avoiding piercing veins or arteries thus avoiding serious complications.

Dermal filler products to be reviewed during the course include:

• Radiesse® (high visco-elasticity)
• Restylane® Refyne and Restylane® Defyne (Lips and Skin with movement)
• Sculptra® (poly-L-lactic acid)
• Ravenesse® Versa (multi-purpose HA filler)
• Belafill (long-lasting filler lasting up to 5 years)
• Belotero Balance® (multi-purpose HA filler)

Ideal for San Francisco-based practitioners, physicians in the surrounding areas of California, or even those visiting from far away, the Master Injector Series stands out among other aesthetic courses out there. If you are a licensed physician based in San Francisco, Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Berkeley, Richmond, or any other nearby area in California, this course was made for you.

Attendees can sign up for the San Francisco Master Injector Training Program after meeting the following prerequisites:

• Completing the Level 1 Botox Training Program and Filler Training with Empire Medical (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 6 months of experience performing Aesthetics AND injectable procedures such as Botox and Dermal Fillers.
• Every attendee must register their own model who can receive the procedure. The model bust me medically cleared by the attendee or other physician.

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