A meeting of minds

Find out what’s in store for our 2022 clinical conference and education programme

Now in its eighth year, the Aesthetic Medicine Live educational programme has gone from strength to strength with multiple conference agendas spanning the two days. We have the medical-only two-day CPD accredited clinical conference encompassing aesthetic regenerative medicine and current practices in nonsurgical aesthetics. For surgeons we have the UK Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (UKAAPS) and Consortium of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic Owners (CAPSCO) meeting being hosted at the event and for those working in the field of hair restoration we are once again hosting the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (BAHRS) meeting.

Featuring leading speakers from around the globe, our interactive conference format inspires discussion and audience participation to enhance the learning experience.

GAIN NEW PERSPECTIVES AND MAKE VALUABLE CONNECTIONS AT OUR TWO-DAY CPD-ACCREDITED CONFERENCE

This year, the conference will be medical only and will start with a focus on the latest non-surgical treatments and protocols for the face and body.

Chaired by Dr Anna Hemming and Dr Shirin Lakhani, the Friday morning agenda will feature talks on topics such as Combination therapies for the eye area (Dr Rita Nandi); Fat dissolving injections side effects (Mr Arturo Almeida); Beyond RF Microneedling: The Next Evolution in Skin Resurfacing (Mr Kambiz Golchin); The natural touch of dermal filler (Dr Anna Hemming); Non Thermal Laser – How you can now treat BMI up to 40 (Dr Natalie Geary); Restoring youth to the upper midface by blending the lid-cheek junction (Dr Anna Maria Fenech Magrin); Communication styles and successful patient interactions (Dr Sharon Kaur) and Nutrition and dietary supplements for skin health (Kim Pearson).

Mr Tunc Tiryaki will then host the Aesthetic Regenerative Medicine agenda on Friday afternoon presenting on Mechanically dissociated adipose regenerative cells (Nanofat and SVF) for facial aesthetics.

Guests speakers will include Dr George Christopoulos speaking on Polynucleotides highly purified technology in aesthetic medicine; Dr Apostolos Vlachogiorgos discussing on Volume augmentation of the buttocks using a new PLLA molecule; Dr Hassan Soueid covering the topic of Skin and volume regeneration through collagen stimulation; Sam van Eeden sharing his expertise on Platelet rich plasma vs platelet rich fibrin in aesthetic medicine; Dr Billur Sezgin Kizilok covering Microneedling as an adjunct to fat grafting; Polen Kocak speaking on Regenerative cell-derived exosomes for aesthetic indications – current developments and Mr Ghassan Abu Sittah on Dermal micrograft for hair loss and skin rejuvenation.

Day two will see a focus on mental health, wellbeing and psychology in the morning. Chaired by psychologist and founder of the Aesthetic Wellness Foundation Kimberley Cairns, it will explore the role of mental health and wellbeing for practitioners and patients alike.

Cairns will open the session with a talk on The mind, the motivation and the mirror. Other speakers will include patient safety advocate Dawn Knight, Safety in Beauty founder Antonina Mariconda discussing wellbeing and selfcare, nurse practitioner Tracey Dennison on From start-up to established: a personal story about motivation, mindset and mental health in business; coach and dentist Dr Harry Singh on The money mindset: how to be confident with your fees; nutrition expert Jennifer Irvine on Looking good doesn’t always mean feeling good and HR specialist Nick Babington on How to reduce workplace stress.

The conference will close with a session focused on challenging cases and complications, with talks including Ultrasound in aesthetic practice and risk mitigation/how to launch it in your practice (Dr MJ Rowland Warmann); Polynucleotide treatments for under the eye (Dr Uche Aniagwu); Overfilling and dissolving filler (DR Steve Harris); Managing complications (Dr Martyn King) and Off-label use of toxin (Dr Ahmed El Houssieny).

* Please note that entry to the clinical conference is limited to practitioners registered with a professional regulatory body, such as the GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC or overseas equivalent. You will be asked to provide proof of your membership on registration. Aesthetic Medicine reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone not meeting that criteria.

JOIN UKAAPS AND CAPSCO FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

Aesthetic Medicine Live is once again delighted to be partnering with the UK Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (UKAAPS) and Consortium of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic Owners (CAPSCO), bringing more specialist education for plastic surgeons than ever before.

Highlights from the programme include a session on facial aesthetics chaired by Mr Daniel Saleh and featuring talks from Mr James McDiarmid on the challenges of lower eyelid and midface rejuvenation and from Mrs Sabrina Shah-Desai on managing the tear trough. Other sessions will include the past, present and future of cosmetic surgery governance, genital aesthetics, recent trends in gynecomastia and the impact of product liability on aesthetic surgery practice.

LEARN ABOUT HAIR RESTORATION AT THE BAHRS CONFERENCE

Aesthetic Medicine are delighted to partner with the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (BAHRS) for their 5th annual conference.

By bringing together some of the UK’s best practitioners to discuss treatments, techniques and new products, the two-day meeting will provide a fantastic educational opportunity.

While this event is a fantastic opportunity for professionals already practising to augment their knowledge, the conference will also offer insight for delegates new to the hair loss and restoration field into what would be the best treatment options to get started with.

Chaired by BAHRS president Dr Chris D’Souza, it will feature topics such as Achieving an aesthetic forehead with scalp advancement; Paediatric hair loss; Hair metrix; Scalp micropigmentation; Regulatory preparedness -Reducing the risks and potential costs; Electrolysis, Hybrid Technique -An effective and efficient method to treat large areas of hair loss in a single procedure; The place of stromal vascular fraction in hair restoration; Hair Loss -Beyond Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Psychological services and Trichology.

The speaker line up will include Alwyn D’Souza Badna Rekhi, Karen Quartermass, Iain Sallis, Robbie Rushton, Eleojo Achimugu, Mark Smith, Alexander Armstrong, Geri Panayotova, Ganesh Krishnan and Olivier Amar.