Things You Should Consider Before Enrolling In An Aesthetic Training Course

The revenues generated by the cosmetic industry is increasing day by day in the UK, more than 5000 people turn 50 daily, and statistics say that this portion of the population holds more than 75% of the country’s wealth. Cosmetic procedures which are not-so-cheap have become much more affordable for this population. This is the reason that cosmetology is not only dermatologists’ or cosmetologists’ area anymore. GP, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists and doctors from every field are trying to diversify their portfolio which is very important to many of them.

The doctors are interested in widening their business base and aesthetic medicine is a very popular choice because the ROI is very good as compared to other fields. In the UK many institutes are offering different aesthetic training courses and it is very important to make the right choice. There are five factors which you should consider before enrolling yourself into a training course.

1.    Course content:

It is extremely important that you cover all the bases in this arena and do your research properly. Some institutes offer pyramid courses, in which one course flows into the other and the delegates are left with a knowledge gap which can be covered only if you enrol in the next course. Some trainings cover the topic of the course superficially and are designed for the doctors who are already in the business, while some courses offer very in-depth knowledge of the topic and are designed for the beginners. Before confirming your seat in the course, check the curriculum thoroughly to see exactly what is covered and is the course designed for your level in the field? Compare these details to the other courses that you have shortlisted and choose the one which ticks all of your questions.

 

2.    Hands on experience

Having hands - on experience is very important to treat your patients with confidence because every client is different and their expectations also vary. Similarly, every person’s physiology is different and a treatment which works for one person might not work for another one. Therefore, trainings which use dummies as the models can only teach you how to do the treatment; they lack in the assessment and the consultation phase of the treatment and does not teach you how to decide which treatment is better for the patient. These trainings fail to in stil the confidence to manage patients independently into the participants. Another type of training which ask the delegates to bring one model along with themselves for the demonstration also fail to teach the participants the difference in the variety of people and their skin types. Such trainings are often advertised as lowest priced trainings in the industry. The ones are those which give a hands-on experience to the participants with a large group of people volunteering as patients.

 

3.    What’s next after the training?

Taking the training course and learning how to do the job is the first step, the next steps are just as crucial and play a very important role in your career advancement. There are many people who attend the trainings but become stale just because they don’t know what to do next. The best training courses are those who guide the delegates about their career either by circulating their CVs in the alumni or hospitals or teaching them how to set up their own practice and spread their word.

 

4.    Startup Kits:

Before enrolling you need to research whether the institution is offering start-up kits or not. The training courses which are cheaply priced might request the delegates to purchase the startup kits to inject the live models. On the other hand, the training which are a bit expensive usually offer the startup kits which consist of professional products used by the cosmetologists.

 

5.    Reviews

Like restaurants and hotels, the ideal way to assess trainings by reading what the previous delegates had to say about it. Reviews tell the people the good and the bad points about the training and you can easily assess whether this training is the best fit for you.