Aesthetic Nurse

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Hello! I completed aesthetic beauty courses in Virginia in May, I have a license, I do not have much practice in the field at the moment, so do you think this specialization is promising? Who may have completed such courses and can share their experiences?

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I don't have direct experience, but I do frequent a beauty spa/cosmetic surgery center. They have an NP who does a lot of screenings, pre-op information and I think does Botox injections. In the OR, they do use nurses there to scrub and circulate, and I suspect they would only hire nurses with prior OR experience.

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13 minutes ago, RNperdiem said:

I don't have direct experience, but I do frequent a beauty spa/cosmetic surgery center. They have an NP who does a lot of screenings, pre-op information and I think does Botox injections. In the OR, they do use nurses there to scrub and circulate, and I suspect they would only hire nurses with prior OR experience.

Before taking the dermal filler and botox courses, I received a nurse education so I can take additional qualification courses. I have a license to inject, but there is not enough practice in this. When did you go through the procedures, what role did the nurse play near you? If not a secret what other procedures did you go through?

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I once visited a business for dermal fillers and the technician admitted this was her first job as an RN. I got the impression, and she did not mention, that she had no special training for this beyond nursing school. Notwithstanding that there may be an art to injecting fillers, she made a mistake with me that left a permanent ‘disfigurement‘. Although I can’t say I hold a grudge, I am not happy that her lack of experience came at my expense. Since then I have stayed away from the use of fillers. Not worth the money or the risk for the general public in my opinion.

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2 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

I once visited a business for dermal fillers and the technician admitted this was her first job as an RN. I got the impression, and she did not mention, that she had any special training for this beyond nursing school. Notwithstanding that there may be an art to injecting fillers, she made a mistake with me that left a permanent ‘disfigurement‘. Although I can’t say I hold a grudge, I am not happy that her lack of experience came at my expense. Since then I have stayed away from the use of fillers. Not worth the money or the risk for the general public in my opinion.

For this reason, I would like to try practicing on faux leather,, improve my practice, watch experienced professionals, to avoid mistakes. I am very sorry that this situation happened to you, it is very unfortunate. So I want people to write in this discussion all their experiences and different situations in order to evaluate and decide how I can do better. I plan to go through more than one qualification before I get serious about this.

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I had a better experience with a dermatologist who did my first dermal fillers. Unfortunately, the second day it looked as if nothing at all had been done. When I went back a second time, he said that he needed to use a thicker ‘product’. For the price he charged me, I should have got a satisfactory experience. And I did not believe his assertion that he had invented the procedure. But you know he was a practicing dermatologist (in a ritzy area). Maybe the wealthy ladies bought his shtick. I don’t see anything wrong with these procedures, as with anything else, as long as the practitioner builds their expertise.

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With the fillers, I would think you could build your experience by educating the patient that it might not be ‘sufficient’ after the first session and they can return for another session at no cost (other than the standard charge for the new amount of filler). However, I don’t think any business would allow you to make this offer of your time and effort.

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6 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

I had a better experience with a dermatologist who did my first dermal fillers. Unfortunately, the second day it looked as if nothing at all had been done. When I went back a second time, he said that he needed to use a thicker ‘product’. For the price he charged me, I should have got a satisfactory experience. And I did not believe his assertion that he had invented the procedure. But you know he was a practicing dermatologist (in a ritzy area). Maybe the wealthy ladies bought his shtick. I don’t see anything wrong with these procedures, as with anything else, as long as the practitioner builds their expertise.

There are a lot of fillers at the moment so I doubt it was a product of its production. Much depends on the route of administration, with incorrect injection defects can occur which the patient may no longer get rid of. So you have to be careful with that. And the price of fillers and botuliniums is a very difficult subject, as a beginner, it is difficult for me to buy many products and try it because of their cost.

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7 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

With the fillers, I would think you could build your experience by educating the patient that it might not be ‘sufficient’ after the first session and they can return for another session at no cost (other than the standard charge for the new amount of filler). However, I don’t think any business would allow you to make this offer of your time and effort.

Yes it is possible and it would be very valuable to me as a specialist so I am looking for ways to make it better. Now I start with easy filler introduction procedures so as not to hurt anyone.

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In practice, the customer would still pay for the product for a ‘second’ visit. You would only be donating your labor. Personally I can’t see just buying the product to practice. It is not like the old practice of practicing injections on oranges in nursing school!

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7 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

In practice, the customer would still pay for the product for a ‘second’ visit. You would only be donating your labor. Personally I can’t see just buying the product to practice. It is not like the old practice of practicing injections on oranges in nursing school!

Yes you are quite right, the practice of oranges is ridiculous)) Thank you for sharing your experience, it is very valuable to me.

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I doubt any instructors still tell their students to practice on oranges any more.

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