ACAM's Aesthetic Medicine
Workshop 2025
This workshop addresses the priorities of an aesthetic medicine practice: skin disease and remediation, cosmeceutical chemistry, dermal filler uses and botulinum injection techniques, facial and neck anatomy, appropriate use of laser and light devices for a range of skin conditions (acne, rosacea, sun-damage, and pigmentary changes). Single day registration is offered and subject to availability. Registration includes tuition, morning and afternoon tea and lunch. In person attendees are responsible for their accommodation needs and meals not catered for. The Workshop is conducted over a three-day period and requires preparation learning, participation in discussion sessions and pre and post workshop assessments.
Dates: Friday 19th – Sun 21st September 2025
Location: W Sydney – 31 Wheat Rd, Sydney
ACAM Coordinator: [email protected]
Day 1
Skin and Sclerotherapy
Moderator:
Dr Mutti Khan
Dr Shuai Wang
Collagen Stimulation and Chemical Peels
9.00 – 9.10 am
Dr Nagd Farag
Welcome and Housekeeping
9.10 – 9.50 am
Dr Nagd Farag
Overview of Aesthetic Medicine and how it fits into Western Medicine model of care
9.50 – 10.30 am
Tauseef Zia
Skin Types and laser skin interaction
10.30 – 11.00 am
Morning Tea
11.00 – 12 noon
Tauseef Zia
Chemical Peels: An Introduction
12.00 -12.20 pm
Q and A and reflection
12.20 – 1.00 pm
Mr Ben Eshelby Pharmacist
Skin Care in the Aesthetic Medical Practice
1.00 – 1.20 pm
Panel Discussion
Q and A and reflection
1.20 – 2.20 pm
Lunch
2.30 – 3.30 pm
Dr Mutti Khan
Sclerotherapy
3.30 – 4.00 pm
Afternoon Tea
4.00 – 5.00 pm
Dr Mutti Khan
Sclerotherapy continued
5.00 – 5.15 pm
Panel Discussion
Q and A and reflection
Day 2
Aesthetic Injecting
Moderator
Dr Shuai Wang
Dr Nagd Farag
8.30 – 9.30 am
Dr. Bakr
Associate Professor Griffith University
Facial Anatomy
9.30 – 10.30 am
Dr Bakr
Associate Professor Griffith University
Facial Anatomy Continued
10.30 – 11.00 am
Morning Tea
11.00 – 11.30 am
Q and A on Anatomy
11.30 – 12 noon
Kristy Kostalas
Botulinum Toxin Pharmacology and Immunogenicity
12.00 -12.30 pm
Kristy Kostalas
Botulinum injectionTechniques and compilations including variety of indications eg sweating…
12.30 – 1.00 pm
Demonstration
1.00 -1.15 pm
Q and A on Botulinum
1.15 – 2.15 pm
Lunch
2.20 – 3.00 pm
Dr Jonathan Hopkirk
Dermal Fillers pharmacology and dissolving technology
3.00 – 3.30 pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30 – 4.45 am
Dr Jonathan Hopkirk
Dermal Fillers injection
Techniques and compilations.
Overview of use: acne scar,
augmentation, hands
4.45 – 5.00 pm
Q and A Dermal Fillers
Day 3
Lasers and Light Devices in Aesthetic Medicine
Moderator
Dr Andrew Clark, Dr Mutti Khan
9.00 – 9.45 am
Dr Andrew Clark
Welcome and Intro to Energy Based Devices in Aesthetic Medicine
- Breadth of Indications
- Laser Physics
- Device Safety – Eye protection, thermal risks, plume
- Laser Tissue interaction
- Chromophores and Selective Photo thermolysis
- Importance of Laser Safety Course
9.45 – 10.15 am
Dr Sarah Boxley
- UV Light and Devices
10.15 – 10.45 am
Morning Tea
10.45 – 11.15 am
Dr Andrew Clark
Treating Vascular lesions with Lasers (Medical conditions regimes and their treatments with vascular laser)
- Benign vascular lesions Rosacea
- Mechanism of action
- Epidermal cooling
- Vessels of different sizes
- Complications and minimising these
11.15 – 11:45am
Dr Sarah Boxley and ALMA Laser
Vascular laser demonstration
11:45 – 12.00 pm
ALMA Laser, Dr. Boxley and Dr Andrew Clark
Q and A and Reflection
Laser and Light devices
12:00 – 12.30 pm
TBC
Laser treatments of benign pigmentary conditions
- Melanocyte and Melanosomes
- Laser- tissue interaction
- Biological effects
- Selective Photothermolysis
- Clinical examples of use
- Ddx and treatment options.
12.30 – 1.00 pm
Dr Andrew Clark
Laser tattoo removal
- Ink as a Chromophore
- Body art tattoos
- Cosmetic
- Medical tattoos (radiotherapy markers)
- Traumatic tattoos
1.00 – 2.00 pm
Online and live
Lunch meeting
2.00 – 2:30 pm
Dr Sarah Boxley
Introduction to resurfacing lasers:
the types, science and techniques
2.30 – 3:00 pm
Dr Sarah Boxley, Dr Andrew Clark
Resurfacing demonstration
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Dr Sarah Boxley, Dr Andrew Clark
Q and A session and reflective
learning
3.15 – 3.45 pm
Afternoon tea
3:45 – 4.15 pm
Dr Andrew Clark
Non-Surgical Body treatments in Aesthetic medicine
- Overview of various lipolysis devices and skin tightening treatments
- Injection lipolysis
- Muscle strengthening treatments
- Realistic Expectations
- Ethics of offering and marketing these types of treatments.
4.15 – 4.45 pm
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Q and A Laser and Light devices learning
4.45 – 5.00 pm
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Wrap up and paperwork completion
