Ultrasound in
Aesthetic Practice
Principles, safety and clinical application. A blended course for registered healthcare professionals: theory as pre-study, then a supervised practical day scanning live patients at 22 Harley Street. Maximum six delegates, three-person faculty including a consultant radiologist.
1 hr pre-study · 30 min MCQ · 4 hr practical
Live patients
Registered professionals only
Why Ultrasound, and Why Now
Ultrasound has moved from a specialist curiosity to something closer to a core skill in aesthetic medicine. The reason is simple: it lets you see what you are about to inject into. Vessels can be mapped before treatment rather than avoided by anatomical average. Pre-existing filler can be identified rather than guessed at. And when something goes wrong, imaging changes the conversation entirely.
This course teaches the principles and the practice — and is honest about where the boundary lies.
It does not make you a sonographer.
It gives you a structured, supervised introduction to using ultrasound safely and competently in aesthetic practice, and a clear-eyed view of what further training would be required to go beyond that.
How the Course Works
The course is blended. You complete the theory before you arrive, so that the day itself is spent with a probe in your hand rather than in a lecture.
What You Will Learn
Interpret tissue types on screen, and recognise acoustic shadow and posterior enhancement
Identify the five facial layers and the key vessels — angular, infraorbital, superficial temporal
Map vessels, their depth and their relationship to planned injection sites before you treat
Recognise pre-existing filler on B-mode, assess margins, and record what you find
Choose the right frequency for the area, and follow a systematic survey before switching to Doppler
Thermal and mechanical effects, and using the minimum exposure needed for a diagnostic image
The cardinal signs, and why hyaluronidase is given without waiting for imaging to confirm
Recording findings correctly, retention requirements, and the BMUS 2023 regulatory framework
Your Faculty
Scope of Practice — Read This Before You Book
We would rather be straightforward than let you discover this afterwards. This course gives you theory and supervised practical experience. It does
not
confer competency to practise diagnostic sonography independently.
· Your full name
· Course title and date of training
· Hours of structured learning (5.5)
· Confirmation you passed the pre-study assessment at 80%
· Your faculty-signed practical competency record
· Trainer names and credentials
· Training location: 22 Harley Street, London W1G 9PL
Under the GMC, GDC, NMC and HCPC, CPD is self-directed and self-declared: you choose learning relevant to your scope of practice, and you record it. Your certificate gives you the evidence to do that. It is a record of training and assessment — it is not a regulated qualification, and it does not by itself establish your ongoing clinical competence.