There is considerable variation in the approach that the aesthetic and non-surgical cosmetic industry takes to providing education and training, as well as discrepancies within how education and training providers take to promoting and advertising courses, and the form of courses offered to students, as part of initial qualifications, career development and Continuous Personal and Professional Development (CPPD).
This good practice guide has been written to support education and training providers in the aesthetics and non-surgical cosmetic sector with their pathways and programmes to educate and train new entrants to the aesthetics profession, as well as supporting those more experienced practitioners who are seeking to develop their own individual knowledge and skills and as part of necessary CPPD within the context of a dynamic aesthetics and non-surgical cosmetic sector.
The report on the impact of body image on mental and physical health (1) recommends that “there is a need for a minimum standard to be met in regard to the education and training of practitioners who perform non-surgical cosmetic procedures. It is essential to ensure patient safety, and thus should be a central pillar of a future licensing regime”.
This good practice guide in part supports achieving minimum universal standards in education and training for providers, and furthermore the competence of individuals thereof, and sets out the JCCP’s expectations regarding ethical and accurate advertising of training courses in the sector.
(1) House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee (2022) The impact of body image on mental and physical health
