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Aim and course objective:
Students should understand the etiopathogenetic mechanisms of acne appearance by skin type. More specifically, they should:
Be able to clinically classify the different types of acne.
Treat the types of symptomatic acne that they are allowed to treat.
Direct the patient with acne skin type in the respective medical specialty for the treatment of different types of acne that is not allowed to be treated by the Aestheticians.
Understand and appreciate the need for Aesthetician -Acne Doctor cooperation to achieve healing.
Apply all methods and stages of symptomatic acne treatment.
Treat acne at the back and chest.
Understand the etiopathogenetic mechanisms of dehydration, aging, photo aging, oxidative stress by skin type.
Diagnose and differentiate between dehydration, aging, photo aging, oxidative stress, to assess the case and apply treatment protocols.
Understand the value of essential oils for the treatment of skin problems and to apply aromatherapy on a case by case basis.
Be familiar with rehabilitation schemes with application of essential oils and appropriate action.
Understand their role and involvement in the treatment of adverse events resulting from antineoplastic therapy and radiation and apply rehabilitation regimens.
Learning Outcomes:
After the end of the course students will be able to:
1. correctly assess the case, to make a clinical aesthetic classification of acne, to apply the methods of symptomatic treatment of acne.
2. treat common acne (comedogenic, superficial, inflammatory common acne, pustular acne in chin in women or premenstrual acne in adult women, pustular acne, lightning acne, occupational (chloracne – acne from oils, tropical acne) acne from friction.
3. cooperate with the respective medical specialties, in order to achieve the treatment. Cystic acne. Rosacea acne. Androgenetic (hormonal) acne. Apply all the
techniques taught in the laboratory safely and successfully.
4. assess acne cases and apply appropriate recovery regimens.
5. prevent phototoxic and photoallergic dermatitis during the application of third and fourth stage of symptomatic treatment of acne as well as from simultaneous use of phototoxic drugs.
6. prevent the side effects of keratolytic ingredients using in acne.
7. deal with scars, discolorations and lesions after curing acne.
8. recommend medical tattoo application and to be able for a satisfactory psychological approach to patients with acne. Students to understand the etiopathogenetic mechanisms of dehydration, aging, photoaging, oxidative stress and classify them clinically.
9. diagnose and differentiate dehydration, to make assessment of the case and to apply treatment protocols for the treatment of dehydration. Aging, photoaging oxidative stress to design rehabilitation schemes and apply them.
10. know what oncology Aesthetics means and to deal with side effects resulting from antineoplastic therapy and radiation.
11. understand the value of essential oils for the repair of skin problems and apply aromatherapy on a case by case basis. They should be familiar with rehabilitation schemes with application of essential oils and appropriate action.
SYLLABUS
Theoretical Part of the Course
1. Skin types and clinical forms of acne. Classic and newer methods of clinical aesthetic classification of acne.
2. Reference to common acne (comedogenic, superficial, neonatal).
3. Symptomatic treatment by aestheticians.
4. Reference to the types of acne.
5. Symptomatic treatment by aestheticians.
6. Rosacea acne.
7. Symptomatic treatment by the aesthetician before, during and after the end of medical treatment.
8. First stage, second stage, third stage of symptomatic treatment of acne.
9. Fourth stage of symptomatic treatment. Application of ultraviolet radiation. Fifth stage of symptomatic treatment of acne. Skin restoration after healing. Evaluation of repeated application of symptomatic treatment to avoid recurrence of acne.
10. Acne of the back – chest. Types of medical tattoos. Psychological approach of patients with acne.
11. Skin dehydration, Skin aging, Photoaging, Oxidative stress: etiopathogenesis, clinical
picture, aging theories, histology, epidemiology, forms. Ways and methods of applying cosmetic products to prevent and restore them. Differential diagnosis. Case assessment. Treatment protocols. Follow up. Prognosis. Outcome prediction. Rehabilitation schemes
12. Aesthetic applications of essential oils. Aromatherapy.
Laboratory Part of the Course
1. First, second, third, fourth, fifth stage of symptomatic treatment of acne categories by Aesthetician.
2. Clinical exercise of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th stage.
3. Clinical application of acne skin repair method and scheme by type of acne.
4. Treatment and therapy protocols. Differential diagnosis. Follow up.
5. Back – chest acne.
6. Rosacea acne, clinical practice.
7. Clinical exercise of skin restoration after healing.
8. Treatment of scars, discolorations, hydration status.
9. Clinical applications in acne with incomplete or incorrect treatment.
10. Skin dehydration clinical practice: treatment and therapy protocols.
11. Aging, Photoaging of the skin clinical exercise: treatment and therapy protocols.
12. Facial aromatherapy with appropriate action on dehydration, aging, photoaging, oxidative stress, discolorations, acne, scars.