Fundamental 5
The only way to enter Aesthetics
Comprehensive & hands-on training for Medical Professionals aspiring to become a success in aesthetics.
Expand your skill set, deliver exceptional results.
Fundamental 5 is a fully-comprehensive foundation course for medical professionals including Doctors, Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists, General Nurses, Midwives and Pharmacists looking to expand their skill set and incorporate toxin (anti-wrinkle) and dermal filler treatments into their practice.
Whether you are new to aesthetics or have some experience but lack confidence, Fundamental 5 will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional results for your patients.
Five comprehensive e-learning courses included
Over 40 evidence-based e-learning modules across 5 courses are included, with video tutorials, detailed anatomy modules and guidelines for managing aesthetic complications.
40 hours of verifiable CPD
5 certificates are provided for each treatment area, totalling 40 hours of verifiable CPD.
All models included
On each day of this course, you will fully oversee and execute every aspect of your patient's treatment without having to share models with other delegates.
One-to-one Training
With a strict 1:1 delegate-to-trainer ratio during your hands-on injecting sessions, you'll receive personalised instruction and guidance from your dedicated trainer.
Small group sizes allow you to observe and learn from others as they analyse and treat their patients.
3, 4 or 5 days of hands-on training
Choose your level of commitment with Fundamental 5, Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready or Fundamental 5 Elite.
Unlimited trainer support
We understand that entering a new field can be intimidating, especially when it comes to treating patients. That's why we're here to provide you with the guidance and support you need to succeed.
Practical training areas
From conducting the initial consultation, taking pre-operative photos, analysing the patient, marking up injection points, performing the entire treatment, and providing aftercare instructions, you will guide your patients through the entire process from start to finish in the following training areas:
1: Foundation toxin treatments
You will gain the skills to offer customised anti-wrinkle treatments for the three main areas of the upper face: the forehead, the glabellar lines (frown lines), and the periorbital lateral canthal lines (crow’s feet around the eyes). You will also learn techniques for slightly elevating the outer arch of the eyebrow (medial and lateral eyebrow lifting).
Our approach to teaching anti-wrinkle injections is unique. Unlike other courses that may use a “paint by numbers” method, we believe every patient is different and requires a personalised treatment plan. Our expert trainers will guide you in performing comprehensive dynamic muscle assessments, allowing you to create tailored plans with individualised injection patterns and dosages for each patient.
We emphasise safe treatment for male and female patients with varying muscle activity and the importance of knowing when not to treat specific areas rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.
2: Advanced toxin treatments
You will be trained in providing customised toxin treatments for the entire face, including the midface, lower face, neck, and underarms, instead of being limited to just the upper face. This comprehensive approach will allow you to achieve exceptional results for your patients, set yourself apart from other practitioners, and maximise your earnings from toxin treatments.
You will learn to assess and treat a variety of conditions such as bruxism, clenching, gummy smile, perioral wrinkles, jawline slimming, bunny lines, nasal flare reduction, nasal tip drooping, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, dimpled chin, platysmal neck bands, Nefertiti neck lift, and excessive underarm sweating.
Additionally, this course will enhance your dermal filler results by providing knowledge on how toxin treatments complement specific filler treatments. If you are a dentist, this course is essential as it will help you offer additional services to your patients, such as treating bruxism, clenching, gummy smiles, and perioral wrinkles.
3: Cheek enhancement
You will learn to address the root cause of facial ageing by restoring volume loss in the cheeks, leading to a revitalised, youthful appearance. Our systematic, anatomical approach focuses on sculpting the lateral cheek, mid-cheek, and anterior cheek, with an indirect impact on the tear troughs.
Instead of just treating the symptoms of ageing like nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and jowls, we believe in first addressing the midface volume loss. Our training will teach you the proper technique for treating cheeks first, which in turn will improve the appearance of other areas without the need for additional treatments.
4: Foundation dermal filler (nasolabial folds and marionette lines)
You will learn to enhance the harmony of the lower face by treating the nasolabial folds and marionette lines, which will also complement your lip enhancement treatments. This comprehensive approach to mid and lower-face assessment will allow you to achieve holistic improvement in these areas.
You will be trained in the use of safe and effective techniques, such as micro-cannulas, to treat the nasolabial folds and marionette lines, ensuring a safe and effective procedure compared to outdated needle techniques. These techniques will also allow you to improve the appearance of the oral commissures and labio-mental crease for a happier, rested look.
With the knowledge and skills you acquire from this course, you will be able to successfully and confidently treat mild, moderate, and deep nasolabial folds and marionette lines, resulting in safe and predictable outcomes for your patients.
5: Foundation lip enhancement
The third practical day of the programme is dedicated solely to lips. It covers the most popular and effective needle techniques, allowing you to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to create stunning results. You will learn how to:
- Define and enhance the lips with treatment of the vermillion border and philtrum
- Volumise the body of the lip using our unique Avanti technique
- Lift the mouth corners for a more relaxed lip appearance
The art of lip enhancement is crucial to master for success in facial aesthetics. With the increasing demand for lip treatments in the last decade, it’s essential to offer bespoke, natural-looking lip enhancement that enhances your patients’ beauty.
We will teach you the science and technique behind lip enhancement to produce custom, beautiful results that respect a patient’s anatomy and proportions. Other courses may only teach basic lip techniques, leading to a lack of confidence and ability to achieve satisfactory results, especially when taught alongside other treatments.
6: Clinical experience day (Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready & Elite)
The Clinic Experience Day (fourth practical day) is an integral part of our training, combining all botulinum toxin and dermal filler treatments covered throughout the course. It provides an opportunity for delegates to consolidate their learning and treat patients independently, with supervision from a trainer.
During this day, a patient for each delegate is scheduled into the clinic diary. Delegates will independently:
- Conduct a thorough consultation
- Provide treatment recommendations
- Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan
- Discuss pricing with the patient
- Independently perform the required botulinum toxin and dermal filler treatments
This hands-on experience is a game changer for building confidence, enabling delegates to feel fully prepared to treat patients independently in their practice. The Clinic Experience Day is the ultimate confidence booster and ensures that you are clinic ready when you complete your foundation training.
7: Advanced lip enhancement (Fundamental 5 Elite)
The Advanced Lip Enhancement course will further refine your skills and techniques to create stunning, natural-looking results that will set you apart from the competition.
You will learn to:
- Master the ‘Avanti Natural Lip’ technique: Develop advanced skills in creating beautifully hydrated and plump lips that maintain a natural appearance.
- Utilise advanced techniques: Gain proficiency in cutting-edge methods such as volumising, defining, tenting, hydration, Russian lip (fanning), and microbolus/microdroplet techniques.
- Handle challenging cases: Build confidence in managing complex lip enhancement scenarios, including asymmetry and “M-shaped lips,” using advanced treatment algorithms.
- Manage complications: Enhance your ability to avoid, identify, and manage complications using Hyaluronidase (Hyalase) for corrections and emergencies.
This course is an essential continuation of your foundation lip training, ensuring you build on your existing skills.
Mastering these advanced techniques will enable you to offer bespoke, natural-looking lip enhancements that meet the high demand for aesthetic treatments.
Delight your patients, boost your income.
Unlike other areas of medicine and dentistry that often deal with treating illnesses or dental issues, aesthetics focuses on rejuvenation and enhancement, making a positive difference in how patients feel about themselves. By completing Fundamental 5, you’ll be able to understand and address the multiple levels of facial ageing, providing treatments that not only improve appearance but also boost confidence and happiness.
As you gain experience and build your practice, you can achieve substantial financial rewards. Practitioners offering a full-face approach with the most popular treatments included in Fundamental 5 can expect a significant return on investment. Fundamental 5 also includes business setup and marketing modules to help you establish and grow your practice. You'll be fully equipped to perform treatments with accuracy and confidence, delighting your patients and boosting your income.
Become part of our supportive community.
Avanti is built on a foundation of peer support and expert guidance. Our delegates and trainers form a strong, supportive community where you can learn, grow, and achieve your career goals together.
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Training with Avanti was hands down one of the best decisions I made! The quality of trainers means that all your questions are answered in detail, including aspects you wouldn’t have thought of yourself.
Cannot recommend the Avanti course enough! The Fundamental Five course provided in-depth knowledge and hands-on training, giving me the confidence to administer injectables independently and safely.
Avanti Aesthetics Academy offers superb training with the best and safest techniques. Each course provides your own model to treat, with no rush and excellent post-course support. Highly recommend.
I’m really pleased I chose to train with the Avanti Aesthetics Academy. The online portal allows for academic learning in advance of practical sessions, meaning more time treating patients alongside expert trainers. Comprehensive support after the training has been excellent. I’ll definitely be back for their masterclasses.
Rikin and his team deliver a polished, detailed, and hands-on course, equipping you with the knowledge and confidence to safely treat clients. The support after the course has been excellent.
I attended the Fundamental 5 course and found Dr. Rikin Parekh to be a fantastic trainer. The course was thorough, and his teaching gave me the confidence and skills to start treating patients. Highly recommend!
I recently completed Fundamental 5 at Avanti Aesthetics Academy. The course is intense but builds confidence daily. The small group size ensures you get the most out of the training. Ongoing support through the Avanti portal and peer networks has been invaluable.
I picked Avanti after numerous recommendations and was very pleased with my decision. The training is direct, preparing you to treat patients with a strong emphasis on safety. Post-course support is fantastic.
I completed the Fundamental Five course at Avanti Training Academy. The course structure and practical aspects are fantastic. Each delegate treats their own patients, ensuring you leave confident and well-prepared.
Training with Avanti was the best decision I ever made. The hands-on experience with models was invaluable. Dr. Rikin ensures his delegates leave the course equipped with knowledge. The post-course support is fantastic.
Training with Avanti Aesthetics was an amazing experience. The support and training are second to none. Each day you treat your own patient, which provides invaluable hands-on experience. The follow-up support has been fantastic.
Choosing Avanti Aesthetics Training Academy was the best decision for my career. The training portal is invaluable, and the hands-on experience means you leave confident to treat patients straight away.
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Fundamental 5
Three days of intensive, hands-on training covering all essential foundation areas.
- Fundamental 5 includes:
- Customised toxin treatments for the upper face
- Forehead
- Glabellar (frown) lines
- periorbital lateral canthal (crow's feet) lines
- Bruxism
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- Clenching
- Gummy smile
- Perioral wrinkles
- Jawline slimming
- Bunny lines
- Nasal flare reduction
- Nasal tip drooping
- Platysmal neck bands
- Nefertiti neck lift
- Excessive underarm sweating (CQC environment required)
- Rejuvenate the midface - restoring volume loss in the cheeks
- Treat the lateral cheek, mid-cheek, and anterior cheek
- Indirectly improve other areas such as tear troughs
- Treat the nasolabial folds
- Treat the marionette lines
- Improve the oral commissures and labio-mental crease
- Learn both cannula (NLF) and needle techniques for maximum safety
- A broad range of effective lip enhancement needle techniques
- Create stunning, natural-looking results
- Define and enhance the lips
- Volumise the lip body
- Lift the mouth corners for a more relaxed lip appearance
- Customise treatments to respect your patient's unique anatomy and proportions
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready
Includes the Clinic Experience Day where you'll apply your new skills in a live clinic setting.
- Everything in Fundamental 5, plus:
- Apply your Fundamental 5 training in a real clinic setting
- Guide multiple patients through complete treatment journeys as you would in practice
- Enhance your confidence for independent clinic practice
- Boost your consultation and sales skills
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- Comprehensive hands-on experience
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
- Clinical experience day
Fundamental 5 Elite
Includes the Clinic Experience Day and Advanced Lip Enhancement for maximum confidence.
- Everything in Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready, plus:
- Learn the signature 'Avanti Natural Lip' technique
- Create natural-looking, beautifully hydrated, and plump lips
- Advanced beautification for younger patients
- Restoration techniques for the ageing patient
- Lip enhancement skills for male patients
- Handle challenging cases like asymmetry and M-shaped lips
View more
- Advanced local anaesthesia techniques
- Maximise social media impact with before-and-after photos
- Improve consultation and sales skills
- Customise treatments to respect your patient's unique anatomy and proportions
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
- Clinical experience day
- Advanced lip enhancement
Fundamental 5
Three days of intensive, hands-on training covering all essential foundation areas.
- Fundamental 5 includes:
- Customised toxin treatments for the upper face
- Forehead
- Glabellar (frown) lines
- periorbital lateral canthal (crow's feet) lines
- Bruxism
View more
- Clenching
- Gummy smile
- Perioral wrinkles
- Jawline slimming
- Bunny lines
- Nasal flare reduction
- Nasal tip drooping
- Platysmal neck bands
- Nefertiti neck lift
- Excessive underarm sweating (CQC environment required)
- Rejuvenate the midface - restoring volume loss in the cheeks
- Treat the lateral cheek, mid-cheek, and anterior cheek
- Indirectly improve other areas such as tear troughs
- Treat the nasolabial folds
- Treat the marionette lines
- Improve the oral commissures and labio-mental crease
- Learn both cannula (NLF) and needle techniques for maximum safety
- A broad range of effective lip enhancement needle techniques
- Create stunning, natural-looking results
- Define and enhance the lips
- Volumise the lip body
- Lift the mouth corners for a more relaxed lip appearance
- Customise treatments to respect your patient's unique anatomy and proportions
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready
Includes the Clinic Experience Day where you'll apply your new skills in a live clinic setting.
- Everything in Fundamental 5, plus:
- Apply your Fundamental 5 training in a real clinic setting
- Guide multiple patients through complete treatment journeys as you would in practice
- Enhance your confidence for independent clinic practice
- Boost your consultation and sales skills
View more
- Comprehensive hands-on experience
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
- Clinical experience day
Fundamental 5 Elite
Includes the Clinic Experience Day and Advanced Lip Enhancement for maximum confidence.
- Everything in Fundamental 5 Clinic Ready, plus:
- Learn the signature 'Avanti Natural Lip' technique
- Create natural-looking, beautifully hydrated, and plump lips
- Advanced beautification for younger patients
- Restoration techniques for the ageing patient
- Lip enhancement skills for male patients
- Handle challenging cases like asymmetry and M-shaped lips
View more
- Advanced local anaesthesia techniques
- Maximise social media impact with before-and-after photos
- Improve consultation and sales skills
- Customise treatments to respect your patient's unique anatomy and proportions
- Led by expert trainers
- Includes Avanti app access and e-learning
- Models included
- Lunch and products included
- Free trainer support before, during and after the course
- Practical training areas:
- Foundation toxin treatments
- Advanced toxin treatments
- Cheek enhancement
- Foundation dermal filler
- Foundation lip enhancement
- Clinical experience day
- Advanced lip enhancement
Discounts and reimbursements
Referral rewards
Introduce a friend or colleague, and we’ll thank you with a cash reward. Your friend will also enjoy a discount on their course.
Group bookings
We have adjusted pricing options based on the number of people booking together into the same course dates.
Get reimbursed by your employer
Have a look at our template you can use if you need manager’s approval.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to common queries below.
Will models and products be provided?
We provide both, unlike some other anti-wrinkle and dermal filler training courses that will ask you to treat fellow delegates or bring your own patient.
At Avanti, you will treat your patients from start to finish, taking them through the whole patient journey, from consultation, taking photos, analysis, performing the entire treatment to providing aftercare instructions, as you would in your clinic.
You will also treat your patients under the direct one-to-one supervision of an expert trainer and will not have to share with other delegates. You will also watch other delegates analyse and treat their patients to integrate these skills further.
If you would like to bring a model, please let us know so we can help you arrange it. It is an excellent idea to bring your own model, so you can review the patient and take photos for marketing purposes once healing is complete.
How much hands-on experience will I get?
The main reason practitioners fail to achieve success in aesthetics can be attributed to very little hands-on experience during their training, leading to a lack of confidence in carrying out procedures on their own patients.
We pledge to you that unlike the majority of other courses, we will provide suitable models for you, and you will not share these models with other delegates. You will get to treat a whole patient case on each training day under one-to-one supervision from start to finish. You will also get invaluable constructive feedback throughout.
You will take your models through the whole patient journey from taking optimal photographs, carrying out medical and aesthetic histories, consultation, patient analysis, marking up, injecting, and finally giving post-operative instructions, precisely as you would in practice after you leave our course. Key elements which are missed on other courses, that can often be barriers in getting started no matter how simple!
From experience, not only do our delegates benefit from treating their own model but have found observing other delegates treating theirs to be invaluable! This enables you to solidify the treatment process, assessment and analysis skills and pick up useful hints and tips that come with observing lots of patients.
Prior to even going anywhere near a live patient, you will be able to practice injection techniques on dummy mannequins and also observe a demonstration by one of our expert trainers treating a live patient before you get a chance to treat yours.
Who will I be trained by?
Your training will be with highly experienced and qualified Avanti trainers led by Dr Rikin Parekh, who has over 16 years of experience in the Aesthetics Industry. He is also a trainer and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) for many aesthetic companies.
Our trainers remain at the cutting-edge of facial aesthetics to ensure all course content covers the latest and most up to date techniques in facial aesthetics.
You will receive an unhurried and supportive 1 on 1 injection experience with one of our expert trainers whilst treating your patient for all face indications, neck, décolletage and both hands.
Will complications and management be covered thoroughly?
The art of injecting is just one aspect of this course; other aspects include knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology, consenting issues, aftercare and, more importantly, complication management.
We will comprehensively cover how to avoid, manage and treat complications associated with Toxin and Dermal Filler treatments.
What level of support will I get after I have completed a course?
Alongside our comprehensive training, we are renowned for our unparalleled free support before, during and after our courses.
We do not believe in charging for any of our support methods. All we want is that you feel confident in the knowledge and skills that you have learnt with us, take them into practice and have us for support if and when you require it, to ultimately be the successful aesthetic practitioners that you want to be. We have various methods of support available for our delegates:
The Avanti Aesthetics Academy Delegates Groups
As soon as you finish your training with us, you will be added to our closed Avanti Aesthetic Academy Delegates groups.
Here you will be able to ask any questions you may have amongst colleagues like yourself who have been trained at the academy. No question is silly in this forum! Whether it be help in treatment planning, assistance with a problem of any sort or any other question from the most basic to more complex, we are here for you!
All of our expert trainers and Dr Rikin Parekh himself will be available on this group to help, alongside your colleagues, who will also be more than willing to help. We aim to respond to any questions on the group as soon as possible so you can get a speedy response to your enquiry.
This method of support has proven invaluable for all of our delegates. It also serves as an excellent learning resource as you learn from your colleagues’ experience together with all the ancillary learning material that is posted on here by us. It is a great place to get to know like-minded colleagues and network also.
Email Support
If you feel more comfortable sending us an email in private to our designated support email address, by all means, you can do so.
Dr Parekh or one of our experts will endeavour to answer your emails asap. We may then arrange to call you depending on the nature of the enquiry.
Emergency Telephone Hotline
You will be given our Avanti Aesthetics Academy Emergency Mobile Hotline number on completion of your training. If you have any emergency issues, e.g. a patient complication, you will be able to contact one of our experts for immediate advice if required.
In addition to the above, we provide access to our unique Avanti Aesthetics Academy discounts for future Dermal Filler orders. You will find it difficult to find lower prices!
Why is Avanti support unrivaled?
We know how daunting it can be learning a new skill on a course and then going out into practice and treating patients without proper support and guidance. We want all of our delegates to feel safe in the knowledge that if they need any questions answered, whether it be a reminder of what things to order, which products to use, treatment planning for a particularly tricky case or if they encounter a problem like a patient complication, then we would be there for them.
Delegates often remark that they would pay our course fees just for this support alone! It’s truly worth its weight in gold!
Do you offer support in the event of a complication?
Yes! Our Delegates are given our 24-hour emergency contact number on completion of training. If you have any emergency issues, e.g. a patient complication, you will be able to contact an expert for immediate support.
Where is training held?
Training takes place at our modern and well-equipped training venue in the heart of Central London. Transport links are plenty, and we will be more than happy to recommend routes and/or hotels.
Our Address is:
The Avanti Aesthetics Academy – 140 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6YE
Questions? Book a free advice call.
Speak to our Delegate Success Team to learn how the Avanti Aesthetics Academy can help launch your aesthetics career.
