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Laser & Energy-Based Therapies

Laser & Energy Device Safety

Lasers, IPL, radiofrequency and ultrasound taught safety-first: the electromagnetic spectrum, laser physics and tissue interaction, device families, Fitzpatrick and pigment safety, eye and room safety, contraindications and consent, and what to do when it goes wrong. Built around Fitzpatrick IV–VI safety.

  • ₵6,500
  • Intermediate
  • Hybrid
  • 4 weeks
  • Instalment plans available

About this course

Lasers, IPL, radiofrequency and ultrasound taught safety-first: the electromagnetic spectrum, laser physics and tissue interaction, device families, Fitzpatrick and pigment safety, eye and room safety, contraindications and consent, and what to do when it goes wrong. Built around Fitzpatrick IV–VI safety. Taught by Dr. Alberta Amissah, MBChB, with expert-led theory and supervised clinical practice designed around the realities of practising aesthetics on richly melanated West African skin.

Curriculum

7 modules · supervised practical hours throughout

  • What a Laser Is — and What LASER Stands For
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum: One Continuum, Many Names
  • Visible, Ultraviolet, Infrared: Where Aesthetic Lasers Live
  • Laser Versus Ordinary Light — and Versus IPL, LED, RF, Microwave and Ultrasound
  • Inside the Machine: How Laser Light Is Generated
  • Chairside Reference: The Spectrum and the Aesthetic Wavelength Map
  • Introduction Knowledge Check: Lasers and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

  • Before Settings, Before Speed: Where Does the Heat Go?
  • Selective Photothermolysis, in Plain Language
  • Chromophores: What Catches the Light
  • Wavelength Decides Depth — and the Clinical Wavelength Map
  • Fluence, Pulse Duration and Thermal Relaxation Time
  • Spot Size, Overlap, Cooling and Endpoints
  • Fitzpatrick Is Not Enough, and the Safe-Treatment Triangle
  • Applied Physics: Diode, Nd:YAG, Pigment and Water Devices
  • The Safe Ladder: Escalation, the Device Screen, Red Flags and the Record
  • Chairside Reference: Parameters, Chromophores and Endpoints
  • Module 1 Knowledge Check: Laser Physics & Tissue Interaction

  • The Organizing Question, and the Map of Families
  • Laser, IPL and LED: Light-Based but Not Interchangeable
  • Hair and Pigment Lasers: Powerful Where Melanin Is the Target
  • Vascular, Ablative and Fractional Devices
  • RF, HIFU, Body Contouring and Plasma: The Non-Light Families
  • The Risk Matrix, Choosing by Indication, and the Pre-Device Checklist
  • Chairside Reference: Device Family, Target, Depth and Dark-Skin Risk
  • Module 2 Knowledge Check: The Device Families

  • Fitzpatrick Is a Risk Language, Not a Beauty Label
  • The Competing Chromophore Problem, Seen in Real Time
  • Cooling, Narrowed Margins and Endpoint Reading in Dark Skin
  • Patch Testing and the Device Choice Matrix
  • The Diode-Burn Lesson, and the First Response to a Burn
  • The Pigment-Safe Pathway: Screening, Settings, Documentation and Messaging
  • Clinic Form: The Pigment-Safe Treatment Checklist
  • Module 3 Knowledge Check: Fitzpatrick, Melanin & Pigment Safety

  • The Highest-Stakes Organ: Why the Eye Is Different from Skin
  • Wavelength Decides the Injury: The Retinal Hazard Zone and Laser Classes
  • Eyewear: Wavelength, Optical Density and How to Read the Label
  • Protecting the Patient: Treatment Zones, Shields and the Team Protocol
  • The Controlled Area: Signage, Reflections, Windows and Layout
  • Plume, Fire, Electrical Hazards and the Start-Up Sequence
  • Eye-Exposure Emergencies, Documentation and the Room Reset
  • Chairside Reference: Eye Safety and the Controlled Room
  • Clinic Form: Laser Room SOP and Audit Checklist
  • Module 4 Knowledge Check: Eye Safety & Laser Room Safety

  • Four Decisions, Not One: The Pre-Treatment Safety Map
  • Absolute Versus Relative, and Treating the Risk in Skin of Colour
  • The Two Hard Warnings: Melasma, and Never Laser a Mole
  • Medications, Isotretinoin, Pregnancy and Scarring History
  • The Test Patch — Always, Then Wait
  • Consent — the Honest Version, Refusing Respectfully, and Aftercare
  • Chairside Reference: Contraindications, the Test Patch and Consent
  • Module 5 Knowledge Check: Contraindications, Client Selection & Consent

  • Expected Endpoint Versus Danger Endpoint
  • The First Ten Minutes: STOP–COOL–CHECK
  • Wound Care, Blisters, Red Flags and Talking to the Client
  • PIH and Hypopigmentation: The Delayed Complications
  • Scarring, Infection, Eye Symptoms and the Systems Response
  • The Prevention Hierarchy, the Room-Ready Kit and the Six Ideas
  • Module 6 Knowledge Check: When It Goes Wrong
  • Final Examination

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