Beyond the Needle: What Every Injector Should Know About Skin

What does it really mean to treat the whole face - not just the muscle, the wrinkle, or the volume loss?

Join Dr. Sherrif Ibrahim, MD, PhD and Dr. Christian Subbio for a conversation about the role skin health plays in creating better, more comprehensive aesthetic outcomes. Together, they’ll explore how injectors can expand the way they assess and treat their patients, think beyond injectables alone, and incorporate a deeper understanding of skin into the overall treatment plan.

From everyday patient recommendations to the treatments and technologies that can take results further, this discussion is about seeing the bigger picture - and becoming a more complete aesthetic provider.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for an audience of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other licensed aesthetic providers who perform injectable treatments and are involved in developing comprehensive facial aesthetic treatment plans.

Learning Objectives

Identify the role of overall skin health in achieving comprehensive aesthetic treatment outcomes.
Evaluate patients beyond isolated concerns such as wrinkles, muscle movement, or volume loss by incorporating skin quality into the aesthetic assessment.
Describe how injectables, skincare, energy-based devices, and other skin-focused treatments can work together within a comprehensive treatment plan.
Develop appropriate skin-health recommendations based on individual patient needs, goals, and treatment priorities.
Integrate a broader understanding of skin health into everyday aesthetic practice to support more complete, individualized patient care.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

Course summary

Available credit:

1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
Physician Associates
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1.00 ADA CERP
Dentists
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1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physicians
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1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 1.00 ANCC contact hours
1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Non-MD
Non-Physicians Seeking AMA Credit
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Course opens:

10/16/2026

Course expires:

01/16/2027

Cost:

$0.00

Rating:

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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content. If you would like to opt out from future communications from AKH please send an email to [email protected] with your information with "Opt Out" in the subject line.

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