FACIAL AESTHETICS - STARTING OUT

Facial Aesthetics - Starting Out
Dr Bob Khanna Training Article
Publication: Dentistry Clinicial


You were the first dentist in the UK to get involved in facial aesthetics. How did you first become interested in this area? In 1996, whilst on an implant training programme in Canada organised by Dr Carl Misch, I was introduced to a few dermatologists who recommended I visit the eminent Doctors Jean and Alastair Carruthers who had discovered the cosmetic use of Botox in the early 80s.

After watching them perform a few procedures on patients I was incredibly inspired. On my return to the UK I began to research the full spectrum of non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures
that were possible, attending masterclasses by Professor Tim
Flynn (North Carolina, USA) and Dr Phillip Levy (Geneva,
Switzerland).

Since then, I have been heavily involved with the facial aesthetics industry and have helped modify and develop techniques to enable the treatment to be performed in a virtually pain free manner. Due to the fact that there were no formal hands on training programmes available and the fact that I was constantly being asked by colleagues for training, I felt it was important to form the Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute in order to help create a standard for the practice of botulinum toxin and dermal filler treatments in the UK.