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Radha Thambirajah will be back in Sydney, after a sold out workshop in 2018, to teach her Cosmetic Acupuncture course – both the Foundations and Advanced.

The skin reflects what is going on within, and is subjected to our daily dietary and lifestyle choices. Beauty does comes from within, but it can also be enhanced by many artificial and invasive methods from outside. However, for lasting healthy skin, one must manifest good health and a tranquil mind. This is where acupuncture can help.

This course aims to discuss the theory and practice of balancing energetic states of the body and mind to treat problems of the skin, the connective tissues and sagging and postural issues related to ageing.

This course will be hands on, with demonstrations and plenty of opportunity to practice under Radha’s guidance

Foundations Course: 31st January – 2nd February 2019

The Foundations Course starts at the skin, as a deep understanding of this structure is essential when practising Cosmetic Acupuncture and Acupuncture for Dermatological Diseases.

Participants will learn three protocols of practice for each therapy:

1. Body acupuncture for balancing energies to correct the cause of the problem
2. Local treatment on areas of sagging/wrinkling/pigmentation/cellulite etc
3. Advising the patient on diet and lifestyle in order to stablise the effects achieved

What You Will Learn

Theory: The Skin

• Skin Types
• Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment

Cosmetic Acupuncture

• Face and chin sculpting
• Saggy skin (improving muscle tone)
• Fine wrinkle needling
• Deep wrinkle needling
• Wrinkle treatment (with gua sha, plum blossom and posture corrections)
• Oedema of the eyelids, face and extremities
• Dark rings around the eyes
• Cellulite treatment
• Abdominal lifting
• Obesity and weight reduction
• Hair loss

Dermatology

•  Acne
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Hair loss
• Vitiligo
• Keloids
• Herpes
• Excessive sweating
• Bells Palsy

Acupuncture protocols (local needling techniques and energy balancing methods)

Advanced Course: 4-5th February 2019

The Advanced Course is designed for participants who have completed the Foundations Course. It will take you to a high level of theory and practice, and there will be further discussion on specific topics.

What You Will Learn

Acupuncture Points, special needle techniques and extraordinary therapies used in the treatment of dermatological problems

• General points
• Special points
• Special treatment techniques including bleeding technique
• Extraordinary therapies – local needling, moxibustion, plum blossom tapping, electrical needle stimulation

Discussing skin diseases with differential diagnosis and treatment

• Severe dry skin
• Unexplained itching
• Eczema – Wind-heat type and Damp-heat type
• Acne – Acne vulgaris, prickly heat type acne and acne rosacea
• Psoriasis – Damp-cold type and Damp-heat type
• Warts – plantar warts, warts on the dorsum of hand, on the palm
• Alopecia – areata or spot baldness, general loss of hair
• Excessive sweating – hot sweating, cold sweating, axillary sweating, sweating in hands or feet
• Urticaria
• Pigmentation problems – vitiligo, hyperpigmentation, age spots
• Appearance of spider veins or capillaries
• Foot fungal infection, fungal infection anywhere else in the body

Cosmetic acupuncture topics are:

• Five element facial types – their special problems and how to remedy these
• Triple Warmer face types – again their peculiarities and treatment
• Breast lifting with acupuncture
• Enlarging small breasts
• Breast reduction
• Deep wrinkle treatment
• 13 Point protocol for weight loss
• Varicose veins
• Thread veins
• Improving needling technique for face lifting
• Improving your gua sha technique
• Improving cupping technique
• Improving plum blossom tapping technique

Details & Tickets

Dates

• FOUNDATIONS: 31st January – 2nd February 2019
• ADVANCED: 4-5th February 2019

CPD Points

• FOUNDATIONS: 20 CPD Points
• ADVANCED: 13 CPD Points

Foundations Pricing

• Student Early Bird (expires 11th January 2019) – $695
• Practitioner Early Bird (expires 11th January 2019) – $795
• Student – $750
• Practitioner – $895

Advanced Pricing

• Student Early Bird (expires 18th January 2019)  – $395
• Practitioner Early Bird (expires 18th January 2019) – $495
• Student – $450
• Practitioner – $595

Combined Tickets (Foundations and Advanced)

• Student Early Bird (expires 11th January 2019) – $990
• Student – $1100
• Practitioner Early Bird (expires 11 January 2019) – $1100
• Practitioner – $1300

Includes morning & afternoon tea

*Cancellations: Registrations cancelled up to 1-week prior to seminar will be refunded less 20%. We regret that refunds are not otherwise possible.