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Advanced Botox & Filler Certification Course

Botulinum Toxin & Dermal Fillers Level II

The #1 advanced live patient certification course for practicing injectors ready to expand their full-face treatment capabilities with neurotoxins and dermal fillers.

#1 Clinical Faculty

Actively practicing injectors

25,000+ Trained

Trained Medical Professionals

18+ Years

Training injectors since 2007

8,000+ Members

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Elevate Your Expertise in Advanced Facial Esthetics

AAFE’s Level II Botulinum Toxin and Dermal Filler courses are built for practicing injectors ready to go deeper. You’ll master advanced full-face neurotoxin techniques, precision dermal filler placement, and AAFE-exclusive protocols in hands-on training with live patients under the direct supervision of practicing expert injectors. Level II Botulinum Toxin and Level II Dermal Fillers are two separate courses most often taken together in a single training event. Whether you are ready to add new techniques or expand the complexity of cases you can confidently treat, AAFE’s Level II Botox & Dermal Fillers training is your next step.

What You’ll Learn

After completing these courses, you’ll be able to:
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Diagnose &
Treatment Plan

Evaluate patients and build advanced full-face treatment plans for optimal esthetic and therapeutic outcomes

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Inject With
Confidence

Demonstrate clinical proficiency in advanced neurotoxin and precision dermal filler techniques

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Expand Treatment
Capabilities

Integrate advanced botulinum toxin and dermal filler techniques into your work immediately

Complete Course Details

Everything you need to know about the Botulinum Toxin & Dermal Fillers Level II training

  • Patient assessment, evaluation, anatomy, and treatment planning for advanced botulinum toxin for  full face and neck
  • In-depth AAFE injection anatomy cadaver lab dissections for a deeper understanding of facial anatomy and safe injection techniques
  • Learn tight dilution for botulinum toxin treatment
  • Learn the AAFE precision botulinum toxin technique for next level esthetic results
  • Differential frontalis injection techniques for ideal therapeutic and esthetic treatment outcomes
  • Learn how to treat and balance the facial muscles for creating esthetic eyebrows and eyebrow sculpting
  • Eliminate “bunny lines” which will also help with upper lip lines
  • NEW!  The AAFE Exclusive Micro Botulinum Toxin lip flip plus technique – get more lip show without filler
  • Platysma neck bands treatment with botulinum toxin for downturned oral commissures and turkey neck
  • FDA protocol for chronic migraine treatment with botulinum
  • Precision gummy smile treatment for the best esthetic smile
  • Lower face neurotoxin for pebbled chin and frowning mouth corners
  • Learn safety and complication issues for advanced botulinum toxin injectable full face therapy
  • See intricate treatment video demonstrations of Level II botulinum toxin techniques
  • Learn how to integrate these advanced botulinum toxin techniques into therapeutic and esthetic treatment plans
  • Perform live patient treatment including comprehensive diagnosis,
    treatment planning, proper dosing and delivery of advanced botulinum neurotoxin
  • All necessary office forms, treatment forms, and informed consents required for treating patients immediately will be provided

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Evaluate how to diagnose, and treatment plan advanced botulinum toxin patients to achieve the best possible esthetic and therapeutic outcomes with injectable therapy
2. Demonstrate clinical proficiency and practice on live patients with the proper materials, techniques, and instrumentation necessary to deliver advanced botulinum toxin
3. Integrate advanced botulinum toxin therapy into your practice

  • Comprehensive patient assessment, evaluation, anatomy, and treatment planning for advanced dermal filler treatment
  • See a new level II look at facial aging and how to reverse it
  • How to use advanced hyaluronic acid dermal filler products
  • 3D injection anatomy AAFE cadaver lab vascular dissections for the best in safety and complication management
  • Anatomically based precision mid-face volumization and step by step cheek enhancements for esthetic lip lines and smiles for a wider smile
  • Myomodulation: how dermal filler treatment resets facial muscles for youthful facial movement and esthetic results
  • AAFE precision injection safety protocols for advanced dermal filler delivery
  • Next-level precision lip sculpting and enhancement techniques for beautiful lips
  • Philtral columns and cupid bow enhancement
  • NEW!  Full face solid dermal filler smooth PDO threads live patient certification now included in this training!
  • Precision use of hyaluronidase to dissolve dermal fillers
  • Dissolving unwanted lip filler buildup, migration, and the dreaded “lip mustache”
  • How to deal with safety and complication issues for dermal filler injectable therapy
  • Lower face volumization for the best lip lines and smiles lines
  • See intricate treatment video demonstrations of Level II dermal filler techniques
  • Learn how to integrate these advanced dermal filler techniques into therapeutic and esthetic treatment plans
  • Perform live patient treatment including comprehensive diagnosis, treatment planning, proper dosing and delivery of advanced dermal fillers
  • All necessary office forms, treatment forms, and informed consents required

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Evaluate how to diagnose, and treatment plan patients to achieve the best possible esthetic and therapeutic outcomes with advanced dermal fillers
2. Demonstrate clinical proficiency and practice on live patients with the proper materials, techniques, and instrumentation necessary to deliver advanced dermal fillers
3. Integrate advanced dermal filler therapy into your practice

Please Bring Your Own Model Patient

For the best learning experience, please bring your own model patient. This is a teaching course so please advise your model patient that they must be available for approximately 2-3 hours.

  • You and your attending team members may serve as patients
  • The AAFE does not provide model patients
  • It is possible that you can find a patient at the course but this is not guaranteed
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The comprehensive didactic lectures and clinical video lessons for these courses are Virtual On-Demand Modules which must be completed as a prerequisite to taking the live patient hands-on portion of these courses. Total CME hours are a combination of the virtual on demand module hours and the live patient instruction hours.

SCHEDULE

For schedule details, please contact our concierge team at conciergefacialesthetics.org or call 800-952-0521 ext. 3, and we’ll confirm your schedule for you.

Continuing Medical / Dental Education Information For Healthcare Professionals

THIS ACTIVITY IS JOINTLY PROVIDED BY MEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FACIAL ESTHETICS.

Credit hours posted are when both botulinum toxin course and dermal filler course are taken together even though they are two separate courses.  Hours will be rewarded only for the actual courses taken by attendee.

For full faculty biographies and full faculty disclosures click here: AAFE Clinical Faculty

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants involved in the care of patients.

Dentist Credit

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The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The American Academy of Facial Esthetics designates each of these individual activities for 10 continuing education credits per course.

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The American Academy of Facial Esthetics is designated as an approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2027. Provider ID# 321332

Physician Credit

Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of  18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification Board recognizes and accepts continuing education 18.25 contact hours from activities approved by AMA, ACCME, ANCC, AANP.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 ANCC nursing contact hours. Nurses will be awarded contact hours upon successful completion of the activity.

Physician Assistant Credit

Medical Education Resources has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 18.25 AAPA Category 1 CME Credits. Physician Assistants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 18.25 Interprofessional continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

It is the policy of Medical Education Resources to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.

Accreditation Statement

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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and American Academy of Facial Esthetics – AAFE. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Botulinum Toxin & Dermal Fillers Level I (or equivalent training)

Find a Training Event Near You

With events in 50+ cities every year, there’s always an AAFE training near you. Find your date and location below.

Last chance to register

Cleveland, OH

Oct 22-23, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM EDT

  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • Dermal Fillers Level 2
  • PDO Thread Lift Level 1

Last chance to register

Dallas, TX

Oct 22-23, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM CDT

  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • Dermal Fillers Level 2
  • PDO Thread Lift Level 1

Last chance to register

Minneapolis, MN

Oct 22-23, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM CDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Limited seats

Richmond, VA

Oct 22-23, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM EDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Last chance to register

Nashville, TN

Oct 23, 2026. 1-day event, starts 7:30 AM CDT

  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • Dermal Fillers Level 2

Madison, WI

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM CDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Nashville, TN

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM CDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

New York, NY

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM EDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Orlando, FL

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM EDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • Dermal Fillers Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Limited seats

San Francisco, CA

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM PDT

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

Scottsdale, AZ

Oct 29-30, 2026. 2-day event, starts 7:30 AM MST

  • Package: Core 4 Botox II
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 1
  • Dermal Fillers Level 1
  • Botulinum Toxin Level 2
  • TMJ & Facial Pain Therapy Level 1

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Real Stories From Real AAFE Graduates

Watch AAFE graduates share how facial esthetic certification transformed their practice and career forever.

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Dr. Grant Ritchey

DMD, Dentist for 30+ Years

"It’s a really good cross-pollination. My injectable practice benefits from the established relationships I already have with my patients. And I’m getting new dental patients because of the injectable side."

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Brittany Crivillaro

NP

"Just being able to do something I love every day and seeing happy patients has been a huge part of what’s motivated me to continue on this journey."

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Dr. Grace Chung

DDS

"It adds a little bit more with a little bit less effort, and it’s really been helping our bottom line."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before enrolling

It is an advanced live-patient certification course designed for practicing injectors looking to expand their full-face and neck treatment capabilities using neurotoxins, advanced dermal fillers, and smooth PDO threads.
It is open to licensed healthcare professionals, including Dentists, Physicians (MD/DO), Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Registered Nurses (RNs), and Physician Assistants (PAs).
You must have completed the AAFE Level 1 course or an equivalent introductory facial injectables training course, as well as the prerequisite virtual on-demand modules.
Topics include eyebrow sculpting, treatment of “bunny lines,” the Micro Botulinum Toxin “lip flip plus” technique, platysma neck bands, lower face neurotoxins (pebbled chin, downturned mouth corners), precision gummy smile correction, and FDA protocols for chronic migraines.
Topics include mid-face volumization, cheek enhancements, myomodulation (resetting facial muscle movements), philtral column and cupid’s bow enhancement, lower face volumization, and using hyaluronidase to dissolve filler or correct “lip mustaches.”
Yes, full-face solid dermal filler smooth PDO threads live-patient certification is now included in the Level 2 program.
Yes, attendees should bring a model patient who will be available for approximately 2 to 3 hours. Attending team members or colleagues may also serve as model patients.
Yes, injectable products used during hands-on clinical training—specifically 1 vial of neurotoxin and 1 syringe of filler—are included in the course tuition.
Attendees earn up to 18.25 CME/CE contact hours when completing both the advanced neurotoxin and dermal filler Level 2 modules together (10 CE credits per individual module for dental professionals).
Credits are accredited and accepted by major professional organizations including ADA CERP and AGD PACE (Dentists), AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Physicians), AANP (Nurse Practitioners), ANCC (Nurses), and AAPA (Physician Assistants).

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