Clarius presents two new on-demand webinars that highlight the transformative role of ultrasound in enhancing safety, precision, and efficacy in aesthetic procedures. 

In the first webinar, Dr. Stefania Roberts demonstrates the use of ultrasound for guiding botulinum toxin and filler injections, ensuring improved accuracy and minimizing complications. The second webinar features Dr. Karina Ravera, who introduces ultrasound-guided Botox injections, offering a safer, more effective approach that enhances results while reducing risks. Both presentations feature the Clarius L20 HD3 ultrasound scanner, providing real-time, high-definition imaging to elevate patient outcomes in aesthetic practices.

Webinar: Unlocking Aesthetic Excellence: The Power of Ultrasound Visualization 

In the dynamic world of medical aesthetics, staying at the forefront of innovation is considered essential for delivering the best results to your patients. For many aesthetic clinicians, including Dr. Stefania Roberts, a renowned cosmetic physician, phlebologist, and ultrasound expert, handheld ultrasound is the newest innovation that is helping to ensure the safety and accuracy of Botulinum (Botox) and filler injections.  

Dr. Roberts joined Clarius to present a practical webinar to demonstrate ultrasound techniques for identifying anatomy that she uses day-to-day at her aesthetic practice in Victoria, Australia. Watch the one-hour webinar that is now available on demand: Ultrasound-Powered Aesthetics: Precise Masseter and DAO Botulinum Injections and Perioral Filler Placement. Scroll down for highlights of the presentation and brief video demonstrations using the Clarius L20 HD3. 

Ultrasound guidance in masseter and DAO botulinum injections 

Dr. Roberts emphasizes the pivotal role of ultrasound in ensuring the safety and accuracy of botulinum toxin injections. By visualizing the three distinct heads of the masseter muscle – deep, intermediate, and superficial – clinicians can precisely distribute the toxin, thereby preventing the unwanted “dullness” or bulging that can arise from uneven dosing.

Similarly, ultrasound guidance proves invaluable in depressor anguli oris (DAO) injections. By accurately identifying the DAO and its neighboring muscles, clinicians can minimize the risk of inadvertently injecting the depressor labii inferioris (DLI), which can lead to an undesirable skewed smile.    

VIDEO: Botulinum toxin injection into masseter 

Watch this video to see Dr. Roberts identify the 3 bellies of the masseter muscle and guide her injections into each of the bellies to avoid paradoxical doubling-up of the masseter. 

Ultrasound guidance in perioral filler placement 

The perioral region, with its intricate vascular network, demands meticulous attention during filler injections. Dr. Roberts highlights the superior and inferior labial arteries as critical considerations.

Ultrasound imaging enables clinicians to visualize these vessels, ensuring that filler injections are placed in the safe subcutaneous plane, minimizing the risk of vascular occlusion, a potentially serious complication. 

VIDEO: Treating perioral rhytides with filler injections 

It’s important to avoid the inferior and superior labial arteries when injecting the lips with filler. In this video, Dr. Roberts demonstrates how to identify the location of these vessels using the Clarius L20 HD3 prior to injecting to avoid complications. 

Clinical benefits of ultrasound demonstrated by Dr. Roberts 

• Ultrasound enhances the precision and safety of both botulinum toxin and filler injections. 
• Visualizing the masseter muscle heads aids in the even distribution of botulinum toxin, preventing unwanted side effects. 
• Identifying the DAO and DLI reduces the risk of skewed smiles associated with DAO injections. 
• In perioral filler placement, ultrasound guidance helps avoid vascular occlusion by ensuring accurate filler placement. 

Avoid vascular complications and confirm filler placement by looking under the skin with high-definition ultrasound 

Medical aesthetic practitioners, including Dr. Stefania Roberts, are using the Clarius L20 HD3 – the world’s only ultra-high frequency ultrasound in a wireless scanner for clear imaging of the skin, muscles, vessels, and fascia to help ensure safe and consistent outcomes. It’s the only specialty-designed handheld ultrasound with ultra-high frequency of 20 MHz. Wireless and affordable, it delivers exceptional superficial imaging to 4 cm with an easy-to-use app for your iOS or Android device. 

If you’re new to ultrasound, check out Clarius' new T-Mode AI, a groundbreaking educational technology to help new users to ultrasound advance their image interpretation skills using Clarius handheld scanners. It overlays distinctive colors, patterns, and labels to instantly identify and differentiate anatomical structures and tissue layers during aesthetic exams. 

Learn more about Clarius for aesthetics or book a personal, virtual demonstration with a Clarius expert to discuss if Clarius is right for your practice.

Further Your Expertise in Aesthetic Ultrasound

Unlock the full potential of ultrasound in your aesthetic practice with tools that empower precision and safety. Pair the advanced capabilities of the Clarius L20 HD3 scanner with the invaluable insights from Ultrasound Protocol for Facial Aesthetics by Drs. Stefania Roberts and Kathryn Malherbe. This comprehensive textbook offers a deep dive into facial anatomy under ultrasound, making it an essential resource for every clinician looking to enhance their expertise.

Webinar: Ultrasound-guided Botox Injections: A Safer, More Effective Approach 

Over the years, Clarius has presented many educational webinars focused on facial mapping and ultrasound-guided filler procedures to help improve patient safety. However, even though Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections are widely considered to be the most commonly performed procedure in cosmetic surgery, Clarius education hadn’t focused on ultrasound guidance techniques that take individual anatomical variations into consideration. That is, until Dr. Karina Ravera showed them how to perform ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections in the face and neck with the best therapeutic results. 

During a one-hour webinar presented in Spanish, Dr. Ravera demonstrated her proven techniques using the Clarius L20 HD3. You can watch it on demand at your convenience: Inyecciones eco-guiadas de toxina botulínica: éstos son los pasos para realizar inyecciones faciales y cervicales de manera segura y eficaz. 

Read on for highlights of her presentation translated into English. 

Are you ready to take your Botox injections to the next level? 

Botulinum toxin injections are one of the most popular treatments offered by aesthetic professionals. While Botox is generally safe, complications can occur, especially when injections are performed blindly. 

A new technique, ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections, is gaining popularity. This technique uses ultrasound to visualize the muscles and surrounding structures in real time, allowing for more precise and safer injections. 

Benefits of echo-guided injections 

• Increased Safety: By visualizing the structures, practitioners can avoid injecting into the wrong muscles or blood vessels, reducing the risk of complications.    
• Improved Efficacy: Precise placement of the injections ensures the botulinum toxin reaches the targeted muscles, leading to better results.    
• Reduced Dosing: Accurate placement may allow for lower doses of botulinum toxin to be used, potentially saving patients money.    
• Natural-Looking Results: Precise injections help to achieve a more balanced and symmetrical appearance.    

How echo-guided injections work 

1. Ultrasound Visualization: The practitioner uses an ultrasound device to visualize the muscles and surrounding structures in the treatment area.    
2. Precise Needle Placement: Guided by the ultrasound image, the practitioner inserts the needle into the exact location for optimal results.    
3. Real-time Monitoring: The ultrasound allows the practitioner to monitor the injection in real-time, ensuring the botulinum toxin is delivered to the correct muscle.

Video Tutorial: Parotid Botulinum Injection 

Watch this 2-minute video to see Dr. Karina Ravera treat parotid hyperplasia by using ultrasound to identify the superficial lobe, and then guiding her injection to avoid the facial nerve. 

Improve patient safety with high-definition ultrasound  

Dr. Ravera uses the Clarius L20 HD3 ultra-high frequency wireless handheld ultrasound scanner for facial aesthetic procedures. Designed to provide extremely high image quality in the near field, from the skin line to 4 cm, the Clarius L20 HD3 is ideal for a variety of clinical settings requiring superior superficial imaging. It is the only handheld ultrasound with ultra-high frequency of 20 MHz. Wireless and affordable, it delivers exceptional superficial imaging with an easy-to-use app for your iOS or Android device. 

Learn more about Clarius AI-powered ultrasound on its aesthetics specialty page. Or contact Clarius for a personalized virtual demonstration.   

Improve patient safety and trust with Clarius HD3 high-definition ultrasound for facial aesthetics. Get clear imaging of the skin, muscles, vessels and fascia in real time to safely guide procedures, such as cosmetic fillers, and confidently treat complications. AI-powered features such as voice controls and T-Mode AI help streamline workflows and make learning ultrasound easy. Learn more at clarius.com/aesthetics.