The WHY Is How Energy-Based Treatments Will Please Patients
THMA is pleased to have one the world’s foremost authorities on energy-based medicine teaching our new Energy-based Treatment Courses. Tracey Mancuso’s light and laser training will give providers a solid ‘how and why’ to provide patients with better and safer outcomes.
Energy-based medicine uses modalities like light, laser, radio frequency or ultrasound to rejuvenate the skin, improve skin texture, and remove imperfections such as scarring, unwanted hair or pigmentations. The new THMA Energy-based Treatment Courses will have three separate training components: 1. Basic Laser and Light, 2. Basic Radio Frequency, 3. Basic Multiple Modalities (ultrasound, EMS, plasma and more).
“I am excited to join the THMA team and deliver these courses,” says THMA clinical trainer Tracey Mancuso BScHS.
“It’s my passion. It’s what I do for a living.”
We are absolutely honoured to have Tracey sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience on energy-based medicine with THMA trainees.
Tracey has worked in aesthetic medicine for over 30 years and is now a Cosmetic Medicine Specialist in Ottawa. Her expertise in energy-based medicine has taken her around the globe, collaborating with nurses, plastic surgeons and dermatologists. She is one of only 100 people to hold the prestigious designation of Certified Medical Laser Safety Officer, and sits on two boards with the American Society for Laser Medicine.
Her dedication to elevating the standards of laser education and providing support to practitioners is what sets the new Energy-based Treatment Course apart from other training.
“The courses will cover not only the basics, but also the why,” Tracey explains. “People are often just trained how to use the devices, which is important. But this is just ‘button-ology’. As in what buttons do I press. I’m going to teach why you are pushing the buttons and what settings will get you optimal patient results.”
“It’s all about better results … and safety, safety, safety!”
The technology behind energy-based treatments, when applied with knowledge and skill, can provide patients with a markedly improved and smoother appearance. A great variety of conditions that can be treated, including:
- Wrinkles
- Pigmentation such as freckles, birthmarks or sunspots
- Facial and body hair
- Scars from injuries or acne
- Broken capillaries and blood vessels on the skin
- Rosacea and port wine stains
- Loss of skin firmness
“For a patient it makes more sense to have someone who is trained on how and why to use the energy devices and can provide a treatment that is tailored for the individual,” Tracey says. “With a well-trained provider, patients get way better outcomes and way safer outcomes, with fewer complications and less downtime.”
“I am so excited about the new courses!”
Training for the THMA Energy-based Treatment Courses will begin in November 2024 and run monthly. The 3-hour virtual Supplementary Course training is $500 (or $400 for THMA Members who have completed our Foundation Course). Tracey expects everyone will be happy and satisfied with the learning program.
“Nurses and physicians will definitely want to take this training If they want to go beyond the ‘button-ology’ and improve their patient results. They’ll learn how to deliver more energy to the tissue safely and optimize all their treatments.”