Inside Aesthetics EP 138 Living with COVID - What Should Injectable Clinics Be Doing When Australia Opens Up Again? | Dr Nik Davies & Dr Andreas Fox
Episode 138 hosts Dr Nik Davies (GP & Medical Advisor for SILK Laser Clinics) and Dr Andreas Fox (Plastic Surgeon & Medical Director for Artisan Aesthetic Clinics)
Since June of this year, the largest states of Australia (New South Wales & Victoria) have been in harsh lockdowns and no injectable treatments have been allowed. But as vaccination rates slowly rise, preparations are underway for re-opening - but what will that look like exactly?
Injectors, clinic owners and practitioners may well be faced with some difficult decisions that have both financial and reputational implications.
A minority of clinics have controversially decided to go it alone and open despite the lockdown restrictions whereas the majority are awaiting for clear guidance from the government.
We'll be discussing: - our guests backgrounds and their roles within their clinics
- what date clinics may get the green light to open again
- what differences exist between the end of lockdown in 2020 vs 2021
- our patients mindsets: is there heightened anxiety or the opposite, COVID-apathy?
- insights into what our guests clinics have been doing behind the scenes to prepare for living with COVID when we open up
- how injectors have been upskilling and training in the extended lockdown
- the pro's and con's of virtual teaching
- the question of vaccination passports: will clinics be asked to refuse entry to unvaccinated patients and their own staff?
- is there a role for rapid antigen testing in the aesthetic setting?
- will we see the incredible demand and surge for treatment bookings again?