30
Jan
2025
30
Jan
2025
Harley Academy announces the launch of their Global Evidence Matrix (GEM) - the first standardised, evidence-based guide to carrying out injectable treatments for aesthetic medicine professionals.
Speaking at IMCAS Paris, Dr Tristan Mehta will highlight GEM’s role in driving product innovation, enhancing safety protocols, and delivering transformative training to shape the future of aesthetic practice at the Prollenium Medical Technologies symposium.
From February 2025, Harley Academy will oversee the full rollout of the GEM and is thrilled for practitioners to leverage this innovative tool to enhance their practice, foster learning, and strengthen safety measures.
GEM, reinforced through an accessible interactive tool:
More than that, it offers every user the chance to help shape the evolution of safe aesthetic practice.
Dr Tristan Mehta, Founder of Harley Academy comments:
"The Global Evidence Matrix represents a pivotal moment for our industry. GEM is more than just a framework; it’s a commitment to patient safety, clinical excellence, and the consistent delivery of natural, balanced results. By creating a universal standard, we’re not only empowering practitioners to elevate their skills but also ensuring patients around the world receive the highest quality of care. This is the future of medical aesthetics, and we are incredibly excited to lead the way with Harley Academy."
Science-Backed Guidelines
The GEM framework is crafted to provide consistent, science-backed guidelines for evaluating, standardising, and applying evidence across the aesthetics industry, internationally. Based on research carried out by Harley Academy’s Academic Director, the globally renowned anatomist and researcher Professor Sebastian Cotofana, the GEM aims to provide a robust, universal standard for safe injecting.
“Based on our recent research findings, this innovative curriculum integrates injector competencies, anatomic knowledge, and scientific evidence,” says Professor Cotofana. “I am confident this system will empower injectors globally to enhance their practice, ensuring safety and excellence in patient care.”
Enhancing Patient Outcomes via Experts
GEM aims to enhance patient safety, improve treatment outcomes, and support aesthetic practitioners in delivering balanced, natural-looking results across diverse regions. By collaborating with industry leaders, Harley Academy will showcase how products can be used effectively within GEM principles, setting a new benchmark for quality in the industry.
Through GEM, Harley Academy aims to equip trainees and practitioners not only with advanced anatomical and practical skills but also with the knowledge and confidence to choose the best products that deliver outstanding, safe results for their patients. Dr Tristan Mehta comments, “We’re thrilled to lead this transformative step forward in aesthetic education and patient care.’’
Industry-Leading Partnerships
Harley Academy has collaborated with industry leaders to introduce GEM internationally; the latest partners include Prollenium Medical Technologies and Sinclair, who join Allergan, Croma and HA Derma as key partners of Harley Academy.
“The partnership between Prollenium and Harley Academy represents an exciting opportunity to collaborate in advancing our shared commitment to delivering safe and effective facial aesthetic outcomes. Through a robust educational framework grounded in evidence-based anatomical knowledge and refined practical techniques, this collaboration aims to set new standards in aesthetic education and patient care.”
Ario Khoshbin, Founder of Prollenium
We’ll start by detailing exactly what GEM is and how it came about with input from its key players, Harley Academy Founder and CEO, Dr Tristan Mehta and our Academic Director, the renowned anatomist and researcher, Professor Sebastian Cotofana.
GEM is a set of principles developed to standardise our industry’s approach to delivering injectable treatments.
Split by skill level - developmental stage 1 (novice), 2 (intermediate), and 3 (expert) - GEM is a roadmap for the safe administration of every injectable treatment.
GEM is delivered via what’s essentially an interactive online textbook like nothing you’ve seen before in aesthetic medicine. At its heart is what Dr Tristan calls “the periodic table of injectables” - a universal framework applicable to any product range.
This walks you through every aspect of how to administer injectable treatments based on your experience level, using up-to-date, evidence-based information. The online GEM platform offers both ‘at-a-glance’ checklists and exquisite detail on how every treatment should be administered, alongside animations and video demonstrations.
These experience levels are based on published research undertaken by Professor Sebastian Cotofana, and a team including Dr Tristan Mehta and industry luminary, Dr Arthur Swift.
GEM uses exclusive video demonstrations, animations and online guides to cover how to administer injectable treatments, such as dermal fillers and biostimulators.
It breaks treatments down into facial zones and describes the ‘Key Concepts’ for each.
The individual guides that make up the matrix include the following information for each treatment within that zone, all evidenced with sources made available:
A high-definition, narrated video demonstration is available for every treatment, in every facial zone.
From lip filler to non-surgical rhinoplasty, every filler treatment is clearly set out in a standardised, evidence-based framework for the very first time. The fact that every aspect of GEM is based on real-world evidence which is regularly reviewed and tailored to your specific aesthetics experience level is what makes it so special and so unique.
If you’ve ever considered trying a new filler treatment but weren’t sure if it was ‘too advanced’, this will instantly provide the answer. It’ll also act as the perfect companion to your practical aesthetics training.
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