Everything is open, with two exceptions
The aesthetic medicine diploma, the nutrition programmes and every short course. Injectable training and aesthetic gynaecology are restricted further, and the table shows exactly how.
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Who can enrol in what,
and what you may lawfully do afterwards.
Two different questions, and most institutes answer neither properly. This page answers both, including the courses we will decline to sell you and the procedures your qualification does not permit you to perform no matter who trains you.
The full table What you may practise Foreign medical graduates
01 / The short version
Three answers,
Three answers,
before the detail.
If you only want to know whether there is something here for you, this is enough.
Six programmes, and one hard boundary
The cosmetology and trichology diploma, microblading and micropigmentation, BB Glow, and all the nutrition programmes except the clinical one. No injectables. That boundary is regulatory, not ours.
Two ways in from 10th pass
The cosmetology and trichology diploma, or the food nutrition and dietetics diploma. Both assume nothing and both are designed as a first qualification.
02 / Course by qualification
The full
The full
eligibility table.
Every programme we run, against every qualification we admit. Where a course is closed to you, the reason is given rather than implied.
| Programme | MBBS | BDS | BAMS | BHMS | Non-doctor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine PGDAM (formerly PGDCC) · three weeks, or three weeks online plus one week hands-on | Open | Open | Open | Open | Not open |
| Certificate in Botox & Fillers Two days, classroom | Open | Open | Not open | Not open | Not open |
| Certificate in Aesthetic Gynaecology Four days, classroom | Open | Not open | Open | Open | Not open |
| Advanced Diploma in Cosmetology & Trichology ADCT · three weeks, or three weeks online plus one week hands-on | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Microblading & Micropigmentation Four days, classroom | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| BB Glow Facial One day for doctors, three days for non-doctors | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Certificate in Skin & Hair Nutrition CSHN · one and a half months, online | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics PGDCN · two months, online | Open | Open | Open | Open | Not open |
| Diploma in Food Nutrition & Dietetics DFND · four months online plus a two-month supervised internship | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
✓ Open to you ✕ Not open, see the reason below Registered practitioners only wherever a medical qualification is shown.
Most of these exclusions are not ours. Botox and Fillers for BAMS and BHMS, and every injectable procedure for non-doctors, are regulatory limits that no institute in India can lawfully train around. Aesthetic gynaecology for BDS is our own judgement, and it is explained below.
03 / What each qualification means here
Read the row
Read the row
that applies to you.
The table says open or closed. This says what to do with that.
Qualification
MBBS
Everything is open
No programme we run is closed to you, and no procedure we teach sits outside what your registration permits. That is unusual and it is worth using. The doctors who build the strongest practices tend to stack a diploma with the injectable and intimate-aesthetics certificates rather than stopping at one.
Common combination PGDAM + Botox & Fillers + Aesthetic Gynaecology + Skin & Hair Nutrition
Qualification
BDS
Injectables are your advantage
You hold one of only two qualifications permitted to administer botulinum toxin and dermal fillers, and your existing facial anatomy training is directly relevant. In a market where most non-MBBS practitioners cannot offer injectables at all, that is a real and defensible edge.
Not offered
- Aesthetic gynaecology. Not a regulatory limit, ours: the programme assumes a clinical grounding in gynaecology that a dental qualification does not provide.
Common combination PGDAM + Botox & Fillers + Microblading & Micropigmentation + Skin & Hair Nutrition
Qualification
BAMS and BHMS
Everything except injectables
The aesthetic medicine diploma, aesthetic gynaecology, the clinical nutrition diploma and every short course are open to you. Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are not, and we will tell you that on the phone rather than after you have paid.
Where the value sits instead
- Aesthetic gynaecology. Trained supply nationally is small and your clinical background suits it.
- Energy-based and machine work, which carries no injectable restriction.
- Nutrition, where your prescribing position lets you go further than a non-doctor can.
Common combination PGDAM + Aesthetic Gynaecology + Microblading & Micropigmentation + Skin & Hair Nutrition
Qualification
Non-doctors
10th pass and above
Six of our nine programmes are open to you, including the full cosmetology and trichology diploma. What is closed is closed by regulation rather than by us, and no institute can open it.
Not available to you
- The aesthetic medicine diploma and the injectable certificate. Both teach procedures you may not perform.
- The clinical nutrition diploma. Therapeutic nutrition around a diagnosis is clinical work.
Common combination ADCT + Microblading & Micropigmentation + BB Glow + Skin & Hair Nutrition
04 / The second question
Being trained in something
Being trained in something
is not permission to do it.
This is the part prospective students are most often misled about, and the part that costs the most to get wrong.
What a non-doctor may not perform, whatever any certificate says
Any procedure that breaks the skin with a needle, or delivers a substance beneath it, is a medical act in India and is not open to a non-medical practitioner. In practical terms:
- Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers
- PRP and mesotherapy
- Any injectable procedure, however it is marketed
If an institute offers to train a non-doctor in these, the training may be real but the practice is not lawful, and the liability sits with the practitioner rather than the trainer. We decline that enrolment. It costs us the fee and we would rather lose it than have a former student in that position.
What a non-doctor can do is considerable and frequently undersold: the full range of machine-based treatments, chemical peels within accepted limits, advanced facial work, trichology, semi-permanent techniques and nutrition guidance. A well-run non-medical practice competing on skill rather than on price does not need injectables to be busy.
Regulation in this area is enforced at state level and does change. Nothing on this page is legal advice. If you are planning a service around a specific procedure, confirm the current position with your own council or a professional adviser before you invest in equipment.
05 / Trained outside India
Foreign medical
Foreign medical
graduates.
A question we are asked often enough that it deserves a straight answer rather than a phone call.
Your eligibility to enrol with us follows your eligibility to practise in India. Broadly:
- If your primary qualification is from a country recognised under the National Medical Commission's List 1, you can generally register and practise directly.
- If it falls under List 2, you will need to clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination first.
- If your qualifying country is not listed, practice in India is not currently available to you, and a course from us will not change that.
We would rather explain this before you book a flight. Send us your qualification and the country that awarded it, and a counsellor will tell you honestly where you stand.
Recognition lists are maintained by the National Medical Commission and are revised periodically. Verify your own position with the Commission. We are describing the general framework, not certifying your individual eligibility.
06 / What you receive
On certificates, diplomas
On certificates, diplomas
and the word degree.
Worth understanding before you compare us with anyone, because the distinction is real and it is routinely blurred.
What we run is vocational training
Every programme here awards an I2CAN qualification. The aesthetic medicine and cosmetology diplomas at Pune and Navi Mumbai additionally lead to an examination through the Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council and the Aesthetic Skin Technician certificate.
What we do not award is a degree
We will not describe a diploma as one. Vocational training and formal higher education are separate systems with separate regulators. Neither is the lesser thing, they do different jobs, but a vocational diploma is not a degree and calling it one helps nobody.
A certificate does not extend your scope
It records that you were trained. What you may lawfully perform is set by your registration, not by your training. A non-doctor holding a certificate in a procedure they may not perform is worse off than one who never took the course, because the certificate looks like permission and is not.
If you are comparing us against an institute advertising a university degree for a course of this kind, that may be entirely legitimate. It is still worth ten minutes checking which university, whether it is recognised, and what the degree actually entitles you to. The answer occasionally changes the comparison.
07 / Common questions
Questions we are asked
Questions we are asked
about eligibility.
Answered fully here rather than behind an enquiry form.
Doctors
Can a BAMS or BHMS doctor do Botox and fillers?
Not in India. Botulinum toxin and dermal filler administration is restricted to MBBS and BDS practitioners, so we do not admit BAMS or BHMS doctors to that certificate. Everything else we run is open to you, including aesthetic gynaecology and the full aesthetic medicine diploma, and there is a substantial practice to be built without injectables.
Can a BDS doctor take the aesthetic medicine diploma?
Yes, in full. You are also eligible for the injectable certificate, which most non-MBBS practitioners are not. The only programme we do not offer you is aesthetic gynaecology.
I am an MBBS graduate but not yet registered. Can I enrol?
Speak to a counsellor. Enrolment and practice are separate questions and the answer depends on where you are in the registration process. We will tell you plainly rather than take the booking and let you find out later.
Does a postgraduate qualification change what I am eligible for?
Not for admission. Our programmes are open on the basis of the primary medical qualification. It may well change what is useful to you, which is a better conversation to have with a counsellor than with a table.
Non-doctors
I am a beautician with ten years of experience. Can I do the aesthetic medicine diploma?
No, and the reason is not experience. That programme teaches injectable and medical procedures a non-medical practitioner may not perform, so completing it would leave you holding a certificate you could not act on. The Advanced Diploma in Cosmetology & Trichology covers the machine-based and clinical-adjacent work that is open to you, and for your route it is the more advanced qualification, not the lesser one.
Another institute is offering me PRP training. Should I take it?
We will not comment on another institute. What we will say is that PRP involves drawing blood and injecting it, which is a medical act. If you are not a registered doctor the training may be genuine but the practice is not lawful, and the liability is yours rather than the trainer's. Verify the position independently before you commit.
What is the minimum qualification to start?
10th pass, for the cosmetology and trichology diploma, the short certificates, skin and hair nutrition, and the food nutrition diploma. No prior professional experience is required for any of them.
Can I do the clinical nutrition diploma?
No. It teaches therapeutic nutrition for diagnosed conditions, deciding what someone with renal disease or uncontrolled diabetes should eat, which is clinical work and carries clinical responsibility. The food nutrition diploma is the open route, and skin and hair nutrition is the add-on if you already treat skin and hair.
Recognition
Is the certificate recognised?
Every programme awards an I2CAN qualification. The aesthetic medicine and cosmetology diplomas at Pune and Navi Mumbai also lead to an examination through the Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council and the Aesthetic Skin Technician certificate, issued in the student's own name and subject to renewal. What no certificate does, ours or anyone's, is extend your scope of practice beyond what your registration allows.
Is this a degree?
No. These are vocational diplomas and certificates, not university degrees, and we will not describe them as degrees.
Can I practise abroad with this?
Every country sets its own licensing requirements and no training certificate overrides them. If you are planning to practise outside India, check that country's regulator before you enrol rather than after.
Practical
What do I need to bring at admission?
Proof of the qualification that makes you eligible, and your registration details where the programme requires a registered practitioner. A counsellor will confirm the full list for the programme you are joining before you travel.
Can I book now and attend later?
Yes. An admission can be deferred and taken in a later batch. Confirm the terms with a counsellor at the time of booking so they are agreed in writing rather than assumed.
Nothing here fits me. Is there anything else?
Sometimes the honest answer is not yet. If nothing we run suits what you want to do, we will say so rather than sell you the nearest thing.
Still not sure where you stand?
Tell us your qualification. We will tell you what is open.
Which programmes you are eligible for, which you are not, and where it matters, what you would and would not be permitted to practise afterwards. That answer is free and it does not come with a follow-up campaign.
Check your eligibility
No pressure, no spam. We will tell you if nothing here fits.