With cosmetic medicine treatments becoming more popular by the day, offering minimally-invasive alternatives to traditional facelifts can provide your clinic with a service that can help you expand your customer base and boost your bottom line.
PDO threads are among the most popular of these treatments, offering an easy, pain-free and affordable way to address many of the common signs of aging. They can help patients correct fine lines and wrinkles, drooping or sagging skin, and lack of definition — all without the need to undergo surgery.
If you’re interested in providing PDO threads treatments at your clinic, or improving your skills as a practitioner, there are many different ways you can receive training and certification.
In this article, we’ll discuss some of the most common certification paths for PDO thread providers.
If you’re interested in providing PDO threads treatments at your clinic, or improving your skills as a practitioner, there are many different ways you can receive training and certification.
Medically reviewed by: Elizabeth Williams RN
Updated: 8/18/2025
American Academy of Procedural Medicine
The American Academy of Procedural Medicine (AAOPM) offers a one-day workshop on PDO thread lift training. The program covers how PDO threads can be used for a number of different applications, including lifting, volumizing and contouring.
At the AAOPM workshop, several board-certified physicians who perform PDO thread treatments frequently in their own practices lead attendees, giving them supervised and practical training on live models.
There are also video on-demand and virtual learning options, in addition to the hands-on learning.
The course is structured for nurses, dentists, physicians and others who want to master the techniques of PDO threads. It’s an intensive training that provides attendees with all they need to know to start performing the treatments themselves.
American Academy of Facial Esthetics
The American Academy of Facial Esthetics (AAFE) also offers PDO thread training, courses and ongoing events around the treatment.
The courses teach innovative techniques you can use to tighten and lift sagging skin. They also give people the skills they need to offer the skin rejuvenation service that can rebuild collagen, lift eyebrows and so much more.
Many of the courses that the AAFE offers that cover PDO threads are grouped together with other cosmetic medicine procedures. For example, some of the training courses listed on their website include PDO threads, Botox II and Dermal Filler II all within the same day.
In addition, the AAFE also offers a solid filler lifting PDO thread training course. It’s designed to teach new protocols that help practitioners implement PDO thread lifts effectively and comfortably into their offerings.
This course includes coverage of the newest products and techniques that can help your clinic stand out. You can search through the AAFE’s website to find upcoming events and courses.
Empire Medical Training
Empire Medical Training offers courses on PDO threads treatments — from beginner’s courses to those geared to practitioners with experience.
These courses are offered both in-person and online. The PDO Threads Training (Level I) course is specialized and designed to help all healthcare professionals who are looking to master the art of using smooth PDO threads.
The focus of that program is to cover the key techniques as well as patient selection strategies so that the clinic can enhance the aesthetic services it offers.
Empire Medical Training also offers video testimonials and success stories from various students who have taken their courses. This highlights the immense benefits they’ve been able to realize from learning how to perform PDO thread treatments — and how it could work for you as well.
V Soft Lift
V Soft Lift, one of the leading providers of PDO threads in the world, offers personalized training programs as well. Our goal is to educate practitioners, clinics and other healthcare providers on the benefits of PDO threads, as well as how best to use our high-quality threads.
The courses that we provide can be taken both in-person and online. They are conducted by some of the top instructors in facial injectables at the American Academy of Facial Esthetics, ensuring that you get the best information and education possible.
We offer many different types of courses, and they can be taken virtual, live or even privately.
For more information, contact us today.