Practitioners
Hands-on aesthetic medicine training for appropriately licensed medical professionals who need supervised live-model experience.
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Comprehensive aesthetic medicine
Esthetic Models
A founder-led pathway for live-model aesthetic training, patient-centered technique, and waitlisted access to vetted Esthetic Models practitioners.
Led by Valentina Hadland, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, AAMEP
20 years in aesthetic medicine
Thousands of clinicians trained nationally
Florida and New York patient waitlist
Beta sites in additional states under construction
Why it exists
Better training begins when the industry stops learning in isolation.
Esthetic Models is built from Valentina Hadland's conviction that aesthetic medicine needs more than online teaching models and simulated faces. It needs mentorship, collaboration, and real hands-on experience with model patients under experienced supervision.
The goal is simple: elevate patient care by giving appropriately licensed practitioners a more secure pathway into the technical, artistic, and judgment-heavy work of treating the face.
Models and patients
A clear path to waitlisted model opportunities and patient appointments with a focus on consent, supervision, and patient-centered care.
See model pathwaysProvider partners
A collaborative network for experienced injectors and educators who believe better mentorship can raise the standard of care.
Partner with usThe standard
Teaching excellence in injection patient care.
"Everybody needs hands-on." That belief shapes the Esthetic Models pathway for practitioners, model patients, and provider partners.
A more secure pathway
Online teaching models and simulation can introduce concepts. Esthetic Models is built around supervised, hands-on experience where technique, judgment, and safety can mature together.
Real model care
Live-model education gives practitioners a way to learn the face as a living, individual canvas while keeping patient care at the center of the room.
Excellence by repetition
A high caliber of technique is earned through mentorship, disciplined practice, and the courage to keep learning beyond the comfort zone.
Valentina Hadland, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, AAMEP
Decades of clinical mentorship, distilled into a new pathway.
Valentina Hadland entered aesthetic medicine through surgical mentorship with Dr. Norman Hugo, Chief of Plastic Surgery at Columbia Hospital in New York City. She has worked in aesthetics for 20 years, served as a national educator for Esthetic Skin Institute, and trained thousands of physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses in advanced aesthetic techniques.
Meet the founderLimited access
Patients are already waiting to see vetted Esthetic Models practitioners.
Availability is limited across Florida, New York, and new beta sites now under construction. The waitlist is the front door for patient appointments, model opportunities, training interest, partnerships, and media requests.