Before the in-person training, students receive educational materials to prepare for deeper hands-on work.
The online portion may include foundation review, advanced facial anatomy, tissue assessment, posture and jaw relationships, TMJ and bruxism concepts, facial asymmetry, contraindications, sanitation, intraoral safety, glove use, and buccal massage preparation.
This allows students to arrive with a stronger theoretical foundation before moving into intensive practical work.

Day 1 begins with foundation-level review, but in more depth than the introductory program.
Students review facial anatomy, posture, tissue types, safety, contraindications, sanitation, client positioning, hand placement, pressure control, and full service flow.
This makes the Advanced program suitable both for students continuing after Foundations and for licensed professionals who are ready to enter a more intensive training from the beginning.

Students begin by observing and analyzing their own face and posture.
We look at facial structure, posture patterns, head and neck position, jaw tension, tissue density, tissue mobility, visible asymmetry, fullness or volume loss, and tension patterns.
The goal is to begin reading the face before applying advanced techniques.

Students deepen their ability to work with the whole hand, body support, pressure, tissue displacement, and non-sliding contact.
This part focuses on developing intelligent hands that can read tissue response, work deeply without aggression, and adapt to different faces.
Students also learn how to protect their own hands, use body mechanics, find support, and avoid relying only on fingers during deeper work.

Students continue working with different tissue depths: superficial, mid-level, and deep tissue work.
At the Advanced level, the focus becomes more specific: tissue restriction, tissue guarding, resistance, hypermobility, dense tissues, over-relaxed tissues, collagen quality, fat pads, volume loss, and how to know when to go deeper or reduce pressure.
This prepares students for advanced external sculpting and buccal integration.

Students learn how posture, jaw tension, neck position, shoulders, and the base of the skull influence facial tissues and facial structure.
This section prepares students to understand why advanced facial sculpting and buccal work require external preparation before deeper techniques are applied.
The focus is on creating a clear structural foundation before moving into advanced sculpting and intraoral work.

Day 2 focuses on advanced external facial sculpting work.
Students learn posture preparation, neck and shoulder work, scalp and skull release, jaw preparation, external cheek work, tissue softening, deeper facial sculpting, contour work, and preparation for buccal integration.
The external sculpting portion is essential because buccal massage is not performed on unprepared tissue.
Students practice advanced external work in pairs with instructor correction.

Buccal massage is taught as part of a complete facial sculpting session — not as a stand-alone technique.
Before intraoral work, the session includes posture preparation, external facial preparation, jaw release, tissue softening, client comfort check, consent, and glove use.
Students learn safe intraoral access, external support hand placement, internal hand work, communication during the session, pressure control, tissue release, and final balancing after buccal work.

Advanced students work with several service directions.
This may include an advanced external facial sculpting session, a full buccal and facial sculpting session, and adapted sessions based on client needs.
Students learn how to adjust the work depending on the face, tissue quality, jaw tension, puffiness, asymmetry, density, sensitivity, and client request.

Day 3 focuses on model practice and full-session integration.
Students work on models provided by the academy to practice assessment, external preparation, sculpting work, buccal integration, pressure adaptation, and full session flow.
Working with models allows students to experience different tissue types, facial structures, tension patterns, and real-life client variations.
This helps students move from practicing movements to applying the work on different real faces.

The training may include before and after documentation, student practice footage, model work documentation, and short video feedback.
Students learn how to use photo and video content ethically and professionally.
This helps build confidence, support learning, and create future portfolio or marketing materials when proper consent is provided.

Advanced training may include a short overview of facial tools.
The main principle is that tools are an extension of the hands. They are not the foundation of the work and do not replace hand skill.
More detailed tool education may be offered later as a separate add-on or online module.

Advanced training includes a more expanded marketing component than the Foundations program.
Students may learn how to explain facial sculpting, how to explain buccal massage, how to position services, what to film, how to use before and after content ethically, and how to begin packaging advanced facial sculpting services.
More advanced marketing support, Meta Ads setup, and business mentorship may be offered separately.

Advanced training is part of a longer professional pathway.
Future options may include mentorship, dry sculpting and myofascial facial techniques, tools education, hand care and practitioner longevity, refresher classes, advanced marketing support, and future certification pathway development.