Growing up in Brazil, Dr Mauricio De Maio began his medical career at the School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo. While he originally applied to the medical school to become a psychiatrist, during his fourth year, he became fascinated by plastic surgery and obtained a Master’s and a doctorate degree. “It was during this time that I saw how incredible a surgical transformation could be, and how making changes to a patient’s features that they were unhappy with, on the face or body, could lead to a change internally. I found this to be extremely powerful, so I decided to move into this area of speciality,” he notes. In the mid 90s, Dr De Maio noticed the rise in non-surgical aesthetic treatments, particularly injectables, and began to branch out into offering non-invasive options.
However, after working in the industry for several years, he found that there was a lack of a systematic approach to performing these injectables. Passionate about both aesthetics and education, Dr…