Dr. Laxmikant Desai
Founder and Academic Director, Indian Institute of Aesthetic Medicine
PGIMER-trained dermatologist and medical educator shaping structured training in aesthetic medicine and medical cosmetology for doctors since 2011.
Lakshmikant Desai
FOUNDER AND ACADEMIC DIRECTOR, IIAM
Professional Profile
Dr. L.K. Desai is a senior dermatologist and the Founder and Academic Director of the Indian Institute of Aesthetic Medicine.
He completed his MD Dermatology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, and brings a specialist understanding of skin, hair, pigmentation, ageing, scarring and treatment response to the teaching of aesthetic medicine and medical cosmetology.
His earlier professional experience includes association with Inlaks & Budhrani Hospital, Koregaon Park, Pune.
Dr. Desai founded IIAM in 2011 to provide qualified doctors with a clinically informed and academically organised pathway into aesthetic practice. Since then, he has trained and mentored doctors in aesthetic medicine, medical cosmetology, trichology and related areas of clinical practice.
He is also invited as faculty and speaker at professional conferences, seminars and academic programmes.
Dermatologist’s Approach to Aesthetic Medicine
Aesthetic medicine is often reduced to a catalogue of procedures. Dr. Desai’s approach begins with diagnosis, indication, patient suitability and clinical judgement.
Skin type, pigmentation tendency, healing response, anatomy, ageing pattern, medical history and patient expectations all influence treatment selection and outcome. Procedural familiarity alone is therefore insufficient. A doctor must understand why a treatment is being considered, what it can realistically achieve, how it should be planned and where its limitations lie.
This dermatologist-led approach forms the clinical and academic foundation of IIAM.
Academic Leadership and Teaching Approach
As Founder and Academic Director, Dr. Desai guides IIAM’s programme structure, curriculum priorities and teaching standards
- clinical assessment and patient suitability
- indication-based treatment selection
- appropriate treatment planning and sequencing
- awareness of risks, limitations and complications
- realistic counselling, consent and follow-up
The purpose of IIAM training is not simply to introduce doctors to more procedures, but to help them make better clinical decisions around the procedures they choose to offer.
Clinical and Academic Interests
- Aesthetic medicine and medical cosmetology
- Clinical trichology and hair-loss management
- Pigmentation, acne and acne-scar management
- Chemical peels and skin rejuvenation
- Lasers and energy-based devices
- Facial ageing, injectables and facial sculpting
- Patient selection, treatment planning and procedural safety
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Professional Experience
Dr. L.K. Desai provides academic direction to IIAM’s principal clinical training pathways, shaping their structure, teaching priorities and standards of learning. His approach ensures that procedural education remains anchored in clinical assessment, patient suitability, treatment planning, safety and appropriate follow-up.
Alongside the Fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine, he also guides Focused Clinical Workshops designed around defined areas of aesthetic and dermatological practice.
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