Empire Medical Training vs. AMET: An Honest Comparison

Empire Medical Training offers 50+ workshops across six specialized academies — Aesthetic Medicine, Pain Management, Functional Medicine, Cosmetics, and Business & Marketing. You can train in Botox, fillers, PRP, cosmetic laser, PDO threads, IV therapy, hormone optimization, weight management, and dozens more procedures without switching training providers.

AMET's strength is its focused injectable curriculum. If you know you only want Botox and filler training, AMET's concentrated approach ensures you get deep practice in those specific procedures. But most practitioners discover that a single service line isn't enough to build a sustainable practice — and when you're ready to expand, you'll need a different provider. Empire's academy system is designed so you never have to start over.

Both Empire and AMET guarantee live-patient hands-on training in their injectable courses. This is a meaningful advantage over providers that use mannequins or simulation only. AMET promotes small class sizes, which can mean more individual instructor attention during your hands-on session.

Empire's hands-on format also features small instructor-to-student ratios, and adds the Empire Live Mentor™ monthly Zoom Q&A program after you complete a course — so you can bring real patient questions back to faculty during your first months offering new services.

AMET offers a membership with a 25% discount on additional courses and free follow-up seminars — a solid incentive if you plan to take multiple AMET courses. Empire's membership model goes further with unlimited-access tiers (Sapphire, Premier, Platinum, Diamond) that let you attend every course across all six academies for a single annual fee.

For a provider taking 3+ courses, Empire's unlimited membership typically delivers dramatically lower per-course costs than paying individually at any competitor, including AMET.

AMET runs courses primarily in select cities. Empire operates in 35+ US cities with monthly scheduling, plus livestream and on-demand options. If you can't travel to AMET's locations, Empire is far more accessible.

AMET focuses on injectables and aesthetic certification. If you want to add pain management, functional medicine, or business training, you'd need a different provider. Empire's six-academy structure means you can build an entire multi-service practice — from Botox to business plan — without ever switching training providers.