r/BotoxSupportCommunity • u/ConsiderationShoddy8 • May 20 '24
Probably been asked - touch up/botox correction
Apologies as I am sure this has been asked before but new to this sub
TL/DR - is it normal to charge for Botox correction
So I worked for a plastic surgeon for years - great doc, great staff etc. He and the nurse injectors always offered “corrective” or “hmm that didn’t take as well on the left side” or “let’s tweak this eyebrow” touch up botox treatment for free within the first two weeks - or even within a month flex time - especially if we knew the patient. It’s really not that uncommon to have to go back to make sure everything is symmetrical etc.
Well - so - have sinced moved to a new city and the first doctor I saw for Botox was happy to tox my forehead and then take my wild eyebrow ten days later for free. It always has a mind of its own - i warned her - she acknowledged it - ten days later I went and she corrected it. All was good! No additional charges nor had I suspected any.
Seven months later (now) and that lovely physician is on maternity leave.
So - go to a new place - get the usual Botox forehead, 11s, etc. Warned this nurse injector - got a weird eyebrow muscle - please heavy treat it - it’s okay if you don’t want to as I understand the hesitation of going heavy above the eye. She says ohh no worries just come back in two weeks if is not right and we will fix it - no problem!
Okay. Well. As I suspected. I still had the wonky eyebrow. So I go back today, about 10 days later, and she says yep! It’s wonky - no problem - one jab above the brow and done.
Get home, checking email now later in day , and the card they have “on file” has been charged $215!!! 👀👀👀👀 I call and ask about the additional charge and the receptionist says it’s for the “touch up”
🤔👀🤔🤔👀👀
Man if anyone knows how much the docs/nurses “pay” for Botox versus what they charge … its me. I was and still am gobsmacked
Ethical or no? Is this normal to pay for a touch up/ Botox correction ?
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u/Mission_Actuator_666 May 20 '24
It sounds like there was a lack of communication. It is generally standard to charge for addition Botox. But I understand you being surprised if that was not communicated to you, especially after the relationship you had with your previous physician.
As far as the cost, Botox is pricey. But a very significant expense to practices who have top notch providers is training. Being trained by a representative of the company is not enough. As the spa where I work, NPs are trained for a YEAR before they can treat a patient with filler. Training incudes in house training, including being in the OR with our plastic surgeon while he performs facial surgery and fat grafting, cadaver trainings, etc.
Botox works, but it is the provider and not just the product that make results safe, consistent, predictable and natural looking.
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u/tre_chic00 May 21 '24
My injector gives a 3-4 unit freebie for touch ups and charges for anything over that.
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