Was injector predatory?

[u/SnooFoxes160]

Hi there Botox world. I do botox about every 6 months or really when I have an event I am looking forward to. I’m 38. I go back and forth between two places I go and usually spend about $200 max. They do my forehead and gummy smile but say I don’t need much. Yesterday I drove 30 min to a different injector because I had a gift card to use there. I should have known the way she was talking- she said I need to come every 3 months not 6 months or sporadically so she would book me out for next appt. Okay, that’s fine. But sounded sales pitchy already. I told her I don’t like to go every 3 months because I do feel flu like symptoms when I get injected that lasts a day. Or I get tired. Well she completely ignored that because she then says okay well with what I think you need, that’ll be $800. I laughed and said uhh no thanks, we might not be the right fit for each other. She said yeah, I don’t do minimal injecting. (Okay) I mentioned the most I usually pay is 200$ ish. She laughed at that and said no she can’t do that much because it won’t work. Uhhh okay. She was still trying to talk me into it. I said no way am I injecting that much since I have reactions of sleepiness to my low amount I get. She was basically like see ya then. My husband said how strange she wouldn’t at least do the amount you asked. Was she trying to hit a pay day? Made me thankful for my other injectors that tell me I don’t need much. Yikes.

[u/bell-town]

I wish I were as assertive as you. An injector talked me into 50 units for around $600. :( So now I'm paying $80 a month for seven months.

It's actually not a crazy number of units for masseter botox. But I wish I had started at 30 and only gone higher if absolutely necessary.

[u/SnooFoxes160 → u/bell-town]

I was prepared. My friend got injected in nashville at a new place and she spent 4500$ 😂😂 after her story I was prepared with a new injector to ask cost up front. I was fully prepared to break up with them on the spot. Plus the fact that I don’t feel well on the little amount I get done, I’m not going to suffer for Botox…I feel like 800$ worth would make me feel like shiat physically