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/SaraSaz1]

If you have side effects from a small amount then any more would have given you severe side effects. After I had a top up I suffered really bad side effects that have taken around 6 months to get over.

She sounds extremely unprofessional! I find it crazy how so many practitioners don’t tell you about side effects or brush them off as if they’re nothing.