Comparing The Price Of Botox and Aesthetic Skin Treatments
Compare Apples with Apples to Avoid Rotten Eggs
When embarking upon searching for a professional skin clinic, you will soon learn that there are many clinics, practitioners, treatments and brands of products - all with varying prices. This can certainly lead to confusion when you are trying to get the best experience and results for your money, but it could also be a risk to your safety. Below we will discuss some key considerations to use when comparing prices of aesthetic treatments, clinics and practitioners.
Treatment prices will encompass a variety of components that should be considered when you are searching for aesthetic skin clinic . When an aesthetic skin clinic or practitioner is deciding upon the price they charge for any given treatment, they will be considering the following points and you should too!
How much experience do they have to deliver safe and effective treatment results?
This is a vital component of the treatment price. Consider if cheap treatments will be delivered by a health professional whose experience is really reflected within their price. An experienced aesthetic practitioner, who invests in their continuing education, will unlikely be your cheapest option. As the saying goes… You get what you pay for!
What brand of product do they use or prescribe for their patients?
There are a variety of manufacturers that produce products for aesthetic treatments, all with varying degrees of effect and action, as well as differing levels of expense to your practitioner. If a practitioner is choosing to prescribe a more expensive brand for you, this will likely be reflected within the price that they charge. For instance, at Lumiere MediSpa we prescribe and use Allergan Botox, the original Botulinum Toxin brand, for our anti-wrinkle injections. It also happens to be the most expensive toxin brand for us to prescribe, but we use this because it has the longest safety profile and predictable outcomes, keeping you the safest we can. We would never risk your safety to charge £50 less.
Are the clinic premises suitable to provide medical aesthetic skin treatments?
Medical aesthetic treatments should be provided within a safe and clean environment that is fit for the purpose of providing medical treatments. A room rented by the hour at the back of a hair or beauty salon is not appropriate. Ensure that when you are considering the price of botox, dermal fillers or any kind of aesthetic skin treatment, that you find out where the practitioner operates from. A practitioner who has taken the time, effort and expense to ensure that the treatment setting is safe for you will not be providing cheap aesthetic treatments.
Your individualised treatment plan.
Prices will vary depending upon your individual skin concerns and what you are looking to achieve. Aesthetic treatments are not a “one size fits all” approach, especially if the practice values your individuality. For instance, where one patient has worked outside all of their life and the another has worked in an office, yet both want to look fresher in appearance. The person working outdoors is likely to require a completely different treatment plan to achieve this goal, which may include several different treatments, that will undoubtedly be more expensive . For this exact reason, it is best to enquire about the price of any treatments during a consultation, rather than over the phone or email. Your practitioner can then advise you accurately based upon the individual result you want to achieve .
You may find it useful to read this journal post in conjunction with one of our other posts “Questions You Should Ask When Looking For Aesthetic Treatments In Oxford”
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PLEASE NOTE: Botox is one of many Botulinum Toxin Type-A medication manufacturing brands and is a prescription only medication that requires a face to face consultation with a prescribing medical practitioner. The term "Botox" used within this article reflects the common public terminology of wrinkle relaxing treatments and is not specific to a manufacturing brand, nor does it denote that a treatment is appropriate for any individual.