Botox costing: Flat rate or per unit?

[gantily]

I've had botox and paid by the unit. The problem with this is there is no fixed price.

I have heard there are some clinics that just charge you a flat rate and give you the botox and fillers you need to achieve the best possible effect.

Which one do you guys think is the most cost efficient? I really like the idea of not being limited by "how many units" I can afford

[aaron]

It depends on how much the flat cost is!


if its only $200 then I would seriously doubt the doctor is going to put "enough" in. After all the botox costs them a fair bit of money too.

[Rollergirl]

As aaron said it depends on the flat cost.

I have come across flat costings as well. It usually seems to be done by celebrity doctors for, yes you guessed it celebrities and wannabe celebrities.

The flat cost is usually of the order of $15000US per treatment!!!!!!!!!!


I could buy the damn Botox factory for that cost. They had better give me all the Botox I need.

[jomol31]

Be careful with these sorts of flat costings.


I almost booked in to see someone who was doing crow's feet for $100 flat!

Then you read down, below the image, inside the graphic, in very very fine print.

I quote: "extra units may be necessary to achieve desired effect and can be purschased at $17.50 a unit."



Deliberately deceptive advertising in my opinion

[YummyMummy]

Yes, I agree! It's just ridiculous the sort of tricks these people use to bring you through the door! What's 5 units gonna do for you? Hmm... the quality of these "establishments" suggests probably a big bruise from the cut-price injector/hired gun and not a whole lot else!

Don't forget, what does the deception say about the medical ethics of the practitioners?

My doc charges $19 per unit for botox which I know isn't the cheapest, but I'd never go anywhere else.

[doctornev]

In Australia the vast majority of doctors charge on a "per unit basis." Even some of our world renowned dermatologists will charge pre unit rather than a flat fee.


From what I can gather Doctors who charge a flat fee charge a very high amount for their services. From the figures I have heard it often works out to a figure that would get you 3-5 times more botox (even a plastic surgeon rates) than could be possibly needed to achieve the same result.


So in short in Australia a flat rate is not the most efficient way to charge for botox.