Botox Prices

It is a testament to the simplicity of the Botox procedure that the price is generally very low, for up to 18 months of positive results.

For instance, one treatment of Botox, on one area of the face (let's say the brow) you can expect to pay $400. If you wish to add other areas of your face to the treatment the price will go up, but not substantially.

The toxin that makes Botox so successful is relatively cheap on its own, and there is no anesthesia or operating room fees, with would normally drive up the costs on other cosmetic procedures. In fact one vile of the Botox serum costs your doctor around $20, which isn't really much at all.

The majority of the cost associated with Botox is the time and counseling provided by your physician. He or she, would have spent hour and hours learning and keeping up to date with innovations in the industry in hopes of maximizing your experience with Botox. Other than that, it is simply a matter of your doctor's time and energy.

Make sure that you are not suckered into paying for each individual injection. This does not guarantee results, and doctors who charge in this manner often dilute the potency of the injection so they can sell more syringes.

If the doctor insists that, this is how the pricing is done insist on the following volumes of active agent per dose:

• 30-50 "units" of Botox
• 60-200 "units" of Dysport
• 750-2,500 "units" of MyoblocTM

These doses are needed to get rid of the wrinkles on the majority of patients faces.

If you are really feeling the money crunch you may be tempted to look for the 'lowest possible price' on a Botox treatment. If this is the case please do so with caution.

Every doctor essentially gets their serum from the same place and they all generally pay the same price per vile. So if the price is substantially lower you have to ask yourself, where are these corners being cut?

Often the doctor, offering low prices is just looking to attract customers so he or she can gain practice. All you have to do is ask yourself: "Do I want to be someone's guinea pig?"