Am I paying too much for a series of 46 Botox?

My fee is at the high end of Botox but the amount which I inject to produce the desired result is lower than average. I am judicious in use of the product and do not over inject. It is important to ascertain that your physician is not using gray market or imported Botox of questionable origin. We receive advertisements for off shore Botox almost daily and they go straight into the circular file. Also significant is whether your injector is a board certified plastic surgeon or a nurse. In my practice, patients pay for my expertise. Many local newspapers advertise for Botox by the area. I find this to be a come on. No two individuals require the same treatment and the ads do not clarify what is meant by an area. The key thing is to have confidence in your doctor's technique and in his integrity in disclosure and pricing. Ask about the price and number of units and, if a clear response isn't forthcoming, seek another opinion. Counterfeit product is definitely in circulation as some Floridians learned at great danger last year.

Some doctors charge per zone but as many patients require different units injected into the same zone depending on their muscle mass, other doctors have charged per unit.  The patient cost of Botox varies considerably from State to State and City to City.  There are doctors that are more expert than others in injecting Botox. It is not a black and white science.  The physician must know the anatomy and also evaluate your unique anatomy to determine what are the correct insertion sites to inject and how many units of Botox to inject. Leaving you with less wrinkles but a natural appearance and with little risk of a asymmetric eyebrows or a drooping eyelid comes with experience and talent. If the receipt is indicating you had 46 units, then the fee is in line with the upper range of normal and you are not being ripped off.
 

Ellie, You need to be more in charge of your care and you need a doctor that will be you partner not your boss. I think that every patient should know what I charge per unit botox  and be able to tell me what they can and are willing to spend. I will then tell them if that might or might not be what I feel is going to give them the best result.  The patient can then discuss their wishes and will be prepared for what it will cost  Sometimes I do not know exactly how much of a product I will use until I start working with it but more often than not I can give a very close estimate or exact cost. I do not think that you should shop for price as there are a lot of poor performers out there trying to give you a bargain and you might just get what you pay for plus a lot of misery.  All that being said, I think that that price  was a bit high  for 46 units of botox.