Can a Primary Care Doctor - Internal Medicine, Inject Juvederm Fillers and Botox Cosmetic?

"Can a Primary Care Doctor inject Botox?" is a different question than "Should a Primary care Doctor inject Botox?" The answer to the first question is yes, the answer to the second is obviously not.  A Primary Care Doctor has no formal training in injectables, no formal training in facial anatomy, no training in surgical/ nonsurgical aesthetic facial rejuvenation during residency or post-graduate medical education.  Although your Primary care Doctor is likely to be less expensive than your Facial Plastic Surgeon or Plastic Surgeon, the results may be unpredictable.  The companies that produce neurotoxins and fillers cannot regulate who they sell their products to and in the State of Florida, a license to practice Medicine allows any Doctor to perform Aesthetic Medicine.  However, I don't deliver babies and I don't take out gallbladders since I don't have any particular expertise in doing so.  The same logic should apply to injectables, but poor reimbursement in medicine has changed the rules.

Legally any physician with a license can inject dermal fillers and Botox but the question is should they? It really depends of training and experience. A License doesn't make you a good injector. It's having an eye and the touch for aesthetics as well as skill and training. Typically a Plastic Surgeon and Dermatologist have advanced training in Skin Rejuvenation methods and placement of product.

Certainly, it is allowed for an internist to do cosmetic injections, but wouldn't you rather have the expert's expert do the treatment on you?  Dermatologists and plastic surgeons do the most treatments with fillers and botox. Having a good understanding of the anatomy and how the fillers / botox work help your expert give you a better treatment.