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Would you come to my Botox clinic?

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WhoopsieFairy · 18/04/2022 05:04

Feel and look refreshed after your summer holidays abroad.

Would you be happy to receive Botox and filler treatments from a UK medically qualified doctor with PhD in skin regeneration and a background in plastic surgery? Currently not working as small children at home (childcare could be sorted out/hoping for more flexible work out of hospital).

We don't currently live in the UK but in a holiday destination favoured by Brits. If you were to go on holiday, would you be up for treatment, say within your hotel complex if I were to provide services right there?

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carefullycourageous · 18/04/2022 05:06

No, because Botox makes people look weird and these sort of treatments are exploitative.

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WhoopsieFairy · 18/04/2022 05:15

OK, you have clearly added value to this thread.

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carefullycourageous · 18/04/2022 05:23

@WhoopsieFairy

OK, you have clearly added value to this thread.

Don't ask for opinions if you don't want them. You are peddling treatments based on exploiting people's insecurity about their looks.

Namaste6 · 18/04/2022 05:25

And a good morning to you too @carefullycourageous . Your comments weren't necessary or helpful to the actual question.

Despite getting Botox myself OP, I don't think I would be inclined to get Botox on holiday (despite your experience) purely down to the timing issue - the 2 week check in/review/tweak if necessary. A standard 2 week holiday perhaps wouldn't allow for that sort of arrangement unless appointments were carefully planned for day 1? Do you have a resident, expat community there that you could develop and create more repeat business?

GeodesicDome · 18/04/2022 05:27

No. And I imagine the owners of said holiday complex might take a pretty dim view too.

Cheekymaw · 18/04/2022 05:29

Urgh be gone quack!

ZealAndArdour · 18/04/2022 05:33

I’m sure some people will love it, but it wouldn’t be for me. I want to go to a practitioner over a period of time so we can get things just right and review the results as they happen. I want to know I can easily access them with any issues, etc.

What would be your plan to manage a patient who developed ptosis after arriving back in their home country? Are they just on their own with it then? What about if you have a vascular occlusion on a patient due to fly home the next day? Does your insurance cover the costs of their extended stay and further medical treatment in country if needed? If they react to hyaluronidase?

I think the business model exploits the impulsivity of a certain kind of customer, the same ones who usually pay a set price to a cheap, woefully under qualified beauty therapist for several mls of filler and will have every last bit of it injected into their face regardless of whether it’s aesthetically indicated or not.

olympicsrock · 18/04/2022 05:36

No, it would put me off to know that it would be very difficult to get help if I was not happy or had a complication After I had gone home.

violetbunny · 18/04/2022 05:54

I regularly have Botox but it's not something I would ever do on holiday.
My regular injector knows me and has a record of exactly how much I usually have and where.
I also find when I have a new injector that sometimes it's necessary to go back after 2 weeks for the occasional touch up if something doesn't look quite right.

So for those reasons I would always stick with someone at home who I can go back to if required.

savedbyanalien · 18/04/2022 05:56

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savedbyanalien · 18/04/2022 05:58

I'm a regular Botox customer but I'd be wary getting it on holiday only because you're not supposed fly within a week of treatment, preferably two weeks...

Also, a lot of the Botox clinics offer touch ups after 2 weeks if the initial dose wasn't enough so I don't know if people would be put off by that.

But as a general concept, I'd love a Botox clinic in my hotel complex!

StoriedSally · 18/04/2022 06:00

No. The lack of aftercare, risks of complications in a foreign country would put me off, also the sense that this is a bit grabby, making money from holidaymakers who you’d know you don’t have time to offer proper aftercare too. Doesn’t feel very ethical.

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WhoopsieFairy · 18/04/2022 06:03

Thanks that's a good point. And yes the resident expat Community is very large and would be the more obvious go to community for sure.

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Monkeytapper · 18/04/2022 06:07

As other OP said, I always have to go a minimum of 2 weeks after for a tweak.

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WhoopsieFairy · 18/04/2022 06:11

@savedbyanalien

I'm a regular Botox customer but I'd be wary getting it on holiday only because you're not supposed fly within a week of treatment, preferably two weeks...

Also, a lot of the Botox clinics offer touch ups after 2 weeks if the initial dose wasn't enough so I don't know if people would be put off by that.

But as a general concept, I'd love a Botox clinic in my hotel complex!

Sorry, my previous reply didn't capture the poster I intended to reply to.

Yes the aftercare for sure would have to be carried out by somebody back home (although online communication could be an option, albeit never as good as in person).

I suppose you could only ever consider very minor injections if anything.

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ukborn · 18/04/2022 06:12

No. I'd be wondering what kind of follow up if something went wrong or the validity of your credentials - I don't know what qualifications are needed to do this kind of thing though.
Maybe if you were based in an upmarket spa where they have checked you out and your experience? But no I wouldn't have it from my hotel.

Jenjenn · 18/04/2022 06:24

I wouldn't because if anything went wrong it would ruin my holiday.

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WhoopsieFairy · 18/04/2022 06:25

@ukborn

No. I'd be wondering what kind of follow up if something went wrong or the validity of your credentials - I don't know what qualifications are needed to do this kind of thing though. Maybe if you were based in an upmarket spa where they have checked you out and your experience? But no I wouldn't have it from my hotel.

Thanks, yes that would inspire more confidence. Another good option. Just as info, in the UK anyone can administer Botox which I find a bit strange myself but there you go.

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Butfirstcoffees · 18/04/2022 06:27

No, I wouldn't do it. I would want someone I could return to easily. Some people may do, but I think its unlikey.

My aunt has hers done abroad, but thata because she is retired and spends 6-9 months a year, in the country she has it done in. That's the only person I know who would do this.

Cervinia · 18/04/2022 06:30

savedbyanalien what an awful thing to say. There is absolutely nothing wrong with growing old gracefully, I don’t look haggard and old and refuse to have it.

My lovely friend though whose been having it for years looks weird and shiny. You can only delay the inevitable for so long.

AchillesPoirot · 18/04/2022 07:17

@Jenjenn

I wouldn't because if anything went wrong it would ruin my holiday.

This

AtillatheHun · 18/04/2022 07:22

Definitely not. Having initial jabs and aftercare from a third party just isn’t feasible- do you think all the holidaymakers come from the same area and can go to the same UK aftercare person? Quite apart from which, anyone who has Botox will have it done three weeks before the holiday so it’s in place by the time of the holiday. Finally - if something went wrong, the users are covered by whatever insurance and legal framework is in place in your country and it won’t be covered by travel insurance. Only the absolutely nuts would go for this, like the people who get bum lifts and veneers in Turkey and then rely on the NHS to fix the problem.

AtillatheHun · 18/04/2022 07:24

(How do you propose online communication would top up areas which hadn’t been sufficiently treated in the first place by the way?)

TotallyTS · 18/04/2022 07:27

I wouldn't for the same reason as others. Follow up, aftercare and the advice about flying.
It's not the sort of holiday activity I'd be up for.

Your qualifications are attractive though as there's so many people setting up after very short courses that really worry me.

Surely most people want to use someone at home that gets to know them and they've built a relationship with.

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