Would you come to my Botox clinic?

[WhoopsieFairy]

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?

savedbyanalien What a ridiculous comment.
OP despite your credentials I wouldn't, because of the reasons already given.

Thanks all, the general consensus of no because it's not at home with regards to aftercare, complications etc make perfect sense. Better to do it properly at a clinic!

No, not on holiday. If I were to have it, I’d do it before I went away.

I personally wouldn't as I would want to go to my regular doctor. However I've been on cruise ships where the doctors on board do offer botox treatment, so there's obviously a market there and your idea may work.

Hell no.

Why? Because I always like to go for my check up 2/3 weeks later. And invariably they do a little top up then

@WhoopsieFairy

OK, you have clearly added value to this thread.

You see I wouldn’t expect this kind of sarky response from someone proposing what you are

I wouldn’t get Botox on holiday. I’ve never had it IRL either though (and I don’t look ‘haggard and old’).

Botox seems like an awfully expensive way to try to stay looking younger. I’m not saying I’ll never do it but I’m going to see if I can get away without it as I have so many other financial obligations.

No, I already look very young thank you very much.

@sobby49

No, I already look very young thank you very much.

No that’s not what I go on holiday for. I would worry about credentials too- I would assume someone that had them would be working in a proper clinic able to give proper aftercare and not doing transient tourists who they will never see again.

Also whilst I know there is a market for Botox it is the kind of thing I think people should go looking for to a specialist clinic, not the kind of thing that is casually shoved in women’s faces around every corner.

No, I don’t think so. I think if you were based in the UK then you would be fine but I would be very put off by the fact that if I was unhappy/had a complication I could not get it sorted out. I think if there’s a big expat community then that sounds a much more sensible target.

I have lots of wrinkles but I’m in my 40s and I don’t mind most of them (the 11s are the most annoying). My overall skin condition is good snd people are usually surprised st my age. I think Botox is a slippery slope. It’s like trying to cheat time.

@carefullycourageous

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

Exploitative of whom?

It sounds like it has the potential to be a classic Take A Break cover headline: Botox, holidays, wine, dial-a-doctor, Mumsnet.

I don't have botox but just be careful as laws are different in other countries around cosmetic procedures. Also you would need to register as self employed and pay taxes if you are working in that country which can get complicated and expensive.

I wouldn't because I always bruise and I wouldn't want to looked battered on any holiday pics

Your credentials sound great (my brilliant practitioner is a part-time GP who also runs a private botox clinic) but I wouldn't have it on holiday. I have occasionally had to return within the two week window to have a tiny tweak so this would put me off.

I'm a bit surprised this didn't occur to you, as an experienced practitioner?!

@WhoopsieFairy

Thanks all, the general consensus of no because it's not at home with regards to aftercare, complications etc make perfect sense. Better to do it properly at a clinic!

Little bit strange with your stated qualifications & expertise that you didn't think of all these obvious points yourself, tbh

Just as info, in the UK anyone can administer Botox which I find a bit strange myself but there you go.

That's a bit of a misleading statement. As you know, because you're GMC registered, botulinum toxin can only be administered if it has been prescribed by a doctor.

How do you plan on giving the standard aftercare of tweaking areas that are uneven, lopsided or need more Botox?

* Little bit strange with your stated qualifications & expertise that you didn't think of all these obvious points yourself, tbh*

That’s a bloody good observation

No.

I think most people would rather have a regular Botox practitioner. I nearly always have to go back 2 weeks later for a little tweak. How would that work for?

*How would that work? Don’t know where ‘for’ came from.

No, and definitely not from you. Your response to the first reply on this thread indicates very poor social skills at best, and not someone to be trusted.

@Blimecory

No, and definitely not from you. Your response to the first reply on this thread indicates very poor social skills at best, and not someone to be trusted.

Pretty much this.