I went in asking for filler in a fold and left having had a small amount of Botox instead, which was the right answer. She talked me out of the more expensive thing. I have never had that happen anywhere.
D. Alvarez · Winter Park · 3 weeks ago
Winter Park, Florida · Since 2017
We would rather you looked rested than done.
Injectables, lasers and medical facials, planned around your face instead of a menu. The consultation is free, nothing is placed on the first visit unless you ask, and every injectable is reviewed at two weeks.
The plan is the smallest thing that will work. Then we look again in two weeks.
What conservative means here
Start here
Tell us what bothers you, not what you think you need
Most people arrive knowing what they do not like and not what it is called. Pick the closest one and we will tell you what it is normally treated with, what that costs, and what it costs you in downtime.
Lines when I move my face
Normally treated with
A neurotoxin, which is the family Botox and Dysport belong to. It softens the muscle that creases the skin, so the lines you get from frowning and raising your eyebrows settle. It does nothing for lines that are there when your face is still.
What it costs
From $13 a unit. Most foreheads take 20 to 30 units, so a typical first visit lands between $260 and $390.
Downtime
None. You can come at lunch. It takes about two weeks to fully settle, so book ahead of an event, not the week of it.
My face looks flatter than it used to
Normally treated with
Dermal filler, placed in the cheek or the temple rather than in the line you noticed. Volume loss higher up is usually what makes the lower face look heavier, which is why chasing the fold directly tends to look wrong.
What it costs
From $700 a syringe. Most people start with one and we look again in two weeks before deciding on more.
Downtime
Swelling and the odd bruise for a few days. Do not book it within two weeks of a wedding or a holiday.
Texture, large pores, dull skin
Normally treated with
Microneedling, or a medical facial with the right acid for your skin. This is the category where a course of three beats one expensive session, and we will say so rather than sell you a single.
What it costs
From $325 a session, or $875 for a course of three.
Downtime
Pink like mild sunburn for a day or two. Most people go back to work the next morning.
Sun damage and brown patches
Normally treated with
IPL, which targets the pigment rather than the whole surface. Florida skin usually needs more than one pass, and melasma is a different problem that IPL can make worse, so this is one we assess before booking.
What it costs
From $395 a session for the face.
Downtime
The spots darken like coffee grounds for about a week before they flake off. Plan around that.
Redness and small broken veins
Normally treated with
A vascular laser, which closes the vessel so the redness fades. Rosacea can be managed this way but not cured, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling.
What it costs
From $325 a session.
Downtime
Slight puffiness for a day. The treated vessels look darker before they clear.
Acne scarring
Normally treated with
Microneedling with radiofrequency, which works deeper than needling alone. This one is a genuine course, usually three to four sessions spaced a month apart, and it is worth being honest that scarring improves rather than disappears.
What it costs
From $550 a session, $1,900 for a course of four.
Downtime
Two to three days of looking windburned.
Who treats you
One practitioner, every injectable
You will see the same person each time, which is the only way anybody can judge how your face has responded and adjust the next appointment accordingly. Rotating injectors is how faces drift.
- APRNLicensed advanced practice registered nurse, treating aesthetics patients since 2017.
- ConservativeShe will place less than you ask for and review it, rather than more and correct it.
- Honest about noSome concerns are not worth treating and some are the wrong ones for you. Being told that is the point of a consultation.
Treatments
What we do and what it starts at
Starting prices, published, because a clinic that will not put a number on a page is usually building room to move at the consultation.
Free
The consultationForty minutes with Jane Doe, APRN, no obligation, and you will not be treated on the same visit unless you ask to be.
Injectables
Neurotoxin (Botox, Dysport)
$13a unit, from
Priced by the unit rather than by the area, so you pay for what goes in.
Dermal filler
$700a syringe, from
Cheek, temple, lip, chin and jawline. Reviewed at two weeks before any more is placed.
Skin and resurfacing
Medical facial
$185from
Built for your skin on the day rather than to a fixed protocol.
Microneedling
$325a session, from
A single session, or a course of three at $875.
Microneedling with RF
$550a session, from
For scarring and laxity. Normally a course of four at $1,900.
Light and laser
IPL photofacial
$395a session, from
Pigment and sun damage. Assessed first, because it is wrong for some skin.
Vascular laser
$325a session, from
Redness, flushing and broken capillaries.
Your first visit
Nothing happens on the first day unless you ask
01
We look at your face, not a menu
Forty minutes with Jane Doe, APRN. You say what bothers you, she says what she would and would not do about it, in that order.
02
You get the plan and the price in writing
Including the parts you might want to wait on. Nothing is charged at consultation and nobody is treated on the same day unless they ask.
03
You go away and think about it
This is deliberate. If you feel rushed in an aesthetics clinic, you are in the wrong one.
04
We review at two weeks
Every injectable is reviewed before anything else is placed. That review is included and it is where the difference between good and overdone gets decided.
From Google
The two week review is the part nobody else does. She adjusted a small amount on one side and did not charge me for it. It is the first time I have not looked like I had something done.
R. Whitfield · Maitland · a month ago
Sample reviews shown for this demo.
Questions
The ones people ask in the room
Will people be able to tell?
That is the whole argument of this clinic, so the honest answer is that it depends entirely on how much is used and where. Done conservatively and reviewed at two weeks, the usual reaction is that you look well rather than that you look treated. If you want a dramatic result we are probably not the right clinic, and we would rather say that at consultation than afterward.
Does it hurt?
Neurotoxin is a few seconds of small pinches. Filler is more uncomfortable and we use numbing cream and a local block for lips. Lasers feel like a rubber band. Microneedling is the one people find least pleasant and we numb for a full thirty minutes before starting.
How long does it last?
Neurotoxin is generally three to four months and filler generally six to eighteen depending on the product and where it sits, but it varies a great deal between people and anyone quoting you an exact figure is guessing. We will tell you what we typically see rather than what the brochure says.
Can I be treated on the day of my consultation?
Only if you ask. It is not the default, because the point of a separate consultation is that you decide without anyone standing over you. If you already know what you want and have had it before, we can usually do both in one visit.
Who will be treating me?
Jane Doe, APRN performs every injectable personally. She is a licensed advanced practice registered nurse and this is a demo page, so the credentials shown here are illustrative. A real clinic should list the practitioner, the license and the supervising physician plainly, and you should be suspicious of one that does not.
Book
Come in and be told what you do not need
Forty minutes, free, and no treatment on the day unless you ask for it. We will call you back to find a time that works.
Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm