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The Consultation · Step one, always

Why there is no “book Botox” button.

Because a website cannot look at your face, read your medication list, or tell you that the thing bothering you isn't the thing we'd treat. Thirty minutes with the provider comes first. It's complimentary, and nothing is injected that day.

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The short answer

A neuromodulator is a prescription drug. A hyaluronic acid filler is a regulated medical device. Neither is something you add to a cart, and neither can be administered until a licensed provider has evaluated you and written the order. That evaluation is the consultation. It is not a formality, and it is not a sales appointment wearing a clinical name.

There are conditions, medications and circumstances under which we would dose you differently, sequence things differently, or decline to treat you that day. Pregnancy or breastfeeding. Certain neuromuscular conditions. An active breakout where the needle would go. A blood thinner started last month. Filler somebody else placed two years ago that we can still feel. Some of that you would think to mention. A surprising amount of it people never volunteer, because it doesn't seem related to their forehead.

So the button on this site says request a consultation, and it means exactly that. Everything downstream (dose, product, sequence, price) is decided after somebody has actually looked at you.

The consultation, in short

Length
30 minutes. Booked as a full half hour, not squeezed between treatments
Cost
Complimentary for a first visit
With
The provider who would treat you, not a coordinator
Where
In the treatment suite, Tuesday to Saturday
You leave with
A written plan and a total, on paper
Treated the same day
No, not for injectables, not on a first visit
The thirty minutes, in order

Half an hour, accounted for.

Nobody is rushing you out. This is roughly how the time goes when a consultation runs the way it should.

0:00
Intake, on paperFront desk
Contact details, how you found us, and the consent forms. Health history is not taken here. That happens in the room, with the provider.
5 min
You
0:05
History and medicationsProvider
The screening conversation. Conditions, prescriptions, supplements, allergies, prior treatments and anything you're already unhappy with.
6 min
Provider
0:11
The face, in motionProvider
Assessment at rest and while you're animating: raising, squinting, smiling. Asymmetry is normal and mapping it now is what keeps dosing honest later.
7 min
Provider
0:18
Standardized photographyProvider
Fixed lighting, fixed angles, same every visit. Memory is unreliable about faces. Photographs are how we tell progress from wishful thinking.
4 min
Provider
0:22
The plan, out loudProvider
What we'd do, in what order, over what period. And what we'd leave alone. This is usually where something gets removed from the list rather than added.
6 min
Provider
0:28
The number, and next stepsFront desk
Written dose ranges, a total, and the aftercare involved. Book a date, book the plan review, or take it home and think.
2 min
Both
What it costs

Free, and deliberately so.

A first consultation costs nothing, holds no deposit, and commits you to nothing. That isn't generosity. It's self-interest. Charging for the conversation creates pressure to justify the charge with a booking; treating on the same visit creates pressure to say yes while the chair is warm. Removing both makes it easier to tell you the truth.

If you want a second pass before committing, the optional plan review a week later is $50, credited in full against your first treatment. Most people don't need it. People considering a multi-visit protocol usually do.

What the consult is not

It is not a quote you can get over the phone, it is not transferable to a friend, and it is not a treatment you can convert on the spot. If you arrive hoping to be injected today, we will spend the half hour well and then book you for another day.

On the way out

What you leave with.

01
A written plan
Printed · areas, products, order of operations
02
Dose ranges and a total
Units and syringes, priced, in writing
03
A realistic sequence
What happens now, at six weeks, at six months
04
No decision required
Nothing purchased · nothing scheduled unless you say so
Boundaries

What we won't do in a consult.

  • We won't inject a new client the same day. The plan is written, then slept on, then booked. This is the single policy people push back on most, and the one we're least willing to move.
  • We won't quote units over the phone. A number without an exam is a guess, and guesses in this field are how people end up over-treated.
  • We won't promise a result, or a duration. Published ranges are averages across trial populations. Your dose, your muscle activity and your metabolism are not the average. You'll get a range and a follow-up, not a guarantee.
  • We won't reproduce someone else's face. Bring reference photographs. They're genuinely useful for understanding what you're asking for. What we'll give you back is what your own anatomy can do.
  • We won't treat around a diagnosis. If something on your skin should be looked at by a dermatologist first, we'll say so and the aesthetic plan waits.
Screening & your information

Health history stays out of your inbox.

The request form on this site asks for your name, how to reach you, and one line about what you're curious about. That's all it asks for, on purpose. It does not ask for your medical history, your medications, or a photograph of a concern. You shouldn't add them.

Ordinary web forms and email are not secure clinical channels. Your history belongs in the practice's own charting system, which is built for exactly that, and it is taken in the room at the start of your consultation where a provider can ask follow-up questions in real time. That's not bureaucratic caution; it's the difference between a checkbox and a conversation, and the conversation is where the useful detail actually surfaces.

If you've already emailed us something detailed, nothing bad has happened. We'll just ask you to bring it in rather than reply point by point. Records from a previous injector are welcome; bring the paperwork on the day.

Common questions

Before you book.

Can I be treated the same day as my consultation?

Not for injectables, if you are new to the practice. That includes clients who have been injected elsewhere for years. Some skin treatments can be started the same day if the screening is clear and the schedule allows.

Is the consultation actually free?

Yes. Your first consultation is complimentary, carries no deposit, and does not obligate you to book anything. The optional plan review a week later is $50, credited in full against your first treatment.

What if you tell me I should not do it?

Then that is the outcome of the consultation, and you have lost half an hour rather than a few hundred dollars. Sometimes the honest answer is that the concern is better addressed by a dermatologist, by a skincare change, or by waiting a year.

— Step one

Half an hour, no obligation.

Send a request with your name, a number, and one line about what's on your mind. The front desk calls you back the same business day to find a time.

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30 min · complimentaryTue — Sat · 9 — 6720.555.0177consult@alderaesthetics.co