Let’s Make a Deal is great entertainment but has no place in a doctor’s office.
Not in my office, please!
I used to love watching Let’s Make a Deal as a kid when I was home sick from school. It was just so fun to see the contestants win something really cool like a car and so funny to see the look on their face when their chosen door opened to reveal a donkey or some other outrageous booby prize.
Despite my fond memories of Let’s Make a Deal, I don’t play this game with my pricing of goods and services. I recently had an inquiry about discounting my price for Juvederm, one of the hyaluronic acid fillers, for a woman and her 4 sisters. I didn’t see the logic in discounting my price. I spend the same care and time with each patient and the same amount of Juvederm and sometimes seeing a group of patients can turn into a bit of a three ring circus or a game show.
So I like to keep it professional, my services and my prices. Otherwise I am crossing the line from doctor to used care salesman or a game show host.
Fill ‘er up even if it means saving up some hard earned $$$.
Seattle Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder blogs about patient satisfaction with HA fillers such as Restylane, Perlane, Prevelle and Juvederm.
I’ve been using these fabulous new facial fillers for many years now and have come to really, really love the way they rejuvenate the face without looking fake or tight or overdone.
Here is one thing I have learned over the years: patient satisfaction is directly proportional to how full their tank is filled. The tank is your face and the fuel is the filler.
Some patients will get to full with one syringe and some will require a half dozen. It just depends on how many creases a patient has, how deep the creases are and how much fullness would benefit the patient. And I am not talking freak show fullenss here. This is Seattle. I’m from Spokane. I don’t do freak show.
The big issue, of course, is the cost and these magical fillers are pricey. Many patients are reluctant to spend the money ($2800 for 6 syringes!) especially considering that these fillers are temporary. But …….. it has also been my experience that these temporary fillers can often last 18 – 24 months even though they are advertised as lasting 6 months. And ……….. patient’s who fill ‘er up usually need much less volume for subsequent “maintenance” injections.
“Fill ‘er up” patients are almost always thrilled and I know they will be back for more. The patients who settle for just partial correction are rarely impressed and often don’t come back for repeat injections.
So if you need a lot to “fill ‘er up”, save up and let me really do it right! Thanks for reading! Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder
@lisalynnsowder
