Botox has become so lucrative and the demand so great that the treatments are sometimes offered in a party atmosphere sort of like a Tupperware party.
doctors usually ask a current patient to invite 10 to 15 prospective clients to a party at his or her home, where the partygoers are offered such tidbits as chocolates, brie, and champagne.
After a brief social period, the doctor gives a short lecture on botox and invites the partygoers to sign up for treatment.
Patients take turns leaving the room, to the applause of other partygoers, and the doctor gives the injections in private.
Parties provide a non clinical atmosphere more conducive to patient receptivity and reduce the time and costs incurred by the doctor.
Even good champagne costs less than nurses, receptionists, and rent, and the doctor can give patients a price break--maybe charging only $250 per treatment at a party.
Thus, parties are "good" for everyone.
Some doctors, however, object to the "party scene" on the basis that this is a medical treatment and not a social gimmick.
Therefore, they hold multiple client sessions in their offices in the evening with the same benefits of price breaks for patients and lower costs and less time for themselves.