How long does a Botox treatment for the underarms take and how frequently does a patient have to return to the office to be re-treated?
Dr. Pariser: In my practice we pretty much have the process down to a science. We are very efficient when a patient arrives for treatment I usually have everything set up and I have my assistant ready. Under these circumstances, I can inject two underarms in five minutes. Of course, when I was first injecting it would take a lot longer. As with anything, with practice comes efficiency. I would not expect that all physicians could provide the treatment so quickly, but the process doesn’t need to be time-intensive. Ive trained my physician assistants to inject and they can help me, or do the injections by themselves with my oversight. Most of my patients who have insurance coverage for their hyperhidrosis treatments return to me every six months to be re-treated. People who are paying for the treatment out-of-pocket may, however, choose to stretch out the time between treatments and save some money. These folks tend to return every nine or ten months and are quite satisfied with that.
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