To say the least, not impressed. I made a last minute appointment with pearl, I was genuinely shocked to hear that I could get a same day appointment but it was probably because on maps it said they were closed. But anyway. I called and asked about a ml of Juvederm and of course, some places can't be direct about pricing, she said the nurse will discus the pricing when I meet her. The question she did answer, "is it more than $700" and she laughed and said "less, we have very competitive prices" I asked about using my brilliant distinction gift cards I bought, she said I could, do cool I went!
And I understand that there are people out there who say price shouldn't be a factor because of quality of work.... hello, do you see that we are in Arizona, there is so much talent out there, just because someone is charging you an arm and a leg doesn't mean they are the best.
Anyways, I got there, wore a mask, got my temp taken, was taken to a room and waited for a bit because I think she was the only injector there and she was finishing up with a client.
When she walked in she was friendly, but kind of in a rush. She gave me paper work to fill out and then said like "I'm going to grab the Juvederm" she didn't even ask me what I wanted to be injected, so I said "well I want the Juvederm ultra plus xc" and then she realized... hmmm hello, you kind of never even asked what I wanted lol. Then she explained what she would recommend, I agreed with her. I got Juvederm ultra... the plus should probably go in the cheeks. Then after that she's like ok, I'm going to grab that and then I was like wait, can we talk about price, and we started talking about how there was a deal for $100 off the syringes and with the deal it would be the same price to get half syringe (I told her I did that in the past) and she said it's 495, and I said, so it's $395 with the $100 off and she said yes. So I was happy because I had $400 in brilliant distinctions. (Btw people are like omg $395... impossible... hmm no the med spa down the street from them in old town was running the same deal, I was going to pay $395, but I unfortunately missed my appointment and that is why I made this last minute appointment with pearl)
I am a talkative person, I like when I go to med spas and the nurses take an interest in their patients. Maybe that's just me. But my injector, fresh nurse practitioner, really never asked me anything. I asked her questions about her, maybe she was annoyed (because I was asking about her day, school, injecting etc) but am I crazy to try to possibly build a relationship and come back to feel comfortable, and no like "omg I hope she doesn't mess up" The other possible factor in this situation is that I went in at like 5. So maybe last app. Dinner, family plans?and I'm sure she wanted to get out of her shield that she has to wear all day.
Any who, I really liked her a lot in the beginning, then when she started injecting me my feelings changed. she basically did my whole top lip, and I asked how much we had left and we had .8ml, and I was like "wow we have a ways to go"
Then she turned around to the counter top and started doing something, she was blocking my view, and I was like "what are you doing?" And she said she takes takes off the needle and replaces it with a new needle so it stays sharp. I have NEVER heard of that, but YES! the sharper the needle the easier the in! I didn't like she wasn't talking to me much. What I didn't like is I thought she was up to something lol. So maybe next time, just talk through what you're doing Don't leave me guessing.
She injected my bottom lip a bit and she kept putting the syringe behind me, even though I was asking how much we have left like every time, but she would just put it behind me and say "we're almost done" like I'm not asking because I want it to be over, I'm asking because I want to know how much you're injecting and what we have left. So I didn't like that. When we finished, I had to wait a little bit because someone was at the desk. So I asked her for an ice pack, she ran and grabbed me a baggie of ice.
This is not a scare review, we all have our own experience. We have all been to a restaurant and got bad service, doesn't particularly means your server is bad. Maybe he or she was having an off day. And maybe that was my experience, the off day. read more