The real cost of 21 aesthetic treatments — this year, and every year after.
Every clinic prices the first appointment. Almost none price what happens after — the sessions booked to keep the result, not create it. Pick your treatments below and see your first-year cost, your yearly upkeep, and the downtime for each one.
- Calculate your first-year cost across up to 21 treatments, in US or UK pricing.
- See the ongoing annual cost once each treatment is established — the figure most price lists never show.
- Compare downtime treatment by treatment, and what it looks like when several are booked in one visit.
- Reveal your 12-month maintenance calendar, spaced by each treatment's real repeat interval.
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The upkeep is the price, and almost nobody publishes it.
Why this tool exists
Read this first
This tool produces an estimate for planning. It is not a quote and not medical advice. Only a qualified practitioner who has examined you in person can recommend or price a treatment.
These are medical procedures with real risks and contraindications. Suitability is a clinical judgement, not a calculator output — and who performs a treatment matters more than what it costs.
A price well below the ranges here is a reason to ask more questions about training, product provenance and insurance. It is not a bargain.
Injectables
Skin quality
Laser & light
Facials
Body
How every treatment compares
The full catalogue, at once. Prices switch with the region selector above. These are treatments people are considering — nothing here is a recommendation.
| Treatment | Category | Typical price | Sessions to first result | Repeat every | Downtime |
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How this is calculated
Every figure on this page can be checked by hand from the table above. Nothing is randomised and nothing is hidden in the code.
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Start from the per-unit price. Each treatment has a typical price range per session, syringe or cycle. Laser hair removal is sold as a course of six, so its per-session price is the course price divided by six.
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Work out the initial course. Some treatments show a result after one visit; others (microneedling, skin boosters, laser hair removal) need a course of three to six sessions, spaced weeks apart, before the first real result.
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Fill the rest of year one with maintenance. Once the course finishes, the calendar fills any remaining weeks of the first year with sessions spaced at the midpoint of that treatment's maintenance interval. That total session count, multiplied by the per-session price, is the first-year cost.
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Annualise the steady state. The ongoing annual cost is 52 weeks divided by the maintenance interval, multiplied by the per-session price — the long-run rate once a treatment is established, which can be less than one session a year for slow-cycling treatments like cheek filler.
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Combine downtime, not sum it. Booking treatments in the same visit means recovery periods overlap. The combined estimate is the longest single downtime plus a partial allowance for the others — not the total of every downtime added together.
Sources & method notes
- Price ranges are compiled from typical advertised pricing across US and UK private clinic and med spa websites and cost-aggregator pages (comparable in scope to RealSelf's published US cost data and Save Face UK's UK practitioner pricing register), reviewed through 2025–2026.
- General industry pricing context: the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) annual medical spa industry survey and the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) public commentary on non-surgical pricing.
- Sessions-to-result, maintenance interval and downtime figures reflect typical ranges described on practitioner and clinic patient-information pages, not a single clinical trial.
These are planning estimates, not a quote and not medical advice. Real advertised prices vary well outside these ranges — geography, injector seniority and product choice all move the number substantially, and only a qualified practitioner who has assessed you in person can price or recommend a treatment. A price far below the range shown here is a reason to ask more questions about training, product provenance and insurance, not a reason to book.
Common questions, answered plainly
How much does botox cost?
A single area (frown lines, forehead or crow's feet) typically runs $150–$400 in the US or £150–£250 in the UK per session. Three areas together run $450–$900 or £350–£600. It wears off in three to four months, so a single treatment is not a single cost — most people booking it are agreeing to roughly four sessions a year, which is the number worth budgeting against, not the one on the price list.
How long does dermal filler last?
It depends where it goes. Lip filler is metabolised fastest and typically needs topping up every nine to twelve months. Cheek filler, in an area with less movement, can hold for twelve to eighteen months. Nasolabial fold filler sits in between at nine to fifteen months. All three ranges are typical, not guaranteed — your own metabolism, the product used and the volume injected all shift the real answer.
What is the real annual cost of keeping up aesthetic treatments?
It is the maintenance-interval price, not the first invoice. A treatment repeated every three to four months costs three to four times its per-session price annually; one repeated every twelve to eighteen months costs less than one session a year on average. Add several treatments together and the two headline numbers — first-year cost including any starting course, and the ongoing annual figure once established — usually differ substantially. This tool calculates both.
How much downtime do aesthetic treatments need?
It ranges from none to about ten days. Botox, hydrafacial-type facials and LED therapy typically need none. Microneedling, chemical peels and filler need one to five days of visible redness or swelling. Fractional laser resurfacing needs the longest, five to ten days of peeling. Booking several treatments in one visit does not add their downtimes together — recovery overlaps — but it does extend the longest one.
Why do clinic prices vary so much?
Three things move price more than the treatment itself: geography (a similar service costs more in a major city than a suburb), injector seniority and qualification (a doctor, dentist or nurse prescriber with years of experience charges more than a newly trained injector), and what is actually in the syringe or cartridge (product bought from a verified distributor costs the clinic more than an unverified one). All three are worth asking about directly.
Is it worth it?
For many people, honestly, no — not because the treatments do not work, but because the commitment is recurring and easy to underestimate at the first price quote. If you stop, you do not end up worse than before; you return to your baseline, not a damaged version of it. It is worth it only if the ongoing annual cost and the maintenance rhythm, not the first number you saw, fit comfortably into your actual life.
A few more things worth knowing
Can I book several treatments in the same appointment?
Often, but it is a clinical decision, not a scheduling one — some combinations (for example an aggressive peel and microneedling) are not stacked in one visit because the combined skin trauma is too much. Ask your practitioner what can safely go together before you plan a single long appointment.
Does insurance cover any of this?
Almost never. Every treatment in this catalogue is elective and cosmetic, so standard health insurance in the US and NHS care in the UK do not cover it. A small number of clinics offer financing or instalment plans — that changes cash flow, not the underlying cost calculated here.
What should I ask a clinic before booking?
Who is actually performing the treatment and what is their qualification; where the product comes from and whether it is licensed for that use; what happens if something goes wrong, including their complication and insurance policy; and the full price including any consultation, top-up or dissolving fee.
Why does this tool show ranges instead of one price?
Because a single number would be false precision. Real prices move with geography, practitioner seniority, product brand and clinic overhead. A range is the honest answer; a specific quote can only come from a consultation with the clinic you are actually considering.
The number on the door is never the number for the year.
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