New App Lets You Get Botox at Home…But Should You?

There’s nothing better than whipping out your phone and pressing a button or two and book a hair or makeup appointment. And, there’s nothing even better than when the instant gratification of knowing you have a beauty appointment is scheduled to take place in your very own home.

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While we are all for the trend of in-home beauty services—hello, multitasking!—the latest app that’s fallen into the realm of uberization is one that delivers Botox on demand. Known as Boomer, the free app is said to be a, “service that connects you with board-certified dermatologist that provide the care you need, whenever and wherever for non-surgical procedures. Dermatologists will come to your home, office or hotel—a convenient alternative to crowded and busy doctor’s offices.” Seem a little too good to be true? We thought so, too.

See, the thing with noninvasive procedures like Botox, filler, chemical peels and the like is that they should always be performed in a medical setting. Duxbury, MA, plastic surgeon Christine Hamori, MD, says that, “Medical procedures for aesthetic improvement like filler and neurotoxins should always be done in a clean medical environment.  Appropriate product preparation, sterility and universal precautions are more safely performed in a medical setting and not someone’s living room.” In theory, the idea of an app that sends a needle wielding doctor to your door sounds great, especially for those that never have the time to get to the doctor’s office, but, in reality, how do you know if the doctor that shows up on your doorstep is board certified and is well versed in the procedure you’ve requested. And what if something goes wrong and the doctors doesn’t have all the necessary measures to work a patient out of a bad situation.

Serious procedures like these call for serious precautions and detail. For now, we think it’s best to leave the procedures that belong in the doctor’s office physically in the doctor’s office where you are safer and in good hands.