Skin care

How My Mom Suckered Me Into Seeing a Fancy Beverly Hills Dermatologist

It was all she wanted for Christmas. I had to go.

by Emily Popp

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Phone Call Freak Out My appointment's over, and the first thing I do is call my mom for a quick recap. I want to give her the good news that I fulfilled her Christmas wish, but I also kinda want to freak her out and make her think I'm considering injections. I know she'll probably flip when she hears Dr. Shamban suggested fillers. She doesn't even like the idea of me getting a spray tan.

To give you an idea of how this all went down, I'll leave you with a brief transcript from my phone call with mom:

Me: Hi, mom. I'm just leaving the dermatologist appointment.
Mom: Hi, honey. How'd it go?
Me: Well, she was very informative and said I had great skin.
Mom: Yes, she is right, you do have great skin!
Me: And she really urged the importance of sunscreen to keep my skin looking this way for a long time.
Mom: Yes, yes, exactly! She is exactly right.
Me: Really, she seemed to agree with you completely on staying out of the sun and always wearing sunscreen.
Mom: Yes, she is so right. So, so right.
Me: And then she suggested I get Restylane injections underneath my eyes.
Mom: What?! WHAT!? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Me: Just a couple quick injections to diminish the appearance of my under eye circles.
Mom: Oh, no, no, no. So wrong. She is so wrong on that one. Injections!? WHAT?!
Me: It's OK mom, they're $900. I'm not getting any injections.
Mom: (Dramatic sigh of relief) Oh, thank God! For a second there I was thinking I just led you down the path of Botox.
Me: Restylane.
Mom: Whatever! So you're not getting any injections?
Me: No, I'm cool with what I got.

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Thank you.

by Monique3 Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 09:15PM Report as inappropriate

Interesting to know price of undereye injections! Very good writer!

by StayinYoung Friday, April 12, 2013 at 05:40PM Report as inappropriate

Lovely article and sorta funny!!!

by Zeaundra Monday, March 25, 2013 at 02:32PM Report as inappropriate

Very nice article. $900 for Restylane is quite reasonable. I'm assuming the doc was recommending a modest amount for that price. Her mother seems caring, but quite overbearing. She's 27, not 7.

by robyne00 Friday, March 15, 2013 at 04:05PM Report as inappropriate

i do not need the services of a dermatologist at this moment but i did I would not hire someone so expensive

by stacy45 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 08:00PM Report as inappropriate

wish i could go to a nice beverly hills derm

by treehugger1997 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 02:23PM Report as inappropriate

haha, moms...

by AstridB Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 05:52AM Report as inappropriate

Just a question--if the dermatologist said she had beautiful skin, why inject her with Restylane? This is what keeps me from trusting certain members of the medical industry--money, money, money! I did enjoy the mother-daughter conversation immensely.

by GigiSD Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:57PM Report as inappropriate

This was very a great article!

by Chris213 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 07:14PM Report as inappropriate

good article, love the transcript of the phone call! haha

by sportimonki13 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 02:57PM Report as inappropriate