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What a Miami Injector Actually Thinks About Botox and Filler

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What does an injector with over a decade of experience actually think about Botox and filler? More than the internet is telling you.

In this episode of Face It, Bari sits down with Pamela Weinberger — a certified aesthetic medicine practitioner and founder of Juné Esthetics in Miami — to separate injectable fact from fiction and explore what it really means to approach injectables the right way. From the rise of preventative Botox to the dangers of going to the wrong injector, Pamela brings real clinical expertise to a conversation that's equal parts eye-opening and refreshingly honest. This is injectables without the hype — just real knowledge from someone who's in the trenches every single day.

We cover:

  • How injectables have evolved — and whether the industry has gotten better or just more crowded
  • Why Botox and filler are completely different treatments and should never be confused
  • The real reason so many people end up with results they hate
  • How to tell the difference between a static line and a dynamic line — and why it changes everything
  • The biggest mistake people make when they start getting Botox too young
  • Why filler is not the enemy — and why it's actually the most transformative treatment available
  • The worst injectable trends on social media right now — and which ones can cause real damage
  • Why the "no tox" movement's biggest claims don't hold up to the science
  • What celebrities' skin actually looks like behind the scenes
  • Why pillow face and frozen face happen — and how the right injector avoids both
  • How skincare and injectables work together — and which one should always come first
  • What lifestyle factors are quietly affecting how your results look and how long they last
  • What "natural aesthetic" actually means — and what it doesn't
  • Pamela's approach to turning away clients — and why she does it every single day
  • Her biggest advice for anyone just starting to explore injectables
  • What Pamela hopes the future of aesthetic medicine looks like

Watch now and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Intro

SPEAKER_03

Not everybody needs Botox at 22 years old. And people are making it like commoditized business. Yeah. Should we trust the before and afters that we see on social media? No. And they have 500,000 followers, 200,000 followers, and I would never let them touch my face.

SPEAKER_01

Are we injecting poison into our skin? And should we be willing to gamble with our faces for the sake of looking young? Are there any red flags you should look for when researching or going to a med spa?

SPEAKER_03

I know that this maybe sounds a little bit superficial, but I feel like you should like how your injector looks. When people come in and they say that they want to be frozen to me, I'm like, I don't do that. I don't do frozen. You do let's look like humans. If you can move your face a little bit, but you don't have any wrinkles, that's the goal. We are unlocking the truth about all things aesthetics from an expert. I think that the most impactful results that I've ever had in my entire life and before and afters are with Oh wow. It's not with lasers, it's not with chemical peels, it's not with Botox. I can't tell you how many people have literally cried tears of joy. At the end of the day, this is medicine.

Meet Pamela Weinberger

SPEAKER_01

Welcome to Face It, the podcast that cuts through the noise of the beauty industry. I'm your host, Barry, and today we are diving into the world of injections with someone who knows it inside and out. My guest today is Pamela Weinberger, a certified PA in aesthetic medicine and the founder of June Aesthetics in Miami. She's known for her natural refined approach and educating her patients every step of the way. Pamela, welcome to Face It. Thank you. We're so excited to have you. I'm excited to be here. I feel like you're just an expert in everything injectables and aesthetics, and I'm just really excited to, you know, get right into it. Let's

Botox vs. Filler: What's the Difference?

SPEAKER_01

go. Awesome. So I kind of want to start with the basics of injectables and just learning a little bit more about it. Um, what would you say is the difference between Botox and fillers and why do people swear by one over the other?

SPEAKER_03

I think that in general, it really depends on what you need as a patient in terms of swearing by one or the other. So if you're talking about wrinkles, then we're talking about Botox. And if you're talking about adding more structure to an area or maybe a little bit more fullness in the lips, now we're talking about filler. Gotcha. Okay. And how do they actually work in the face? So what Botox does is you inject a small amount of it. And what it does is it blocks the signal of acetocholine, which is what makes our muscles contract. And then fillers, they have different little personalities and properties depending on where you are in the face. But what they do is they kind of, you know, they add like a little bit of fullness in an area or they add a little bit of structure. If you're talking about a jawline, and so they end up being completely different. Interesting.

SPEAKER_01

And what type of person actually needs to get this done?

SPEAKER_03

So I never like to say that people need anything. I always think that it's more of like a want than a need. But if you're ever feeling like there's something on your face that maybe you're concerned about or is bothering you, I think that it's nice to just know that there are solutions and different treatments that you can

Who Should (and Shouldn't) Get Injectables?

SPEAKER_03

do.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And is there anyone who like really doesn't or shouldn't get this done? I think that we're seeing a massive trend in people that are young that are getting Botox or even doing extreme skincare when they already have perfect skin. Right. And I think that that's the biggest social media kind of pull with these types of things is not everybody needs Botox at 22 years old. Right. Although I do have patients that are 22 years old and they do sort of have those deep set lines on their face and they feel a little bit uncomfortable about it. And maybe they are a good candidate.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Well, what age would you say is a good time to start generally?

SPEAKER_03

It is a tricky question for me to answer. And the number that I came up with, whether it be right or wrong, I think is about 34. Gotcha.

SPEAKER_01

Okay. Interesting. That's good to

Is Preventative Botox Really a Thing?

SPEAKER_01

know. I want to talk about preventative Botox. Is preventative Botox really a thing, or is that just like a marketing buzzword right now?

SPEAKER_03

I mean, it's both. But preventative Botox can be a thing for certain people for sure. Like if you're a really animated person or the type of skin that you have, it kind of creates those static lines, meaning the lines that you see, whether or not you're moving your face, then regardless of age, maybe it is preventative for you.

How Often Do You Actually Need to Do This?

SPEAKER_01

How often do you really need to be doing this in order to see results? So about every four months.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. At that point, it'll start wearing off. And that's for Botox. For Botox. Fillers, they can some of them can last up to two years. Oh, wow. So once you build the look that you want, if it's lips, usually those are lasting maybe six months, maybe a year. But you get to a point usually where you don't have to touch up all of your filler every single year.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, awesome. Okay.

The Biggest Myth About Injectables

SPEAKER_01

What's one myth about injectables that you wish would just die already?

SPEAKER_03

The filler is bad and that it looks overdone. I think that the most impactful results that I've ever had in my entire life and before and afters are with filler. It's not with lasers, it's not with chemical peels, it's not with Botox. When I hand somebody a mirror after they've done a full face of filler, and maybe it's like their first time, I can't tell you how many people have literally cried tears of joy. And that's awesome. There's nothing else like that. Nobody's crying tears of joy over a chemical peel. Yeah. I hate to say it. Right.

The Most Popular Places to Get Filler

SPEAKER_03

What's like the most popular places you'd say to get filler? So in my practice, we actually pulled what the most popular treatments are. Awesome. And my number one filler area is actually cheeks.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, no way.

SPEAKER_03

Which I think most people would think it was lips.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, I was definitely gonna say lips. For sure. But it was cheeks. It was cheeks. Oh, that's awesome.

The No-Botox Movement: Are We Injecting Poison?

SPEAKER_01

So I want to kind of talk about a movement that's going on right now. It's called like the no-tox movement. People are basically boycotting Botox and saying that it's like toxins going straight to your brain. What are your thoughts on this?

SPEAKER_03

So Botox is actually really safe. And when you inject it, it stays in a really, really confined area and it's not gonna go to your brain. Okay. So we can forget about that. Okay. But just in a way to kind of know is that the FDA approved amount for the three areas, meaning like the forehead, between the eyebrows, around the eyes, that FDA approved dose is 64 units. Wow. That's what they say will get you to three months, maybe four months, of having a little bit of like, you know, wrinkle-free treatment. But also what's gonna be a lethal dose of Botox is 3,500 units. Oh wow. So we're talking about just completely different amounts. And when we're talking about treating the wrinkles, we're using such a small, small amount to treat our wrinkles and our face or whatever we're using it for.

SPEAKER_01

Right. It's not dangerous. So you're not using like an absurd amount of Botox. No. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And I think that if we're talking about those like bigger areas where you are doing bigger amounts and bigger units, for example, traptox. Very, very popular right now where you Botox the trapezius muscle, either because people have tension or people want a little bit of like a longer neck type of a look. In my practice, I do a hundred units when I do that. If I'm treating somebody's entire face and I'm doing the hundred units, maybe I space those out between two appointments. If you really want to take safety the next like level, you can always do that. You can space things out for people.

Botox for Migraines and Medical Uses

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. That's another question I had because you said that people will do Botox, like help alleviate pain. And I've heard like it's good for like migraines and things like that. Absolutely. Can you touch a little bit on that? Sure. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Botox has 12 FDA approved therapeutic uses. Meaning, um, we I think it got first FDA approved for blepherospasm, which is uh issue with the eye.

SPEAKER_00

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_03

Um they even use it in some pediatric patients that are born and you know their their neck is very tight. So we're using it for so many different things because it is pretty safe.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And we found that at those units that we're using, we're able to treat a lot of different conditions. And if you've ever experienced migraines, then you know that you're glad to have anything to help you.

SPEAKER_01

That's awesome.

What's Actually Inside Your Filler?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. So I had a question about like what gets injected. Cause I've heard there's like hyaluronic acid as an option. And then was there a couple different options? In terms of fillers. Oh, is that for fillers specifically?

SPEAKER_03

So hyaluronic acid would be filler.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_03

And that's what most of the fillers that we use are made from.

SPEAKER_01

Awesome.

SPEAKER_03

There are some outliers, but for the most part, they're made out of hyaluronic acid.

SPEAKER_01

Okay. When someone expects to get hyaluronic acid injected, is it really just hyaluronic acid or is there anything else in there too? There are other things added to it. Gotcha.

SPEAKER_03

So all these different fillers have, like I said, different personalities, things that make them a little bit different.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And so when you get a hyaluronic acid, you're not gonna put the same filler that you put in your jawline and your lip, because then that's gonna be crazy. Right. So all the fillers, they have a stabilizer-like saline. We're adding a little bit of comfort for you. So they all have about 0.3% lidocaine. So, unless you ask to not have the kind with lidocaine. And there are a couple companies that make a couple different types of fillers if somebody has a lidocaine allergy. So that's always good to know. Yeah, that's great. And then the last thing that they put in is a cross-linking agent. And this cross-linking agent is what's making that filler. Is it firm? Is it soft? Gotcha. And that's something that's made, it's called B D E or B D D E. B D D E. B D D E is okay, this filler is for lips, for jawline. That's what's gonna dictate the softness. Because if you think about hyaluronic acid, we know what a hyaluronic acid serum feels like. Of course. Right? So we're not like dripping serum underneath of our skin. Right. We want it to, you know, give us a little bit more structure in our cheek, a little more contour, some jawline. Oh, we want it to be soft for our lips. And so all these different little chemistry of the filler, they're all slightly different. Gotcha.

How to Find the Right Injector

SPEAKER_01

Okay, awesome. So I kind of want to go into like about finding the right injector. Cause I feel like that could be hard for people, like not knowing where to go or where to start. Um, so what should someone actually be looking for in an injector?

SPEAKER_03

I know that this maybe sounds a little bit superficial, but I feel like you should like how your injector looks. If you, if you see your injector and you start to say, like, oh, well, you know, they maybe they look too natural for you. Right. You're like, oh my gosh, they have wrinkles all over their face, or they don't color their hair, or whatever it is. Or maybe you have somebody and you're like, oh my gosh, they have lash extensions and they have hair extensions and they wear a full face of makeup. And I think that you should choose somebody who you feel united with their look and their personality.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And it's hard to ever get somebody's personality. For example, if they don't have social media, you'll have no idea. Right. But if they have Google reviews, for example, you can read a handful of Google reviews and say to yourself, okay, I can kind of get an idea of what this person is like by just what people are saying about them.

Red Flags to Watch Out For at a Med Spa

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. And then are there any red flags you should look for when researching or going to a med spa?

SPEAKER_03

Of course, this maybe goes without saying, but you want to go to somebody that you know is a medical practitioner. Right. And I would love to say go to somebody that has tons of years of experience, but the reality is not everybody has 10 plus years of experience like I do. This is kind of a new specialty. Some people have only two, three years of experience. Doesn't mean that they're terrible. Right. And so if they do have social media, you can see are they going to conferences? Are they learning? Are they in a practice where there's other people that can train them? Right. And so I think that those things make a big difference. And also, in terms of red flags, I think no sales. Yeah. No groupons.

SPEAKER_01

You want to go to somebody that people want to go to. Right. Totally

Should We Trust Before & Afters on Social Media?

SPEAKER_01

agree. So you mentioned how like social media should play like a big role in all this as well. Should we trust the before and afters that we see on social media? No. No. Why not?

SPEAKER_03

I spend a lot of time on my social media. I'm not going to lie. And I think that having social media is a luxury. Yeah. But there are injectors that I love that I would trust you my face tomorrow. And they have no social media. They don't have a single before and after on their Instagram. Maybe their Instagram's just lifestyle. Yeah. And then there's other people that I've watched inject and they have 500,000 followers, 200,000 followers, real followers. Yeah. And I would never let them touch my face.

SPEAKER_01

Interesting. It's kind of just like the way you market yourself, like, can really make a difference. For sure. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And anyone who's been injecting for whatever period of time, you can get a good before and after. Yeah. I mean, most of my patients, I could get an amazing before and after after every single treatment I do if it's filler. Right. Because Botox, you're not going to get to see for two weeks. But not every single patient's willing to let you take a before and after either.

SPEAKER_01

That's true. Wait, so back to what you said. So Botox takes about two weeks to kick in, and filler you kind of see like immediately.

SPEAKER_03

Filler is immediate. Although I usually say, you know, it takes about two weeks to settle. Right. You know, sometimes you might do something like the lips, which everybody swells on the lips. Yeah. And so that can either produce like a really good before and after or really bad before and after, depending on the person. Right.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

You know, I do a lot of really natural lip filler. And so I'll do somebody's lips, and then if we took the photo two weeks later, it'd be like they didn't really see anything. You know, maybe they just came in because they said, Oh, my lip's a little bit asymmetrical in this one spot. Can you just fix that? Yeah. And so those are like very no-notice before and afters. Yeah. Doesn't mean that they're bad. But just different.

Do Injectors Ever Turn Away Clients?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Yeah. Do you ever turn away clients because you know it's just not the right route for them? Every day. Really?

SPEAKER_03

I do because I feel like my reputation and sort of the message that I send to everybody is that I do this natural aesthetic only. And it's not that I'm like against you know, fuller lips for a patient, right? If it fits their face. But if I have somebody come in, especially when I have younger girls and they're very overdone and it's very obvious. And they come in and they sit in my chair for Botox. I can't treat them. Right. What if they say that they come see me and then somebody ultimately assumes that I did their filler? Right. It ends up being just simply unethical for me and I'm fully booked every day.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

So this is as elective for me as it is for them.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. And I feel like that's awesome too, because in this industry, I feel like

This Is Medicine, Not a Commodity

SPEAKER_01

sometimes there'll be injectors that, you know, they just want to make the sale. They just want to do the deal. And it's more important to go some to someone that's like honest and they really want to help you and like get to the root of the problem instead of just like injecting you because you you want you think you want it, you know?

SPEAKER_03

100%. At the end of the day, this is medicine. And people are making it like commoditized business. Yeah. And it's not. I mean, of course it's a business. Of course, we need to, you know, make money. These things are expensive. They're not free. But it's really important to do a consultation with your patient and really sit down with them and see what they need, see what they don't need. Right. That's the right thing to do. You wouldn't go to your doctor and say, I need to be put on blood pressure medicine. Right. Yeah. They're not going to just give it to you, and this is no different.

Can You Reverse Filler or Botox?

SPEAKER_03

Right.

SPEAKER_01

So I want to pivot a little bit to talk about just like reversals. Can you reverse filler or Botox and what's that process like, if so?

SPEAKER_03

So filler is very easy to reverse, actually. Okay. You just inject an enzyme, and depending on the area or how much filler was maybe placed in that area, you're gonna determine how much, you know, hyaluronidase is what we call it to break down that artificial hyaluronic acid. Botox, it can be a little bit more tricky, but it does wear off after three to four months. So you have that option. You know, somebody doesn't like the Botox for whatever reason, or they get maybe like a side effect from it, it's gonna go away regardless. But let's say, for example, you get Botox, and I think that at least this complication is the one that all inductors fear and all people fear is like that brow drop, that pitosis. And you can get an eye drop caught up Neek, which can basically work for eight hours. You put the eye drop in and it raises your eyebrows.

SPEAKER_00

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_03

So you can use that as an alternative. God forbid that should ever happen to you. Right. I sell those little eye drops as just singular packets because people like how like camera ready they make them. Yeah. Thank God I've never had a complication from Botox, but it can happen. Right. There's also a lot of medical papers going around saying that if you inject bacteriostatic saline, which is what we use to mix our Botox with, that you can reverse the Botox in that area.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_03

So let's say that, you know, your side effect of the Botox wasn't in the brow. Well, maybe you can't use the upneak, but if you inject the bacteriostatic saline in that area and flood the area, you can make the Botox go away. Okay. Another option, even though I know I'm giving you lots of options of reversals. Keep bringing them, keep bringing them. This is um microcurrent. Oh wow, apparently does help metabolize the Botox a little bit quicker.

SPEAKER_01

Interesting.

SPEAKER_03

So that's always something to kind of consider too is if you get your Botox done, you're like, I just don't like any of it.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Then you just microcurrent your face and it's gonna increase your metabolization of it.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong. Microcurrent is like when you kind of like um it pulls out the skin a bit, like and yeah, it's like a little like shock. Yeah, like spazzes your face. Yeah. I've I've done that before.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, they do it in like some facials, I think. I don't offer it at my practice. I don't know if I think it really works, but hey, I mean, if it's gonna break down the Botox that somebody doesn't want, then that's

How to Avoid the Frozen or Pillow Face Look

SPEAKER_03

great.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. So how can people avoid that frozen or pillow face look?

SPEAKER_03

So the frozen look, we're talking about Botox. And so Botox has like a peak and a plateau of sort of, you know, it's the strongest and it plateaus off. And usually Botox, like I said, it takes about two weeks to set. And so at two weeks, it's probably the strongest. So if it's like your first or second time getting Botox, it's just strong in your system. And even if you do everything right, you might be like, wow, I feel a little tight. And then by week three, you start to kind of like get some of your movement back. And that's normal. We're humans, we're supposed to animate our faces. We're not gonna be wrinkle free for the whole four months. Right. That's just the reality. So if you can move your face a little bit, but you don't have any wrinkles, that's the goal. When people come in and they say that they want to be frozen to me, I'm like, I don't do that. I don't do frozen. We do let's look like humans. But there's a certain amount of Botox, which is good for everybody because we don't want you wasting your money. You know, we want you to get three months out of your treatment. So that 64 units in those three areas is what gets you to about three or four months. But for some people, maybe that's a little bit more. Maybe that's a little bit less. And your experience as an injector is what determines that. Because I'll look at somebody's face, I'll watch them animate, and I'll watch them make all these faces because in your consultation, you your injector better make you animate in front of you. Yeah. And then I kind of like, you know, I whip up my little plan of what I'm gonna do. The pillow face, that's we're talking about fillers, and that is a wrong filler, wrong place. So every single filler has the different properties that it has. So we don't want to put something in the jawline that goes in the lip. Right. We don't want to, or the opposite. Right. And injecting in different planes or different areas, that's also so important. And really, just over time as an injector, I think it just takes years to get comfortable with the anatomy and know where you're injecting. Maybe some areas you're injecting in bone, maybe some areas you're injecting sub Q, which is kind of in the tissue. Maybe you need to inject in fat. This is the way that our face is. And having a really good understanding of anatomy is important if you're an injector, and that's how you avoid that look. So you want to go to somebody that all those results look supernatural, right? Yeah. Like if you can see on their before and afters that these people look crazy. Contoured and everything else, they probably look insane in person.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

Have Clients Come to You After Bad Experiences?

SPEAKER_01

Have you ever had clients come to you after having a bad experience elsewhere?

SPEAKER_03

Yes. Tell me a little bit about that. It happens. I think that you need to do a really good consultation. You need to like have a nice relationship with the patient. You want to not feel like you're too pushy or salesy with them. And a lot of the work that I do is corrective from people going elsewhere. Wow.

Do Injectables Replace Good Skincare?

SPEAKER_01

And then now I kind of want to get more into like skincare and injectables. Do injectables replace good skincare or work best with it?

SPEAKER_03

They definitely work best together for sure. You don't want to do injectables on somebody who has a lot of skin issues. I mean, I think that skin is the most important part of somebody's face. And if you have somebody who has a lot of acne or really bad hyperpigmentation, like putting lips on somebody isn't gonna fix their skin. Right. So when you have people that maybe don't have a small budget, then like do both. Do the injectables that they want and help them with their skin. But if you have somebody who has a smaller budget, then you should build out those treatments for them. You should be like, let's talk about your skin. How do you feel about it? Right. And if they're open to it, then you help them with their skin first. You start with injectables later and you kind of go from there.

SPEAKER_01

I

Skincare Tips to Maintain Your Skin Post-Treatment

SPEAKER_01

like that. What are your go-to skincare tips to maintain your skin post-treatment?

SPEAKER_03

So there's a lot of products that I really, really like, especially if you're getting like a post-treatment, like a chemical peel or a microneedling. Um, even if you are getting Botox or fillers just to keep your skin really nice, I love plated. So I don't know if you've ever heard of it, but it's essentially like shelf stable PRP to use on your face at home.

SPEAKER_01

No, I don't know what that is. It's amazing. Amazing.

SPEAKER_03

And I also have a sunscreen that could also be like a treatment for your skin and a house with hyperpigmentation and redness. It's called Pavise. Ooh. There isn't a better sunscreen out there. Like it's amazing. Okay, good to know. Super clean, safe ingredients. Love that. The third thing that I would say is there's a another serum called Epicutus Lipid Serum. And so that serum's amazing. Like it feels so smooth and so buttery. And any of these things are really gonna help heal your skin post-treatment. That's great. Or just make your skin kind of nicer to just look good with your Botox and your filler.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Is there anything that like could be irritating after getting a treatment to like you absolutely shouldn't put this on your skin? Tretinoin.

SPEAKER_03

So those really intense retinols. Yeah. That's gonna be too much. Any type of like acids, like the peel pads that they sell. You want to just like stay away from that. And I think that I feel very strongly as one of the biggest pieces of skincare is like, let's build our skin back, yeah, not take it away. Let's make our skin stronger. And we don't need to be, you know, putting all these acids and putting all these things on our skin that's constantly taking it away all the time. Right.

Lymphatic Drainage, Gua Sha & Facial Massage With Botox

SPEAKER_01

How does um lymphatic drainage in your face work when you have Botox? Can you still like use a guasha? Like, can you get like a facial massage?

SPEAKER_03

So when your Botox is set, you should have like absolutely no issue with any sort of lymphatic drainage and Botox. Awesome. I don't personally come from the thought process that even if you do those things that same day that it's really gonna make a difference. But maybe wait until the next day to do your gasha just to be on the safer side. Same thing with like a facial massage.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Um, but there is, I thought maybe the question that you're gonna go into was does getting Botox affect lymphatic drainage? Oh, well, yeah. What about that way? So around the eyes, I think it's important to not do too much Botox around the eyes, especially if you're gonna do under-eye for under-eye filler for a patient. You gotta separate those two treatments. Oh, wow. Because, you know, basically when you Botox around the eyes, it can kind of slow down the lymphatic drainage. You don't want to put filler under the eye and have it get puffy. Right. So that's an interesting sort of thing that you just separate those two treatments

Can Filler or Botox Actually Migrate?

SPEAKER_03

apart and you'd be totally fine.

SPEAKER_01

Right. Is it true that like filler, I'm not sure if it's filler or Botox, but that one of the two could migrate?

SPEAKER_03

So Botox, when we're talking about migration, it's not really a thing. Like if we're Botoxing our face, maybe we want some migration, right? Because we want to spread and get to our wrinkles. Yeah. We're talking about filler migration. I think maybe more commonly people see it in something like the lips. Okay. And that just, you know, goes with maybe too much filler was put in the lips, maybe the wrong type of filler. Yeah. And so then you have to go and you get a dissolved in that in that area, and then you have your crisp lip back again.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. But that migration's not gonna happen from like giving yourself a facial massage or like something like that.

SPEAKER_03

No.

SPEAKER_01

Okay,

No Filter Flash Round

SPEAKER_01

good to know. Okay, so for this last round of questions, I want to do a no-filter flash round. So I'm gonna ask you a quick fire question and you can just respond quickly. All right, awesome. Botox or filler?

SPEAKER_03

For me, chin filler, 100% lips or jawline. Lips always, because they brighten up the face. And as we age, everybody needs lip filler. A little bit, a little bit.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. One thing people always forget before an appointment to eat.

SPEAKER_03

And I have I had a patient yesterday that didn't eat, and I offer people coffee and everything else when they come in, and she got so anxious. Yeah. So it's important to eat before your appointment. Yeah. Plus, like needles can make people faint. Yeah, even just seeing a needle. Yeah. None of these things should hurt. They're not painful, but just the sight of needles can bother some people. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Craziest thing a client ever asked for labial filler. Wow. Okay. And then last one, your dream celeb to inject.

SPEAKER_03

So this is probably gonna come as a surprise to a lot of people because I think most people are gonna say, like, Kim Kardashian, because she can like make your business, or but my celebrity is Selena Gomez. Ooh, why? I feel like she's just so chill. Yeah, I love her. And I spend so much time with my patients, and they're coming to see me so often. Like we're hanging out a lot. My appointments are an hour. So it just seems like she would be, you know, really easy to work with. And she could like have nice little conversations with me. Yeah. Haley fans don't come for me. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

I actually love Selena. So that's a good answer. I like that answer. Okay. I want to ask you one more question. What inspired you to get into this industry?

SPEAKER_03

So I've always loved beauty. And even like as a very young child, I was like interested in makeup and clothes and fashion and design. And so when I decided that I was going to go into medicine, I feel like for me it was the best of both worlds because I had like a very science-oriented brain, but I had a good eye for beauty. Yeah. And you can be the best injector in the world. But if you don't have that eye for beauty or can kind of like see what will make a difference for somebody, that's why I do it is so that people are happy every day. And they are. They're so happy.

SPEAKER_01

It makes it worth

Where to Find Pamela Weinberger

SPEAKER_01

it. That's awesome. Well, thank you for what you do. And thank you for being here. It was awesome just learning a little bit more about Botox and Filler and the difference. You know, I learned a lot. I'm sure our viewers, our viewers learned a lot. Do you want to let our viewers know where they can find you, whether it's on social media? Go ahead.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. So my practice is in Miami. It's right outside Design District. It's called June Aesthetics, as you had mentioned. And then my Instagram is just my name. So it's Pamela Weinberger, and there's a little underscore at the end. And my work Instagram is June.miami. So I always answer my DMs. So anybody can always ask me any questions. And that's where you can find me.

SPEAKER_01

Awesome. Well, thank you so much for being here, Pamela. And this has been Face It, where we get real about what works and what doesn't