Advice for Getting Botox at the Mall

Jan. 4, 2005 — -- It used to be that you had to go to a doctor's office to get Botox injections. But now, in many parts of the country, you can get your wrinkles erased right at the mall. With the demand for age-erasing procedures booming, so-called medical spas are opening in strip malls and shopping malls, with about 1,200 nationwide.

If you want to use one of these spas instead of going to the doctor's office, Doris Day, a dermatologist and author of "Forget the Facelift," offers these suggestions: