The buffet tipping thread inspired me to ask about a situation I encountered last week. I’ve been having brown spots (ie sun damage) removed from my face every year or so except for 2020 due to COVID. I used to go to my dermatologist to have it done. I had to pay out of pocket as it was considered a cosmetic procedure.
We moved two years ago, and in our new city, dermatologists generally don’t do cosmetic procedures such as brown spots removal. I went to an esthetician recommended by my dermatologist and was shocked to see a tip % screen as I paid. The procedure cost around $350 and the minimum tip option was 15%, unless I wrote in a “custom tip” or selected “no tip.”
If I go for a facial or massage, I expect to tip and tip well. However, tipping someone $50 on a procedure I had never before been asked to tip for was kind of shocking to me. After the appointment, I googled it and learned that for these types of procedures, people don’t tip if a doctor performs the service, but if an esthetician does it, tipping is not unusual but is not necessarily 15-25% like a meal tip.
If you have any minor cosmetic procedures done by an esthetician, do you tip and if so, do you give a set amount or base it on a % of the bill?
We moved two years ago, and in our new city, dermatologists generally don’t do cosmetic procedures such as brown spots removal. I went to an esthetician recommended by my dermatologist and was shocked to see a tip % screen as I paid. The procedure cost around $350 and the minimum tip option was 15%, unless I wrote in a “custom tip” or selected “no tip.”
If I go for a facial or massage, I expect to tip and tip well. However, tipping someone $50 on a procedure I had never before been asked to tip for was kind of shocking to me. After the appointment, I googled it and learned that for these types of procedures, people don’t tip if a doctor performs the service, but if an esthetician does it, tipping is not unusual but is not necessarily 15-25% like a meal tip.
If you have any minor cosmetic procedures done by an esthetician, do you tip and if so, do you give a set amount or base it on a % of the bill?