Pressotherapy price: single session or package, do the sums before you pay

Pressotherapy is rarely booked just once.

Very quickly, you are offered a package. Six sessions. Ten sessions. With a discount attached.

And that is where the pressotherapy price gets complicated. Should you pay by the session, or commit to ten appointments? What is that discount really worth?

Good news: the answer comes down to one division and three questions.

In this guide, you will see what makes the price of pressotherapy vary, how to work out the real cost of a session within a package, and when it is better to start with a single session.

The prices quoted are those of SIMEHA Institut, taken from our booking system. And let us be clear from the start: we promise no measured result. This guide is about prices, not kilos.

What is the price of a pressotherapy session?

The price of a pressotherapy session depends on its length and on where it is carried out. At SIMEHA Institut, the session takes 30 min and costs CHF 65.

Prices are in Swiss francs.

For packages, the amount shown is the total price of all the sessions, and the duration is that of each session.

By the way, what exactly are you paying for?

Pressotherapy is a treatment in which the legs are placed in boots connected to a device; these boots fill with air and apply gradual pressure, then release. When you book a session, you pay for the time on the device, the beautician's time and the setting.

The treatment is passive: you stay lying down while the device works.

The beautician settles you in, sets the pressure and pays attention to what you feel. Does a pressure bother you? Tell her straight away.

Let us be honest about what it is: a beauty treatment for comfort. Some people describe a feeling of light legs after the session. This feeling varies from one person to another, and we do not guarantee it.

What makes the price vary? Four things

Four things make the price of a pressotherapy session vary: its length, the option chosen, the setting and the location. They explain most of the gaps you will see when you compare.

1. The length of the session

The sessions on offer generally run from about twenty minutes to an hour. A session twice as long is not always twice the price, but it does cost more.

At the salon, the session takes 30 min.

2. The option: single session or package

A package brings down the price of each session, in exchange for a commitment.

This is the point to work out with care. The next section is devoted to it entirely.

3. The setting

Pressotherapy is offered by beauty salons, by wellness or sports recovery centres, and sometimes in a medical setting. The prices, the aims and the cover are not the same.

SIMEHA Institut is a beauty salon: the treatment here is cosmetic.

4. The location

Prices follow the local cost of living. A price seen on a French website does not carry over here.

Single session or package: which should you choose?

Choose the single session to try the treatment, and the package if you are certain you will do all the sessions. At SIMEHA Institut, six single sessions cost CHF 390, against CHF 332 as a package.

Here is the sum to do, and it takes ten seconds.

To find the real price of a session within a package, divide the total price by the number of sessions. Do it yourself with the amounts in the table: it is the only figure that lets you compare a package of six sessions with a package of ten.

But be careful. The package has a downside.

A session paid for and not taken costs more than any discount.

Before you commit, ask yourself three questions:

1. Does the treatment suit me? Only a first session can tell you.
2. Do I have time to come? Ten sessions mean ten slots in your diary.
3. How long is the package valid? Ask the salon before you pay.

Three times "yes"? The package is made for you. A doubt? Start with one session.

Pressotherapy and other slimming treatments: can the prices be compared?

The prices of pressotherapy and of the other slimming treatments cannot be compared directly, because the sessions have neither the same length nor the same device. The table below gives, for each of our treatments, the duration and the price of one session.

These treatments do not do the same thing.

So the choice is not made on price, but after a talk with the beautician about what you expect. All of them are presented on the slimming treatment page.

Three warning signs

To avoid nasty surprises, get what the price includes set out in writing before you pay for a package. A clear price states the length of each session, the number of sessions, how long the package is valid and the conditions for rescheduling.

And be wary of three signs:

• a promise of weight loss or centimetres lost, with a figure;
• pressure to buy a large package at the very first appointment;
• a price shown with no session length.

If you see one, ask questions. If you see two, walk away.

At the salon, each treatment shows its duration and its price before you book, and booking online requires no payment: you pay at the salon.

Booking your first session

SIMEHA Institut offers pressotherapy at Rue Caroline 41, 1227 Genève, Suisse, in the Acacias district. The salon is open Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 19:00 and Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00.

You book the first session online, with no account: the treatment, the time, then your first name, phone number and email.

Mention any particular health situation before you come; if in doubt, ask your doctor.