Vitamin Shots in Lafayette, LA
Vitamin shots deliver a selected nutrient or wellness compound through an injection rather than an oral supplement. At Elle Medical & Aesthetics in Lafayette, LA, B12, MIC, and NAD+ injections are offered as medically supervised wellness support, following a health review at every visit.
What Are Vitamin Shots?
Vitamin shots are targeted injections that deliver specific nutrients directly into the body, bypassing the digestive system for more efficient absorption than oral supplements. At Elle Medical & Aesthetics, the injection menu includes B12, MIC, and NAD+, each serving a different aspect of nutritional support, wellness, and recovery.
Because every injection has a distinct purpose, your provider helps determine which option best fits your health and wellness goals, whether that means a single injection or ongoing support built into a broader treatment plan.
Vitamin Shot Options at Elle
B12 Injections
Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient involved in red blood cell formation, neurological function, and DNA production. Injectable B12 is an established treatment for specific forms of deficiency, delivering the nutrient directly for patients whose bodies do not absorb it well from food or oral supplements.
B12 injections may be appropriate for a documented deficiency, impaired absorption, certain medical conditions, or another clinically supported need. Depending on your situation, treatment may support correcting or preventing a deficiency, normal red blood cell production, and normal neurological function, and B12 is also offered as general nutritional support when clinically appropriate.
MIC Injections
MIC injections provide supportive nutritional components often used alongside a broader medical weight loss or wellness plan. They work best as one part of an approach that also includes nutrition guidance, physical activity, hydration, and individualized recommendations from your provider.
Individual response varies, and MIC injections are used as supportive care within a plan rather than as a standalone treatment.
NAD+ Injections
NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a naturally occurring coenzyme involved in cellular energy metabolism and many normal cellular processes throughout the body. Patients most often ask about it in connection with energy, recovery, focus, and general wellness support.
Research into NAD-related therapies is active and still developing. Current evidence supports NAD+ as biologically important without establishing that injections reverse aging, treat disease, or guarantee improvements in energy or mental clarity, and your provider will walk you through what is realistic before you start.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Vitamin Shots?
- You have a documented deficiency: B12 in particular has clear clinical indications where injection is an established treatment.
- You have absorption issues: Certain medical conditions and surgeries limit how well nutrients are absorbed from food or oral supplements.
- You are already in a wellness or weight management plan: These injections work as supportive components within a broader plan.
- You want realistic expectations: You will hear what an injection can and cannot reasonably do before you receive one.
- You are open to being told no: Sometimes the right answer is laboratory testing, an oral supplement, or addressing something else first.
Symptoms like low energy, weakness, or brain fog may warrant laboratory testing or broader medical evaluation rather than an injection. Not every patient needs testing before every injection, and that decision depends on the specific injection, your health history, your symptoms, how often you are receiving them, and clinical judgment.
What to Expect During Your Vitamin Shot Appointment
- Brief health review: Your reason for requesting the injection, current symptoms, medical history, current medications and supplements, allergies, previous reactions to injections, pregnancy or breastfeeding status where relevant, previous vitamin injections, recent laboratory results, and any changes in your health since your last visit.
- Injection confirmed: The selected injection is confirmed, or a different recommendation is made.
- Education: Potential side effects and aftercare are reviewed before anything is administered.
- Preparation: The nutrient or medication is prepared.
- Injection: The site is cleaned, and the injection is administered using the appropriate route, which depends on the product and current clinical protocol.
- Brief monitoring: When appropriate for the injection given.
- Aftercare instructions: Provided before you leave.
The injection itself is usually brief. You may feel a quick pinch, mild pressure, temporary burning or stinging, and some soreness at the site afterward, and some injections are more uncomfortable than others.
Vitamin Shot Recovery and Aftercare
Vitamin injections require no downtime, and most patients head straight back to work, the gym, or whatever else was on the schedule. You may notice mild soreness at the injection site for a short time afterward.
Individual response varies, so how you feel in the days following an injection may differ from someone else receiving the same treatment. Your provider will let you know what to expect based on which injection you receive.
How Often Can You Get Vitamin Shots?
Many patients receive vitamin injections on a recurring basis, often weekly or monthly depending on the injection and what it is supporting. Others come in occasionally, around travel, a demanding stretch at work, or alongside another treatment.
Your provider will recommend a schedule based on which injection you receive, why you are receiving it, your laboratory findings when relevant, and how you responded to previous injections.
Meet Your Vitamin Shot Provider
Every injection at Elle is screened, prepared, and administered personally by Crystal Fontenot, ANP-BC, a board-certified adult nurse practitioner with a background in hormone evaluation, laboratory interpretation, wellness care, and medical weight management.
That background is what shapes the recommendation. Your health history, medications, symptoms, and previous response to injections are reviewed before treatment, and Crystal can order laboratory testing when your symptoms call for a closer look. You can read more about her approach and about Elle Medical & Aesthetics here.
Vitamin Shot Pricing and Financing in Lafayette, LA
Vitamin injections are among the more accessible treatments at Elle, with pricing based on which injection you receive and whether you are treating occasionally or on a recurring schedule. You will know the cost before anything is administered.
For patients building injections into a broader wellness or weight management plan, CareCredit and Cherry financing are both available to spread costs over time.
Why Choose Elle Medical & Aesthetics for Vitamin Shots in Lafayette, LA?
- A Health Review Before Every Injection: Not just the first one. Changes in your health since your last visit are part of the review each time.
- Direct Care From a Nurse Practitioner: Screening, preparation, and administration all handled by the same board-certified provider.
- Honest About the Evidence: You will hear what current research does and does not support, particularly with NAD+, rather than marketing claims.
- Laboratory Testing When It Matters: Testing may be recommended when symptoms suggest an injection alone is not the right answer.
- Coordinated With Your Other Care: Injections are considered alongside medical weight loss, hormone therapy, IV therapy, and wellness care rather than in isolation.
Frequently Asked Questions About Vitamin Shots in Lafayette, LA
What are vitamin shots used for?
They deliver a selected nutrient directly rather than through the digestive system, which can be more reliable for patients with absorption issues or documented deficiencies. At Elle, they are offered as wellness support, with the specific injection chosen based on your needs, history, and treatment plan.
What types of vitamin shots can I get in Lafayette, LA?
Elle offers B12, MIC, and NAD+ injections. B12 supports red blood cell formation and neurological function and is an established treatment for certain deficiencies. MIC is supportive within a wellness or weight management plan. NAD+ is a coenzyme involved in cellular energy metabolism.
Are there negative side effects of vitamin shots?
Most effects are limited to the injection itself, including a brief pinch, mild pressure, temporary burning or stinging, and soreness at the site afterward. Some injections are more uncomfortable than others, and patients respond differently even to the same product.
How much do vitamin shots cost in Lafayette, LA?
Cost depends on which injection you receive and how often you are treated, and you are quoted before anything is administered. CareCredit and Cherry financing are both available for patients spreading costs over time.
Do NAD+ injections really work?
NAD+ has genuine biological functions in cellular energy metabolism, but current evidence does not support claims that injections reverse aging, treat chronic disease, repair DNA, or guarantee better energy or focus. Much of the research has looked at NAD biology and oral precursors rather than injectable wellness treatment.
Will a B12 shot give me more energy?
If you have a documented B12 deficiency, correcting it can improve symptoms including fatigue. If your B12 levels are normal, an injection is unlikely to change your energy, and the fatigue is worth investigating rather than treating with a shot. Testing helps answer that.
Do MIC injections cause weight loss?
No, and any provider telling you otherwise is overselling. MIC injections are optional support within a broader weight management plan that includes evaluation, nutrition, activity, and often prescription medication. Effects vary between individuals.
Do I need lab work before getting a vitamin shot?
Not always. Whether testing is recommended depends on the specific injection, your health history, your symptoms, how frequently you are receiving injections, and clinical judgment. Testing may be recommended when symptoms suggest an injection alone is not the right answer.
Ready to Book a Vitamin Shot?
At Elle Medical & Aesthetics, an injection follows a real conversation about whether it is the right thing for you. Sometimes it is, and sometimes the better answer is testing or a different approach entirely.
Visit us at 626 Verot School Rd, Suite B, Lafayette, LA 70508, or call (337) 651-9120 to schedule an appointment at Elle Medical & Aesthetics. We would be glad to talk through what you are hoping to address.
Medically reviewed by Crystal Fontenot, ANP-BC, on August 12, 2026