Need advice and guidance

I have a consultation scheduled. However I’m struggling with how to pay for this. Meaning, did you save and use cash. Did you put some or all on a credit card? Did anyone get a person loan? I’m not sure the best options and to be honest I’m not even sure what(if any) other options there are available? I have been saving this past year, knowing I wanted to have some type of body augmentation. However I obviously have no idea what the Dr. will recommend and the prices yet. So I’m just trying to prepare so I’m not shocked. I have never had a procedure before that I was selfpay for. So this is a very new experience for me. Any advice would be helpful.