About Us
A claim is a claim until a source backs it.
Why a quoted price is not a fact
A price quote or a promised result is easy to repeat and hard to verify. Here those claims are tested, and the ones that hold up are separated from the ones that are mostly marketing.
What gets examined
Coverage focuses on what a treatment price buys, how long a result is said to last against what it costs, and the fine print in packages and promotions.
How a figure earns a place
The research method is simple: read professional society pages and independent medical references before weighing any price or results claim. Where a page cannot trace a figure to a source, it prints no figure.
Three habits behind the coverage
The voice here is a measured explainer that distrusts headline price and results figures. In practice that means three things.
- A claim is a claim until a source backs it.
- Fine print gets read before a price gets repeated.
- Independent material comes before any single seller's page. For example, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons page on botulinum toxin and the ASPS overview of nonsurgical fat reduction are the kind of reading this site points to.
If you are in Washington
If you are on Mercer Island, or elsewhere in Washington, look up Washington Administrative Code section 246-919-605 yourself and check whether it applies to the service you are considering. This site does not summarize it. We are an editorial site, not a clinic, and cannot tell you whether a treatment suits you.
With a pen in hand
Read the coverage with a pen in hand and write down every figure you cannot trace to a source. Before you book anything, read the ASPS list of what to look for in a quality med spa and put those questions to the provider.