Everything on this site concerns medical procedures, money, and decisions people cannot easily undo. These are the rules we hold ourselves to, written down so you can hold us to them too.
Nothing here is medical advice
MSPA publishes reference information. It is not a diagnosis, not a treatment recommendation, and not a substitute for a consultation with a qualified clinician who has examined you. Aesthetic procedures carry real risks, and those risks depend on your individual health, medications and anatomy. Decisions about your care belong with you and a licensed clinician.
If you are experiencing a complication after a procedure — difficulty breathing or swallowing, sudden vision change, skin that is turning white, grey or mottled, or severe or increasing pain — seek emergency medical care immediately rather than looking for answers online.
Medical review
Every page that touches clinical substance — how a treatment works, what it costs in units, what can go wrong, who is qualified to perform it — is reviewed by a clinician licensed in the United States before publication, and re-reviewed at least annually. The reviewer's name, credentials and review date appear on each page they have reviewed.
Reviewer position currently unfilled. As of September 2026 MSPA has not yet appointed its medical reviewer.
Until that appointment is made, we are not publishing clinical content. Pages describing treatments, dosing, risks or recovery will remain unpublished rather than going live unreviewed. Non-clinical material — pricing methodology, licensing and regulatory information, and calculation tools built on published regulatory sources — is published in the interim and is labelled as such.
We are aware this is the slower path. Publishing clinical claims without review is how most sites in this category lose the right to be believed, and we would rather start later than start that way.
Where our information comes from
We work from primary sources and say which one. In descending order of preference:
| Tier | Source | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FDA-approved product labelling and prescribing information | Approved uses, dosing, contraindications, warnings |
| 1 | State medical, nursing and licensing board rules and public records | Who may legally treat, supervision requirements, licence status |
| 2 | Peer-reviewed literature and specialty society guidance | Clinical technique, outcomes, complication management |
| 2 | Published national procedural statistics | Volume and national average context |
| 3 | Clinic-published menus and verified patient receipts | Observed pricing only |
We do not cite other content sites, aggregators, or AI-generated articles as sources of fact. Where a claim is contested in the literature, we say that it is contested rather than picking the tidier answer.
Who writes here
- Every article carries a named author with stated relevant background. We do not publish anonymously and we do not use invented bylines.
- Where content is drafted with AI assistance, a named human is responsible for its accuracy, every factual claim is checked against a primary source, and clinical content still goes through medical review. AI is a drafting tool here, never an author and never a source.
- Authors disclose any financial relationship with a manufacturer, device company or clinic. Anyone with a material interest in a product does not write about that product.
Independence
- No advertiser, clinic or manufacturer sees content before it publishes, or has any right of approval over it.
- Paid placement is always labelled where it appears, and never affects rankings, inclusion or editorial judgement.
- Clinics that pay us are excluded from our pricing dataset, so that buying advertising cannot move the benchmark we publish.
- We accept no free treatments, devices or gifts from companies we cover.
Keeping pages current
- Pricing pages are re-collected quarterly and carry a visible collection date.
- Regulatory and licensing pages are reviewed at least annually and whenever we learn of a rule change.
- Clinical pages are re-reviewed annually, and immediately following any relevant FDA safety communication or labelling change.
- Pages we can no longer stand behind are removed or clearly marked as outdated, not left to quietly rot.
Corrections
We correct errors of fact promptly and visibly. A substantive correction is noted at the foot of the page with the date and a description of what changed. We do not silently edit a claim and pretend it was always right.
To report an error, contact us with the page and the specific claim. Reports concerning clinical accuracy go to the medical reviewer.
Published 15 September 2026. Version 1.0.