Guides & Trackers
The standing questions every owner in your field re-googles — kept current and decoded. Updated continuously by our AI.
Guide Medspa Treatment Pricing Benchmarks (National & Regional)
What owners in your market are charging for injectables, fillers, energy devices, and skin treatments—and how to validate your own pricing against regional norms.
Guide GLP-1 in Aesthetics: Compounding, Sourcing & Legal Status
What you can legally offer now, FDA shortage status, compounding pharmacy sourcing, and enforcement risk for medspa owners offering semaglutide and tirzepatide.
Guide Medspa Marketing Channel Benchmarks & CAC
Where customer-acquisition cost sits across paid search, social, referral, and organic channels—and which demand sources deliver ROI in aesthetic practices.
Guide Medical Director Requirements for Medspas by State
Medical-director supervision rules vary sharply by state—from strict on-site presence to delegated oversight. Understanding your state's standard of care and liability exposure is essential to structuring your practice legally and operationally.
Guide Aesthetic Device Clearance Tracker: FDA-Cleared Energy Devices
Verify what each RF, laser, ultrasound, and microneedling-RF device is actually cleared for—and catch rep claims that exceed FDA authorization.
Guide Dermal Filler Comparison Guide by Type, Area & Longevity
Build your filler menu by understanding composition, ideal placement, duration, and cost structure across HA, biostimulators, and specialty formulations.
Guide Medspa Software Comparison: Boulevard vs Aesthetic Record vs PatientNow vs Symplast
The major practice-management platforms differ sharply in architecture, pricing, integrations, and ideal practice size—understanding the tradeoffs matters more than feature checklists.
Guide Medspa Startup Cost Breakdown: What It Actually Costs to Open
Real line-item costs for buildout, equipment, licensing, staffing, and marketing—with realistic ranges for independent practices.
Guide What Is Your Medspa Worth? Valuation & EBITDA Multiples
How medspas are valued in M&A: EBITDA multiples by size, what drives multiples up, deal structures, and how to read an offer.
Guide Injectable Pricing & Rebate Tracker: Botox, Dysport, Jeuveau, Daxxify, Xeomin
Per-unit and per-vial economics across the major neurotoxins, plus how manufacturer loyalty programs (Allē, Aspire, Evolus Rewards) move your margin.
Guide Filler Pricing & Margin Guide: Juvéderm, Restylane, RHA, Radiesse
Cost-per-syringe drivers and typical markup across major HA and biostimulator fillers—how to think about margin per area and optimize your product mix.
Guide Aesthetic Device Cost & ROI Guide
Capital equipment represents your largest single investment after real estate. Understand device pricing, lease structures, and the patient volume math that determines whether a $200K+ device pays for itself.
Guide Loyalty Program Comparison: Allē vs Aspire vs Evolus Rewards
How the three major manufacturer loyalty programs stack up on rebates, volume incentives, and stacking rules—and what they actually return to your practice.
Guide Medical Spa Scope-of-Practice & Supervision Rules by State
Who can inject, supervise, and what good-faith exams require—the compliance map for hiring, opening, and expanding across state lines.
Guide Medspa Ownership & MSO Structure Rules by State
Corporate-practice-of-medicine doctrine varies sharply by state. Understand which states prohibit non-physician ownership, which allow it, and how MSO structures navigate the rules.
Guide Good-Faith Exam Requirements by State (incl. Telehealth)
What constitutes a valid good-faith exam, who can perform it, state-by-state variation, and how telehealth rules diverge—critical for compliance and liability.
Guide Medspa Advertising & Claims Compliance Guide (FTC)
FTC rules for aesthetic advertising—what you can and cannot claim, before/after photo standards, and how to avoid enforcement action.
Guide Trending Aesthetic Treatments: What Patients Are Asking For
The treatments gaining traction in patient demand and how to evaluate adding or bundling them into your practice mix.
Guide Neurotoxin Comparison: Botox vs Dysport vs Jeuveau vs Daxxify vs Xeomin
Head-to-head breakdown of onset, duration, dosing, diffusion, and acquisition cost across the five FDA-cleared neuromodulators—what to stock and how to price.
Guide Energy Device Buyer's Guide: RF vs Laser vs Ultrasound vs RF-Microneedling
Match modality to clinical outcome and patient demand. Understand what each energy source actually treats, the capital and per-procedure economics, and how to build a coherent device portfolio.
Guide Aesthetic Recall & Safety Alert Watch
A running reference of device and injectable recalls, FDA safety communications, and regulatory signals affecting your practice—what to pull from inventory and how to communicate with patients.
Guide Medspa Staffing & Salary Guide: RN Injector, NP, Aesthetician
Current pay ranges by role and market, labor supply trends, and what's driving wage pressure in aesthetic practices.
Guide Medical Spa Insurance Guide: Malpractice & Liability
What coverage your aesthetic practice actually needs, how to structure limits, and why the right policy protects both your assets and your license.
Guide Medspa Membership & Package Pricing Models
How successful medspas structure memberships and packages to build recurring revenue and patient lifetime value—with pricing mechanics, retention psychology, and operational guardrails.
Guide Medspa M&A & Consolidator Tracker: Who's Buying
A map of PE-backed platforms rolling up aesthetic practices—who they are, what they're paying, and what market activity means for your leverage and valuation.
Guide Medspa Industry by the Numbers: Market Size & Benchmarks
Hard data on U.S. medspa market size, clinic count, revenue per location, demand drivers like GLP-1 and injectables, and enforcement trends—sourced and interpreted for owners.