Insights

What's actually working in aesthetic practice growth.

Paid media benchmarks, consult economics, OR capacity math and platform policy changes — written for surgeons and practice managers, not for other marketers.

8 min

Google Ads for plastic surgeons: what it costs and how to structure it

Realistic cost per click and cost per lead ranges for plastic surgery Google Ads, plus the account structure that keeps surgical intent separate from med spa traffic.

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7 min

Cost per lead benchmarks in plastic surgery — and why the number misleads

What plastic surgery leads cost across channels, why cost per lead is a poor optimization target, and the three metrics to track instead.

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Systems6 min

Speed to lead is the cheapest growth lever you have

Why response time decides consult conversion in plastic surgery, what a fast intake process looks like, and how to fix it without hiring.

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SEO9 min

Plastic surgery SEO: what compounds and what wastes time

How to structure procedure pages, run Google Business Profile, and build the content that ranks for aesthetic surgery searches.

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Compliance8 min

Before-and-after advertising: policy, consent and staying compliant

How aesthetic practices should handle before-and-after imagery in advertising — platform policy, patient consent, and the claims that create legal exposure.

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Web7 min

Plastic surgery website design: what converts and what's decoration

The pages, structure and conversion elements a plastic surgery website needs, and the expensive features that don't affect booking rates.

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Systems7 min

CRM for plastic surgery practices: what it needs to do

What a plastic surgery CRM should actually handle, how it differs from your EMR, and the automations that recover cases you're currently losing.

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Sales7 min

Consult-to-surgery conversion: where cases are won and lost

How aesthetic practices improve the rate at which consultations become booked surgeries — process, pricing conversation and follow-up.

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Content7 min

Instagram and TikTok for plastic surgeons: what actually produces consults

How aesthetic practices should run short-form social — content that converts, what platform policy allows, and how DMs become consults.

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Operations8 min

Renting OR time vs building your own suite: the real math

How to compare per-case operating room rental against building an office surgical suite — capital, fixed cost, utilization and break-even.

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Operations8 min

Office surgery requirements in Florida: what surgeons should know

An overview of office surgery registration, accreditation pathways and operational requirements for surgeons operating outside a hospital in Florida.

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Sales6 min

Patient financing: how it's presented matters more than which lender

How aesthetic practices should position financing during the consultation, what it does to conversion, and the disclosure requirements to respect.

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Retention6 min

Reviews and reputation: building the system, handling the bad ones

How aesthetic practices generate review velocity, respond without violating patient privacy, and handle negative reviews constructively.

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Strategy7 min

Setting a marketing budget for a plastic surgery practice

How to size an aesthetic practice marketing budget from case value and capacity rather than a percentage rule, and when to stop scaling.

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Get the practice growth brief.

One email a month: what changed in the ad platforms, what procedures are getting expensive, and what we're seeing in the rooms.