Lower Manhattan

Turn Lower Manhattan treatment paperwork into questions

Weighing injectables, hormone therapy or a similar treatment in Lower Manhattan? Start from the documents you will be handed: the regulator notices, the device or product labeling and the consent form. Each one asks something of you.

Write down every answer at a Lower Manhattan appointment

Ask these and keep a written note of every answer.

• What exact product or drug will be used? Ask to see the label or package insert.
• Who is the licensed person doing the procedure?
• What does the consent form say about risks? What does it ask you to do before and after?
• If something goes wrong, what happens, and whom do you contact?
• What is the total bill once follow-up visits are counted?

Read the med spa safety resources

Read what a professional society, a federal agency and a plastic surgery society have published about the treatments on offer, ahead of the appointment. Open the professional society's overview of medical spa safety resources. Read the federal agency's guidance on staying safe with botulinum toxin injections, then the plastic surgery society's guide to choosing the right medical spa. If a provider offers a product you cannot place, ask which notice applies, and have the product's approval status put on paper.

Confirm where treatment and follow-up take place

If a provider says they serve Lower Manhattan, ask where the procedure happens and where follow-up care happens.

Take treatment choices for your own case to a licensed clinician.