The Forest Lounge

About The Forest Lounge

## What is The Forest Lounge? The Forest Lounge is a direct-pay wellness clinic in Lake Forest, Illinois — despite a web address built around "Highland Park," its only listed street address is 173 E. Laurel Ave. in Lake Forest. It runs a GLP-1 weight-loss program with weekly injections, plus hormone therapy, testosterone replacement, peptide therapy, IV therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Pricing for the weight-loss program isn't consistent across its own site, so it's worth confirming by phone before you book.

## What does it cost? This is where things get confusing: the clinic's medical-weight-loss page says the GLP-1 program starts "at $299/month. No membership fee. No subscription. No insurance required." Its Highland Park page says something different — "$399/month all-inclusive," and separately, that the $399 "covers your weekly injection, all bloodwork, monthly physician check-ins, and your DPC [direct primary care] membership." That second description directly contradicts the first page's claim of no membership fee. Neither figure is reconciled anywhere on the site, so which price you'd actually be quoted isn't something a searcher can know in advance.

## What does it treat? Beyond weight loss, the site lists women's and men's hormone therapy, hormone optimization, and testosterone replacement therapy, plus peptide therapy, IV therapy, recovery and shockwave therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. It also advertises help with cognitive performance and ADHD. Tirzepatide is the only medication named on the site, and even that appears just in a page's meta description rather than its visible text — semaglutide isn't mentioned anywhere.

## Who is it for? The Forest Lounge says it serves Winnetka, Glencoe, Lake Bluff, Deerfield, Northbrook, and the surrounding North Shore. It operates on a direct-pay model and states plainly that insurance isn't required for most services. No physician or provider is named anywhere on the three pages checked — the site refers only to "monthly physician check-ins" without identifying who provides them. It's open Monday 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m., closed Sundays. The site doesn't state a consultation fee or say whether telehealth is offered.

**Sources:** https://myforestlounge.com/highland-park-il/ · https://myforestlounge.com/medical-weight-loss/ · https://myforestlounge.com/membership/