Smith Facial Plastics

About Smith Facial Plastics

What is Smith Facial Plastics?

Smith Facial Plastics is a facial plastic surgery practice with offices in Gahanna and Columbus, Ohio. Most of its work is surgical, including rhinoplasty, facelifts and eyelid surgery. It also runs a wellness side that offers hormone replacement therapy, IV therapy, functional medicine and laser hair removal. The practice lists 2000 as its founding year.

Hormone therapy is the part most cash-pay patients will call about, and a nurse practitioner runs it. Wendy F. Currier, NP-C, is the one prescriber named for it. The clinic describes her as a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a certified menopause specialist, and she has practiced as a nurse practitioner since 2009. The hormone options named are estrogen therapy, progesterone therapy, testosterone therapy, or a combination. Testosterone is the only medication the clinic names. It does not name a weight loss, GLP-1, peptide or longevity service.

What does it cost?

Testosterone therapy for men and women is $149 a month. In its own words: "This price includes the medication, supplies, and the office visit for the medication refill." Patients need an initial visit to establish care with Wendy, and the clinic does not publish that visit's price. It also does not publish a consultation fee or a price for estrogen, progesterone or combination therapy. Hormone testing is ordered at the first visit, and its cost is not stated.

The clinic accepts HSA and FSA cards. It does not say whether it accepts insurance. It links to a payment plans page, so ask what that covers. Membership terms and cancellation rules are not given.

What should you ask before you book?

Start with the price. Ask whether $149 a month is the whole cost of testosterone therapy, and what the initial visit and hormone testing will cost. Ask what estrogen or progesterone therapy costs, since the clinic publishes no price for either.

Then ask about the medication itself. Ask whether the testosterone in the monthly fee is brand-name or compounded, and who chooses it. Ask who writes each prescription and who handles monitoring between visits. Ask whether follow-up visits or lab work beyond the monthly refill are billed separately.

Finally, the logistics. Ask whether the practice takes insurance or only HSA and FSA cards and its payment plans. Ask whether the first visit or refills can be done by telehealth, since the clinic does not say. Ask how you cancel the monthly plan and whether there is a commitment period. Ask which office the hormone visits happen at, Gahanna or Columbus.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want testosterone or another hormone therapy from a nurse practitioner, can pay cash or with an HSA or FSA card, and are comfortable with a practice that is mainly surgical. It is a weaker fit if you are looking for weight loss medication or peptides, since the clinic names no service for either, or if you need telehealth, since it does not say whether it offers it.

Sources: smithfacialplastics.com, smithfacialplastics.com/functional-wellness/hormone-replacement-therapy

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