Beautologie Cosmetic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics

About Beautologie Cosmetic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics

What is Beautologie Cosmetic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics?

Beautologie is a cosmetic surgery and medical aesthetics practice with offices in Bakersfield and Stockton, California. Most of what it offers is cosmetic. It lists breast, body and facial cosmetic surgery, procedures for men, and non-surgical treatments such as skincare, lasers and injectables. Wellness and Weight Loss is one of its listed services, and it is the part this listing is about.

Dr. Darshan Shah, MD, is listed as a plastic surgeon, and several other doctors are named on the website without stated credentials. Google lists the business as a cosmetic surgeon with a 4.6 rating from 532 reviews. The weight loss program may involve GLP-1, GLP-2 and B-12 injections. In its own words: "Beautologie's weight loss program includes appetite suppression, monthly nurse support, and communication via phone, email, or text."

This listing is for its Bakersfield office at 4850 Commerce Dr.

What does it cost?

The only weight loss price the clinic publishes is "Medical Weight Loss with GLP programs starting at only $199 a month with membership." It does not say whether the $199 includes medication, so do not assume it does. It does not publish a consultation fee, does not say whether insurance is accepted, and gives no membership cancellation terms. The weight loss page points to "fees and financing options" and mentions savings and packages for online purchases, but it gives no amounts for either. Lab work and follow-up visits are not priced.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the prescription. The weight loss page names no prescriber. Dr. Darshan Shah appears there only as the person who approved the content, and approving content is not the same as prescribing. Ask whether a physician or a nurse orders the medication, and whether you will meet that person.

Ask whether the $199 monthly fee covers the medication. If it does not, ask what the medication costs each month and who supplies it. Ask whether it is brand-name or compounded, and which injections you would receive, since the page says the program "may involve" several.

Ask what the intake visit, labs and follow-up visits cost, and which of them the membership covers. The follow-up can be in person or on Zoom, so ask whether the price changes between the two.

Finally, ask how nurse check-ins work between visits, how you cancel, and whether any part of the monthly fee is refunded.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want cosmetic or aesthetic care and a medically run weight loss program from the same practice, and you are willing to get the prescriber, the medication cost and the cancellation terms in writing before you pay. It is a weaker fit if you need a named prescriber on record before you book, because the weight loss pages do not give one.

Sources: beautologie.com, beautologie.com/services/medical-weight-loss, beautologie.com/preoperative-videos/weight

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Monday - Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm

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