Advanced Aesthetic Center

About Advanced Aesthetic Center

What is Advanced Aesthetic Center?

Advanced Aesthetic Center, or AAC, is a medical aesthetics practice with offices in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Google lists it as a medical spa, with a 4.9 rating from 266 reviews. Most of its services are skin and body work, including fillers, facials, peels and lasers, microneedling and wrinkle reducers. Weight loss and hormone replacement are two more of its services, and they are the focus here.

Becky Hughes, an RN, co-founded the practice with Robert Lilly. Over the last 10 years it has grown to include a team of nurse injectors, aestheticians and client service staff. Hours are 9:00 to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

The weight loss program uses a GLP-1 medication, but it does not name which one. Each month is an in-person visit that includes an InBody body composition scan and a review of your progress and plan. In its own words: "Medication can do a lot. It works best when someone is paying attention to you while you take it."

Hormone replacement is bioidentical therapy under the Biote method. It uses compounded hormones, placed as pellets under the skin during an office visit. AAC is a Biote Certified Provider in the Kansas City area.

Three people are named as prescribers: Raychael Hulse, FNP-C, Carol Fervert, BSN, RN, and Dr. Pamela Davis. Dr. Davis is listed as the Medical Director guiding the weight loss program, but no credentials are given for her. The program says a nurse practitioner manages the medication, and it does not say which named person that is.

This listing is for its Lee's Summit office at 6 SW 2nd St.

What does it cost?

Medication starts at $199 a month, and there is no membership fee. The $50 consultation goes toward your medication if you decide to start. If you want the team to order your labs instead of bringing your own results, that costs $89.

It does not say whether the $199 includes the medication. It does not publish prices for the monthly visits or for hormone pellets. It does not say whether insurance is accepted. It lists payment plans, but the terms are not spelled out, and cancellation terms are not given.

What should you ask before you book?

Call 1-816-246-1122 before you pay anything. Ask who writes the weight loss prescription, and which of the three named prescribers that is. Ask whether the $199 includes the medication, which drug it is, and whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost after the first month.

If you are considering hormones, ask what each pellet visit costs and how often you will need one. Ask whether insurance covers any of it. Ask whether telehealth is available, since the weight loss care is described as in person. Finally, ask how cancellation works, and what happens to your payments if you stop partway through.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want in-person visits every month and you are comfortable asking who prescribes before you commit to a plan. If you need insurance billing or telehealth, call first, since neither is addressed.

Sources: aaclookyoung.com, aaclookyoung.com/bio-identical-hormone-replacement, aaclookyoung.com/weight-loss, aaclookyoung.com/contact, aaclookyoung.com/about

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9:00 - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday

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