How the figures are checked
Every price and rule links to the page it came from and shows the date we last checked it.
Checked
We do not estimate or average prices. Each figure is copied from a named clinic's published price list or an official regulator page, stored with its source, the date we checked it and an expiry date. The site currently holds 88 sourced figures: 40 from official bodies and 48 from clinics and a dermatology reference.
Where do the figures come from?
- Prices: published price lists from named clinics. We say which clinic and which suburb, because one clinic's list is not a city average.
- Rules: the regulator's own pages: the TGA, Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia, ARPANSA, Queensland Health, Tasmania's Department of Health, the Radiological Council of Western Australia and the ACCC.
- Treatment guidance: DermNet, a dermatologist-edited reference. We show the date of each page we use, including when it is old.
What will this site not publish?
- Names or prices of prescription-only cosmetic injectables. Our injectables guide explains the TGA rule.
- Averages or "typical" prices we cannot trace to a source.
- Testimonials, ratings or before-and-after images.
What happens when sources disagree?
We say so. A Perth clinic's skin needling schedule, for example, starts sooner than the gap DermNet recommends. Where that happens we show both and say which one we would rely on, and why.
How do figures stay current?
Every figure has an expiry date: about three months for clinic prices and six months for regulator rules. Before each update we list anything past its date and re-check it at the source. Sale and package prices get shorter expiry dates.
How is the site paid for?
In two ways, once the site is fully running. When clinic requests open, clinics may pay us a fee when we pass a request on to them. We take no such fee from doctors, nurses or other registered health practitioners, because their guidelines bar them from paying anyone to recruit patients. We also build websites for salons and clinics, for a price agreed in writing.
The site may also show advertising in future. Neither ads nor fees ever change a figure, a rule summary or the order of anything we list.
Corrections
If a figure is wrong or out of date, we re-check it at the source, fix it, and update the date shown beside it. We do not quietly delete a figure that turns out to be wrong without saying so on the page. A corrections email will be listed here before launch.
Who is behind it?
The business behind The Beauty Price will be named on this page, with its ABN and address, before launch.