RealSelfReviews of realself.com

As someone who works in a plastic surgeon's office, I always liked RealSelf. Yes, they are a for-profit website, and they make money by forcing doctors to buy ads in order to be seen, however they were a good resource for patients - think Yelp! for cosmetic procedures. However, we broke our contract with RealSelf, and let me explain why. Firstly, aside form making the doctor's office pay for ads, they used to also demand that doctor's offices answered patient questions to maintain "Top Doctor Status," a.k.a. so that patients would see that doctor before others. So, not only were doctors paying to be feaurtured, but they were created massive amounts of content (at their own expense) for RealSelf to use to bait potential cosmetic customers. Now, as of a couple of months ago, RealSelf eliminated "Top Doctor Status," so any hard work that doctors and their staff may have put in is worthless. Not only this, but the replacement program, RealSelf "Verified" doctors is so much worse. RealSelf displays these "verified" doctors with a checkmark by their name to the public, as if they are somehow more qualified, better trained, have higher standards or otherwise are better. Would you like to know what qualifications these "Verified" Doctors have? 1. malpractice insurance 2. an additional check written to RealSelf of 50-300$ per month. Think about that from the consumer point of view.... looks like money-grubbing dishonesty to me. No thanks.

Everyone answered in depth and gave me a great idea of what I would need. I’m so thankful!

great website!

RealSelf is an extremely useful tool for anyone looking into getting surgery, has had surgery, or just curious about what a procedure entails. Users share their experiences - both good and bad, and communicate with each other if they have questions or advice for another. I use this app almost daily, and recommend it to all my friends considering procedures. 5 stars!! Edit: forgot to include that Doctors and Surgeons also use this app actively and are very efficient in responses to any questions you may have!

I was initially impressed with the content, level of engagement and information available on this website. Therefore I signed up to be a member but sadly find out that all what they care about is getting doctors to sign up for various levels of membership and get the money. Before signing up I was receiving regular calls from their advisors on how to "optimise" you profile to maximise visibility ... etc. These phone calls stopped as soon as I signed up a 6 months contract which turned out to be extremely overpriced with delivery close to nothing. I would not recommend you spend any penny on this platform. You would get much more for any money you spend on other marketing campaigns.

Wonderful Hydrafacial at the Refinery Medspa in West Melbourne by Alexandra Moore the aesthetician.

RealSelf is amazing! I was able to get answers to questions that would have required many consultations- for FREE! Reading through others questions was also very helpful from a research standpoint. I highly recommend this site if you are curious about any kind of cosmetic procedure!

Realself has one goal- to make money. As a plastic surgery office, they only ever call when they want you to buy something. We have had issues with many things on their website- primarily patients leaving reviews (positive or negative) that are not being published. They say they publish all reviews but they do not. They are a sham of a review company only out to make money- and doctors who do pay them have reviews removed.