Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Northern California has the largest review count of any provider in this guide's order. Whether it offers a photofacial is a separate question, and its listing does not answer it.

Seventh on the menu count

Places follow "Treatment types listed on the clinic website (of 8)", highest first, and Younger You Aesthetics holds the top spot with 8 on youngeryouaesthetics.com.

skinlasers.com lists 5, which puts the center seventh, level with two providers listed ahead of it. Pretty Please Aesthetics lists 6 on prettypleaseaesthetics.com.

The verdict

Treat it as a well-reviewed name with an unproven menu. The rating and review count are strong, and the listing detail is thin.

Strengths

• A 4.8 Google rating across 776 reviews, per glowupfinder.com. No other provider in this order shows a larger review count.
• local.yobi.com lists it as a medical spa at 3835 J St, Sacramento, CA 95816, so it is a Sacramento address.

Commitments and gaps

• The listing gives an address and no treatment list, so any photofacial stays unconfirmed.
• Four providers list more treatment types than the 5 shown on skinlasers.com.
• No fee, package or agreement terms appear in the listing.

Two clinics to price against it

Pretty Please Aesthetics names Botox, dermal fillers, laser hair removal and CoolSculpting on local.yobi.com. Just Aesthetics Md names laser hair reduction and picosecond laser tattoo removal there. Neither listing names a photofacial, so neither one answers that question either.

Staying power comes from the written terms: visits per course, price per visit and what happens to prepaid sessions. Ask all three providers the same questions and compare the totals.

Press coverage to read first

Two news reports give background on med spas in general, not on this center. Call Kurtis Investigates: Medi-Spa Injuries comes from CBS Sacramento, and Dermatology Times wrote about a California law that targets illegal medspas.

Ask for the device by name

Ask the center which photofacial devices it uses and for the full course price in writing, including what you owe if you stop. If it cannot name the device, move on to a provider that can.