The hospital

This site is published by Chongqing West District Hospital, a tertiary general hospital at 301 Huafu Avenue North Section, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing. Every reference to the hospital on this site means that institution.

Advertising and claims

This site names no brand of device, quotes no prices, and makes no claim that any device is safe or unsafe as a product. It does not promise an outcome, does not offer an assessment, and carries no booking pressure of any kind. Every claim is attributed to the kind of evidence behind it, and regulatory status is reported as a separate question from safety.

Honesty requirements for this subject

Because this subject is argued about in public, this site states which claims are supported and which are not, states that the systemic question is unresolved rather than settled in either direction, and states that removal is an endpoint rather than a cure. It does not use the uncertainty as a reason to reassure or to alarm.

Reviewer and review cycle

Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, is the medical reviewer for this site. Content is reviewed at publication and on a short cycle, because regulation in this area changes more often than the evidence does, and the date of the most recent review is shown on every page.