Medical & Healthcare
Plastic Surgery Marketing Agency.
What we ship for plastic & reconstructive surgery
- 01CPC for plastic surgery search terms in competitive metros runs roughly $8-$35, with consultation cost-per-acquisition typically $150-$400 and a commonly cited blended CPA near $98 (industry paid-media benchmarks, 2025-26).
- 0236% of surveyed consumers reported being influenced by social media ads to consider a cosmetic procedure, and 76% of that influenced group said they intended to proceed with treatment (published consumer survey data, 2025-26) — making social discovery a genuine top-of-funnel channel, not just brand awareness.
- 03Florida physician advertising, governed by Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001, prohibits false, deceptive, or misleading advertisements and treats patient testimonials as deceptive when they don't reflect results comparable patients generally receive.
- 04ASPS-tracked data shows total cosmetic surgical procedures and minimally invasive treatments grew roughly 1% and 3% year-over-year respectively through 2024-2025, with GLP-1 medication use emerging as a new referral driver — one ASPS-member survey found roughly 39% of GLP-1 patients under a surgeon's care were considering a surgical body-contouring procedure.
- 05Physicians using electronic media advertising in Florida must retain an exact copy of the audio or video ad for at least six months from its air date, per Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001 — a recordkeeping requirement that applies directly to video and social ad campaigns.
Source: Sources: Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001; ASPS press releases and trend reporting (2025-26); industry paid-media CPC/CPA benchmarks (2025-26); published consumer social-media influence survey data (2025-26).
2026 market context
What we're seeing in the field.
Plastic surgery marketing runs on before/after proof and social discovery, and both are governed by rules most agencies treat as an afterthought. Florida's dental-and-medical advertising code requires testimonials to reflect results comparable patients actually get — a rule that makes lazy, cherry-picked before/after content a compliance problem, not just a marketing shortcut.
Plastic surgery is one of the few medical categories where the marketing content — before/after photography, social video, patient-facing outcome claims — is also the primary product-quality signal a prospective patient evaluates. That dual role is exactly what Florida's physician advertising rule targets: testimonials and before/after cases are treated as deceptive under Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001 if they don't reflect the results a comparable patient would generally expect, which means the cherry-picked, best-case-only gallery that drives the highest engagement on Instagram is also the one most exposed to a Board of Medicine advertising complaint. Consumer behavior has moved decisively toward social discovery — over a third of surveyed consumers report being influenced toward a procedure by social ads, and the large majority of those influenced say they intend to follow through — which raises the stakes on getting the compliance and the content strategy right simultaneously rather than treating them as separate workstreams. The category is also being reshaped by GLP-1 medications: a meaningful share of patients already on weight-loss medication are now considering body-contouring procedures once they've reached a plateau or achieved significant loss, creating a new, largely unaddressed referral and content opportunity for practices willing to build a GLP-1-adjacent patient journey. A compliant, effective system treats every before/after asset as both a marketing asset and a documented, defensible clinical record.
What we solve
The five things eating your marketing budget — and the fix.
- 01
The best-performing before/after content is often the most compliance-exposed
Florida's advertising rule specifically targets testimonials and outcome claims that don't reflect what a comparable patient generally receives. The single dramatic outlier case that drives social engagement is exactly the kind of content that invites Board scrutiny if presented as typical.
- 02
Social-driven consultation demand needs a documented compliance trail
Video and electronic media ads must be retained for at least six months under Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001. Practices running frequent social video content without an archiving process are non-compliant the moment a campaign is live.
- 03
The GLP-1 body-contouring wave has no dedicated funnel at most practices
A significant share of patients on weight-loss medication are actively considering surgical body contouring once they plateau, but most practice marketing still targets generic 'tummy tuck' or 'body contouring' searches without speaking to this specific, fast-growing patient journey.
- 04
High CPCs punish broad, unqualified consultation funnels
With CPCs running up to $35 in competitive metros and consultation CPAs commonly $150-$400, an unqualified lead funnel gets expensive fast. Pre-qualifying procedure interest and budget range before the consultation protects margin.
- 05
Testimonial and endorsement content needs disclosure the practice doesn't always have in place
Compensated patient testimonials, influencer partnerships, or referral incentives all carry disclosure obligations under Florida's deceptive-advertising standard — informal influencer relationships common in this category often miss that requirement entirely.
How we apply our services
Three services. One playbook tailored to plastic & reconstructive surgery.
Web Development
Website Development
Before/after galleries captioned with accurate, non-guaranteed outcome context consistent with Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001, a documented photo-release and content-archiving workflow, and a streamlined consultation-booking flow.
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Search & GEO
SEO
Procedure-specific content built for both search and social discovery, FAQ schema addressing recovery, cost-range, and candidacy questions accurately, and GLP-1-body-contouring content capturing that specific, fast-growing search intent.
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Paid Media
Ad Campaigns
Search and social campaigns segmented by procedure category, with consultation pre-qualification on budget and timeline, plus a dedicated GLP-1-adjacent body-contouring campaign targeting that emerging patient journey.
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Metrics that matter
What we actually report on.
Cost per qualified consultation
Spend per consultation from a prospect pre-qualified on procedure interest and budget range.
Benchmark · Industry benchmarks cite a blended CPA near $98, with consultation CPA commonly $150-$400
Consultation-to-surgery conversion rate
The rate booked consultations convert to scheduled procedures — the number that actually validates funnel quality over raw consultation volume.
Social-influenced consultation share
Percentage of consultations attributable to social discovery, tracked given the documented influence of social ads on procedure consideration.
GLP-1-adjacent lead volume
Leads sourced specifically from body-contouring content targeting patients on weight-loss medication — an emerging, currently under-marketed segment.
Compliance + regulation
The legal asterisks we build in.
Florida physicians are licensed through the Florida Board of Medicine, and advertising is governed by Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001, which prohibits false, deceptive, or misleading advertisements. Patient testimonials are considered deceptive if they don't reflect the results a comparable patient generally receives, and before/after content must be presented with accurate, non-guaranteed context. Physicians using electronic media (video, social ads) must retain an exact copy of the ad for at least six months from its air date. Any compensated testimonial, influencer partnership, or referral incentive requires appropriate disclosure consistent with the same deceptive-advertising standard.
FAQ
Questions plastic & reconstructive surgery actually ask us.
- You can, but Fla. Admin. Code 64B8-11.001 treats testimonials and outcome claims as deceptive if they don't reflect what a comparable patient generally receives. We build galleries that include a representative range of cases, not just the single best outlier, and caption them with accurate, non-guaranteed context — which also tends to build more durable trust with a skeptical prospective patient than a too-good-to-be-true single case.
Other medical & healthcare work
Adjacent industries we serve.
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