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 product, quotes no prices or dosages, and makes no claim that any product 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 study behind it, and regulatory status is reported as a separate question from whether a treatment works.

Honesty requirements for this subject

This is the product class where marketing has most outrun the evidence, so the review states which claims are supported and which are not, says plainly that the studies are small and short, and describes long-term behaviour as unmeasured rather than as reassuring. Where a word such as regeneration or repair appears, it appears in order to be examined rather than endorsed.

Reviewer and review cycle

Ke He, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Skin & Laser Aesthetics, is the medical reviewer for this site. Content is reviewed at publication and on a short cycle, because a product’s regulatory route changes more often than the evidence does, and the date of the most recent review is shown on every page.