How Fairest Mirror works

1. No pay-to-play

Clinics cannot pay to appear higher, to change how their price is shown, or to have a price removed. The list is sorted by what you would actually pay here: the clinic's list price, plus any Fairest Mirror coupon it offers you. A clinic can only move up by offering you a lower price — never by paying us. We do not show clinic-site specials, membership rates, prepaid banks or minimum-unit prices in the ranking; those change often and come with strings, so we leave them to the clinic's own page. We do not sell sponsored positions.

We do not accept referral fees, commissions, or any payment tied to a patient booking. That is both our principle and Arizona law.

2. Where prices come from

Every price on the site carries a date and one of four sources:

• Clinic website — the public price page, recorded with the URL and time we saw it.
• Phone — we called and asked for the current per-unit price; we log the date and who answered.
• User receipt — a reader sent a receipt. These are labelled “user-submitted” and are never edited by us.
• Groupon listing — a bundle deal, shown as total ÷ units with the bundle noted.

We re-check prices on a rolling basis. Anything older than 180 days is flagged as unverified until we confirm it again. We record facts only — prices, units, credentials, addresses — and never copy a clinic's photos or marketing text.

3. How we normalise prices

• All comparisons use Botox-equivalent $/unit. Dysport prices are multiplied by 2.5; Xeomin, Jeuveau and Letybo count 1:1; Daxxify is not converted and is listed in its own units. The original per-unit price is always shown next to it.
• A bundle whose unit count we know is converted to per unit (total ÷ units) and labelled. A per-area price is not converted — we don't know how many units went into an area, so guessing would invent a number.
• Every ranked price is what one visit costs. Multi-session packages, prepaid unit banks, minimum-purchase rates and membership prices are kept in our data and shown with their condition, but they never set the ranking — they all need money up front or a membership, so they aren't a price everyone can walk in and pay.
• A range or a “starting at” figure is not a price we rank. If a clinic publishes “$50–$450” or “from $99”, we don't put the bottom of it on a card — the number you'd actually be charged isn't published. The clinic stays on the map and in the list; the price line stays empty until a flat price exists.
• The lowest price in any list is always a named clinic with a date — never an average or an estimate.

4. Injector credentials

Each price is tied to an injector and their credential — MD/DO, NP, PA or RN — as recorded by the Arizona Medical Board, the Arizona Board of Nursing, or the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants on the date shown. Where the clinic publishes it, we also note the supervision structure (physician on site, NP-owned independent practice, or remote medical director).

This describes legal scope of practice only. We do not rate skill, safety, or outcomes, and we do not rank injectors by credential. Ask any clinic who is responsible for your care and whether a good-faith exam is on file.

5. Corrections and claiming your listing

Clinics and injectors: if a price, credential or address is wrong, email corrections@thefairestmirror.com from a clinic address with the correct information. We verify and publish corrections within 48 hours, and keep a public change history for each listing. Claiming your listing is free and does not change your position.

Readers: paid a different price? Send the clinic, injector, brand, units, total and date to prices@thefairestmirror.com. Please cover personal details on any receipt photo before sending — we delete originals after extracting the price.

6. Who runs this

Fairest Mirror is built by a licensed pharmacist who got tired of reading “how much do you pay per unit?” threads with no answer. It is independent, not affiliated with any clinic or manufacturer, and starts with the Scottsdale–Phoenix area.