Why we exist
Most patients plan their surgery through Instagram, coordinators' DMs and surgery groups. Those communities are supportive, but advice is scattered, often contradictory, and rarely tied to Florida's actual rules. We bring the recurring questions together and answer them with official sources.
Who writes the guides
Guides are researched and written by the MiamiSurgeryGuide editors from the primary sources listed below. We are not a medical practice, we don't provide medical advice, and we don't present our editors as clinicians. Dates identify editorial updates, not medical approval. No named clinical reviewer has been confirmed for these guides; they should not be presented as clinically reviewed.
Educational content and promotional content are kept separate. We don't publish sponsored articles; if that ever changes, sponsored content will be clearly labeled as such.
Editorial policy
- Content is general education, not medical advice. We tell readers to follow their own surgeon's instructions.
- Medical and legal statements are based on primary sources — Florida Statutes, state agencies and professional societies — listed below.
- Patient-community themes are paraphrased and de-identified. We don't quote individuals or attach patient comments to named businesses.
- Guide dates distinguish content updates from any separately documented clinical review. We aim to review every guide at least twice a year and after any change in Florida law.
Directory policy
- We list businesses that publicly advertise services to Miami plastic surgery patients.
- We publish basic facts (name, area, address, phone, website, services) checked against the business's own website, with the date checked. When a practice has no usable website, we use its Google Maps business listing, at least two agreeing professional directories, or a hospital system, and we name that source on the listing.
- When several surgeons share one practice's address and phone, we list the practice once.
- We leave out practices whose published addresses conflict, that appear to have closed, or that are outside Miami-Dade.
- Credentials are shown as stated by the business and labeled that way. Every listing carries an "Unverified — call to confirm" label until we've confirmed licenses on state databases.
- We do not rank, rate or review providers, and we don't sell placement.
- We remove listings that misstate licenses, are subject to enforcement action, or that a business asks us to remove.
Publisher and review status
MiamiSurgeryGuide is the publishing brand for this site. The legal operator and individual author biographies have not yet been confirmed for publication. We do not claim medical accreditation or clinical review. Send a correction.
Business relationships
Any directory listing for a business we have a relationship with is marked Partner. Partner status never affects what our guides say.
Sources
- Florida Statutes § 458.328 (office surgeries; gluteal fat grafting standards) — flsenate.gov
- Florida HB 81 / SB 404 (2026), Postsurgical Recovery Homes — flsenate.gov
- Florida Department of Health license verification — mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us
- Agency for Health Care Administration facility locator — FloridaHealthFinder
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, procedure cost pages (average surgeon fees) — plasticsurgery.org
- U.S. Department of Labor, 29 CFR 825.113 (FMLA and cosmetic treatment) — ecfr.gov
- Federal Trade Commission, payment app scams — consumer.ftc.gov
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, medical credit cards and financing plans (2023) — consumerfinance.gov
- Florida Division of Corporations business search — sunbiz.org
- American Board of Plastic Surgery — abplasticsurgery.org
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, BBL recovery guidance — plasticsurgery.org
- RealSelf, "Questions to ask before booking a recovery house" — realself.com
- NBC6 Investigates, proposed bill targeting unlicensed recovery homes — nbcmiami.com
- CBS News Miami Investigates, navigating plastic surgery in South Florida — cbsnews.com
- Local10 reporting on unlicensed surgical recovery homes — local10.com
- Massage Magazine, manual lymph drainage for cosmetic surgery patients — massagemag.com
Photo credits
Photographs are used under the Pexels and Unsplash licenses. They show models and places, not patients, and don't depict any procedure or result.
- Woman with long dark wavy hair in an elegant sequined evening dress against a dark background — Marcus Queiroga Silva / Pexels
- Woman with long curly hair in a fitted red dress — Abfilms Studio / Pexels
- Woman in a white robe holding a cup of coffee by a pool — Nick Mayer / Pexels
- Woman in a fitted black dress posing in front of a gold curtain — Rising Models / Pexels
- Woman in a robe and towel turban reading a magazine on a bed against a red wall — Sinead Michaela du Plessis / Pexels
- Woman in glasses and a fitted gray dress on a waterfront at sunset — Mynor Castañeda / Pexels
- Woman in a white hotel robe looking at her phone in a hotel room — Anastasia Ilina-Makarova / Pexels
- Woman in a blue dress on a rooftop terrace overlooking the city — Alan Morales / Pexels
- Smiling woman with curly hair in a black dress on a city street — Marcelo Chagas / Pexels
- Smiling woman with long hair in a fitted red velvet dress — Daniel Tobby / Pexels
- Woman in a leopard-print gown in a pink Miami restaurant — nycjpeg.com / Pexels
- Woman in a fitted teal dress, seen from behind with hands on her hips — Dellon Thomas / Pexels
- Woman in a white robe and towel turban, softly smiling — Martin Karazarwe (Chwezi) / Pexels
- Woman with curly hair in a black satin robe in a bright bathroom — Mikhail Nilov / Pexels
- Glass of tea and fresh fruit on sunlit white linen — Ksenia Pixelesse / Unsplash
- Art Deco hotel facade on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach — Avi Werde / Unsplash
- Two chairs on a hotel balcony overlooking the ocean — Karl Moore / Unsplash
Contact
Corrections and listing requests: use our form or email listings@miamisurgeryguide.com. Please don't send personal health information. We can't give individual medical advice — contact your surgeon.