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Radiance Beauty Lab

    An aesthetician in black scrubs gives a forehead injection to a relaxed woman in a treatment chair.

    Radiance Beauty Lab, a medical spa on Eastover Pl in Ann Arbor, ranks third here. The rank reflects the length of its published services list and nothing else.

    What puts it third

    Its place comes from the Non-surgical treatments offered count, where a longer list ranks higher. Radiance Beauty Lab lists 25 non-surgical treatments on www.radiancebeautylab.com. Its Google Maps listing shows a 5.0 rating across 80 reviews.

    Verdict

    A careful maybe. The menu is mid-sized and the public score is perfect, but a perfect score on a modest base of reviews is a small sample, and neither number describes how a treatment is carried out.

    What a third-place rank leaves unsaid

    Reasons it earns a phone call:

    • A mid-sized menu that covers a reasonable range without being sprawling.
    • A top public rating from the reviewers who chose to leave one.

    Reasons to hesitate:

    • The review base is the smallest among the top five providers, so each new review moves its score more than it would for the others in the top five.
    • Reviewers rate their experience, which is not the same thing as the safety checks behind it.
    • Treatment count tells you nothing about who performs each one.

    Fit and alternatives

    This provider suits a reader who wants more choice than a short menu offers but is wary of the longest ones. CosMedic LaserMD and Cosmetic Skin & Laser Center list longer menus. Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery and Med 1 Aesthetics follow below.

    Reading before a consultation

    These pages are general background and say nothing about Radiance Beauty Lab itself. One is a PMC article on differences between non-cross-linked and cross-linked hyaluronic acid dermal fillers. Another is a PMC article on advances in poly-l-lactic acid injections for facial and neck rejuvenation. Cleveland Clinic covers neuromodulators such as Botox, Dysport and Xeomin, and ASPS has a page on choosing a plastic surgeon for dermal fillers.

    Next step

    Call and ask who would carry out the treatment you want and how they decide when to say no. Book only after you have a clear answer to both. Anything less leaves the work on the expert side of the line.