Credential review
Confirm the contributor’s stated professional role, license type, jurisdiction, and current status before any verified mark is shown.
Editorial Standards
Trust is built in the details readers can inspect.
Every professional contribution should make its authorship, evidence basis, practice status, scope limits, commercial relationships, privacy safeguards, and revision history visible.
Review sequence
Editorial review is not medical peer review.
The Institute uses precise language for the process it can document.
Scope-of-practice review
Screen for medical diagnosis, disease-treatment claims, medication advice, and procedures that may exceed the contributor’s authority.
Editorial review
Check clarity, terminology, completeness, version information, and separation of observation from evidence.
Reference verification
Confirm that cited sources exist and support the claims attributed to them.
Privacy review
Remove identifiers and verify documented publication permission for any client image.
Conflict-of-interest review
Disclose product, manufacturer, financial, affiliate, employment, and Institute relationships.
Evidence standard
Readers should know what kind of information they are reading.
Evidence-Supported
Recommendations directly supported by published scientific literature or professional guidance.
Evidence-Informed
Published evidence combined with clearly identified esthetic decision-making from practice.
Practice-Based
Documented professional experience that is not presented as established scientific evidence.
Product transparency
Protocol use is not automatic Institute endorsement.
Product names may appear when necessary to document a real professional protocol. Manufacturer claims are identified as claims, not evidence. Contributors disclose financial, affiliate, employment, gift, and manufacturer relationships.
Product references reflect the contributor’s professional protocol and do not necessarily constitute endorsement by H&G Advanced Skin Institute.
Version control
Published work should show its history.
PublishedDisplayed on the recordLast reviewedDisplayed on the recordVersionNumbered revisionReferencesLinked and verified
Corrections and updates
No silent changes to substantive professional content.
A substantive change to a protocol, case interpretation, reference, scope statement, or disclosure should create a new review date and version. Material errors should be corrected transparently. Removed content should not remain available as current guidance.
Professional protocols evolve; a revision history makes that evolution visible.