About half an hour northwest, with a physician performing every treatment and no pressure to book.
South Gate is about 14 miles southeast, and the freeway network makes the trip manageable.
Thirty to forty-five minutes depending on traffic. Mid-morning appointments avoid the worst of the westbound 10.
If you are making a thirty to forty-five minute drive, you want the visit to count. Here is how we think about sequencing when budget is a real constraint — which it is for most people.
Patients often arrive with a list. The better approach is identifying the single feature that actually draws your eye in the mirror and addressing that properly. One well-treated area reads as "you look well." Three under-treated areas read as nothing at all.
You will know the total before anything begins, and the consultation is free with no obligation. If the number does not work, we will tell you what a smaller plan would achieve.
Los Angeles has more med spas per square mile than almost anywhere in the country, and the quality range is enormous. At many of them your injector is a technician working from a template, with a supervising physician who is not in the building.
At Modern Aesthetica, Dr. Daniel Moghadam is the founder and medical director, and he performs the treatments himself. That matters most in two situations: when something needs to be judged rather than measured — how much product a particular face can carry, whether a device setting is safe for your skin tone — and in the rare event that something goes wrong and needs to be managed immediately.
It also means you get an honest answer when the treatment you asked for is not the treatment you need. Patients regularly arrive asking for filler and leave with a plan that starts somewhere else.
Thirty to forty-five minutes for about 14 miles. The I-710 North to I-10 West, exiting at La Cienega or Robertson, is the standard route. Mid-morning appointments avoid the heaviest westbound traffic.
It depends entirely on what you need — Botox is per unit, filler per syringe, skin treatments per session. What we can promise is that you will know the exact total before treatment starts, and the consultation where you find that out is free.
No. The initial consultation is complimentary and carries no obligation. You are welcome to take the plan and pricing away and think about it.
That is a fair question and the honest answer depends on what you want. If you are after a quick basic treatment, closer options may serve you fine. Patients travel here because a physician — not a technician — performs the treatment and makes the judgment calls about dosing and suitability. If that matters to you, it is worth the trip.
Kybella permanently destroys the fat cells it treats. Sculptra lasts two years or more, and Voluma up to two years in the cheek. If you would rather not travel frequently, tell us and we will factor that into what we recommend.
Monday through Thursday 10am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 5pm. We are closed Saturday and Sunday. Call (213) 895-4730 to book.
Beyond South Gate, patients travel to our Wilshire Boulevard office from across the Westside, Central Los Angeles, and the South Bay:
8907 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 270
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Mon–Thu 10am–5pm
Fri 9am–5pm
Sat & Sun Closed
Come find out what your goals would actually involve. There is no obligation to treat that day.