Question 1

How do I find a verified med spa in California?

Accepted Answer

Search GlowRanked. There are 5,805 California med spas on the register, listed from public Google data. 1,261 of them hold the mark, which means three public records were checked and all three agreed: Google shows the spa open; no licensing board holds a public record on the licence tied to the address and that licence is current; and two independent public records place a licensed provider at the address. GlowRanked Verified is the top tier, reserved for spas that submit private documents (insurance, medical-director credentials, HIPAA review-response audit) for a document check read by hand. Use /find to search by city, treatment, or rating.

Question 2

What does Aura Screened mean?

Accepted Answer

Aura Screened is the middle of three GlowRanked tiers, and it covers three public records: Google shows the spa open; the licence the state ties to the spa's address is current and no licensing board holds a public record of discipline against it; and two independent public records place a licensed provider at that address. IT DOES CHECK LICENCES AND DISCIPLINE. That changed on 2026-09-01: the website checks that used to stand in their place are still run and still reported on each spa's page, but they no longer decide the mark, because a spa's own website is not a public record. It does not check insurance or review authenticity, and it does not read a medical director's documents by hand — those are the Verified tier, read by a person. The spa doesn't pay for Screened and doesn't apply for it. As of this week, 1,261 of the 5,805 California spas listed have passed.

Question 3

Are the spas on GlowRanked actually vetted?

Accepted Answer

Listing is automatic: a spa is on the register because it is an operational med spa in Google's data, not because anyone reviewed it. The Aura Screened badge marks the spas where the three public records described above agreed — open per Google, a current licence with no discipline record, and two independent records placing a licensed provider at the address. The website checks — a website that holds up, details that agree, and website wording — are run and reported on each spa's page, but they are not what the badge turns on. The GlowRanked Verified badge (the top tier) is the only one that involves documents and a human: insurance certificates, medical director credentials, and a HIPAA review-response audit, read by hand. Spas don't pay to be Screened. They pay only if they want to apply for Verified, and only after Aura approves them.

Question 4

Can a med spa pay to rank higher on GlowRanked?

Accepted Answer

No. City pages, treatment pages and search results are all ordered by one rule: the rating weighted for review volume, so a 5.0-star spa with 37 reviews does not outrank a 4.9-star spa with 445. No badge, tier or payment appears anywhere in that sort. No spa is placed by its tier today: every list on this site is ordered by rating weighted for review volume, and nothing in that sort reads a badge or a payment. Verified spas are placed first because they passed the document check, never because they paid. A spa that pays and does not pass gets no placement and its money back. GlowRanked Verified is a paid tier, earned by passing the document check. Spas that pay nothing rank above spas that pay if their underlying signals are stronger. This is the whole point of the register: trust before commerce.

Question 5

What's the difference between Aura Screened and GlowRanked Verified?

Accepted Answer

Aura Screened is automatic and free — it means a spa passed the automated public-record check. 1,261 California spas currently hold it. GlowRanked Verified is the top tier: owner-submitted, document-driven, and read by a human. It requires the spa to provide insurance documentation, medical director credentials, and pass a HIPAA review-response audit. Currently 0 California spas hold the GlowRanked Verified badge — the application opened recently, and with no completed application to measure we aim for 7 to 10 business days rather than promising one. Verified is the badge patients can trust most.

Question 6

How many med spas are on GlowRanked?

Accepted Answer

5,805 are listed on the public register today, after business-status filtering and category cleanup. Of those, 1,261 currently hold Aura Screened status. The register expands as new spas are surfaced and screened.

Question 7

Is GlowRanked free for patients?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Searching, comparing, and reading verdicts is free. There are no patient memberships, no upsells, no affiliate links on spa pages. GlowRanked is supported by the optional GlowRanked Verified application fee paid by spas that want the top-tier badge — and only paid after Aura approves them.

Question 8

Who runs GlowRanked?

Accepted Answer

GlowRanked was founded by Donna Garcia, a solo female founder building both GlowRanked and Aura herself. Aura is the screening intelligence behind every verdict on the register — she runs checks, writes verdicts in her own voice, and is the editorial backbone of the directory. Donna is the operator. Aura is the engine.

The best screened med spas in California.

Next Health in West Hollywood

Next Health Century City Westfield Mall

Next Health Studio City

Glow Aesthetic Center Med Spa

The Laser Cafe Medical Spa

Esthetics Center El Dorado Hills

ASAP IVs

Liquid Beauty - Orange County

BTX Clinic

VANEITY® Medical

SÁINT SAVANT Medical Aesthetics

True Jewel Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Center

Pacific Coast Aesthetics

Holden Timeless Beauty San Marcos

Zand Dermatology

DermFx

O. Jay On, PA

SMOOTH SKIN LOUNGE

Esthetics Center Rocklin

Skin 22

SKINIC

Skin by Lovely

Center for Health

R+H Aesthetic Medicine, Roseville

The Medical Spa & Hungry Hair Salon

Verified, not advertised

Tell me — I’ll re-screen and write back.