Editorial standards.

1. What we will never do

These are bright lines, not aspirations:

• No fabricated people.We do not invent doctors, patients, editors, or “experts.” Every named person on the site is real.
• No fabricated quotes or interviews. A quotation appears only if the person actually said it to us or on the public record, attributed accurately.
• No invented statistics.Numbers are sourced. If we can’t source a figure, we don’t print it — we describe the state of the evidence in words instead.
• No fake reviews, testimonials, or member counts.Social proof on the site reflects real activity or it isn’t there.
• No pay-for-coverage. A provider cannot buy a better editorial write-up or a higher verification tier. See disclosures.

2. How a guide gets written

Treatment guides and journal articles are researched and written in-house. Our working posture is conservative: we lead with what the evidence supports, we name the trade-offs and side effects plainly, and we say when the honest recommendation is to wait or to do nothing. Where the science is unsettled, we label it unsettled rather than picking the flattering interpretation.

For medical and physiological claims we prefer primary and authoritative sources — clinical literature, FDA labeling, and specialty-society guidance — over marketing material from anyone selling the treatment, including the providers we list.

3. Bylines and medical review

In-house editorial is published under a collective byline, The YoungYou Editors. That is an honest signal that a piece is the work of our team, not a single named author we’ve manufactured for authority.

When a licensed professional has reviewed a piece for clinical accuracy, we display “Reviewed by [name, credential]”on that page and stand behind it. If you don’t see a reviewer credit, the piece has notbeen medically reviewed — we will never imply review that didn’t happen. As our reviewer network grows, more guides will carry a named reviewer; we’d rather add that credit slowly and truthfully than fake it early.

4. Not medical advice

Everything on YoungYou is editorial and educational. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or a treatment plan, and it is not a substitute for a consultation with a licensed provider who can examine you and know your history. Every article carries this note; it is not boilerplate we hope you ignore — it is the actual limit of what a guide can do.

5. Compliance-sensitive categories

Some categories get extra care because the potential for harm or overstatement is higher:

• Hormones and men’s health.We frame testosterone therapy as a treatment for diagnosed hypogonadism, not an anti-aging product, and we keep prescription claims aligned with FDA labeling. We don’t run “low-T” hype.
• Medical weight loss (GLP-1s). These are prescription medications with real risks and eligibility criteria. We present them that way, with a disclaimer, and we never imply guaranteed outcomes.
• Anything prescription or procedural. We disclose side effects and contraindications in the same breath as benefits, not in fine print.

6. Independence from advertising

Editorial is walled off from revenue. Providers and partners have no approval rights over content that mentions them, and whether a provider pays us has no bearing on whether or how we cover a treatment. Any compensated content (a sponsored series, partner-funded reporting) is labeled before it begins. The full revenue picture is on our disclosures page.

7. Provider verification

Directory listings carry a verification tier — Self-Listed, License Verified, Board Certified, or Editor-Reviewed — describing exactly how far we’ve checked. Tier is editorial work, never a purchase. The tier definitions live on the disclosures page.

8. Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes; when we do, we fix them and, for anything material, we say what changed. If you spot an error — a stale price, a wrong credential, a claim that doesn’t hold up — tell us at editorial@youngyou.comand we’ll correct it or explain why we think it’s right.

9. Updates to guides

Treatment guides show when they were last updated. Aesthetics, hormones, and weight-loss medicine move quickly; a dated guide is an honest guide. We revisit content as evidence, pricing, and regulation change.

10. Contact

Questions about how a piece was reported, a request for a source, or a correction: editorial@youngyou.com.