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Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine

Skin care clinic · St Albans, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 112 Christchurch dermatology & skin care businesses.

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Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine

Skin care clinic · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#23of 112 dermatology & skin care businesses
Overall health8.0/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine is a doctor-led medical aesthetics clinic in Saint Albans, Christchurch. Founded by Dr Philip Frost, it offers cosmetic injectables including Botox and dermal fillers, lip enhancement, dermapen collagen induction and IPL. The team combines clinical experience with artistic techniques to aim for natural-looking results and a strong focus on safety.

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine is a doctor-led medical aesthetics clinic based in Saint Albans, Christchurch. Founded by Dr Philip Frost, a senior cosmetic medicine practitioner and accredited member of the NZ Society of Cosmetic Medicine, the clinic presents as a clinical setting focused on facial and body aesthetic treatments.

Services centre on cosmetic injectable procedures and non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Commonly requested treatments listed by the clinic include Botox, dermal fillers and lip enhancement, alongside dermapen collagen induction therapy and IPL. The practice also offers other advanced clinical dermal therapies and bespoke, personalised treatment plans delivered by experienced practitioners.

Customers describe the clinic experience as friendly and professional. Review themes note staff members who are welcoming and caring, practitioners who take time to understand client goals, and outcomes that appear natural. Several reviews single out Dr Frost and other clinicians for their professionalism, attention to detail and supportive approach, with clients reporting satisfaction with both results and the way they were treated during appointments.

Face Value positions itself locally as a medical-led option for aesthetic treatments in Christchurch, combining clinical oversight with an aesthetic focus. The clinic emphasises safety, personalised care and the use of up-to-date techniques and products, and it highlights the founder's senior experience as a distinguishing feature for clients seeking doctor-led cosmetic and skin therapies in Saint Albans.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows a strong overall Google listing health score of 8.3 out of 10. The listing already includes essential elements such as a website link, a phone number, claimed status and open-for-business indicator, and an accurate title. The top takeaway is the solid core setup; attention should focus on photos to reach the local midpoint.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
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    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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4.9 ★★★★★ (32)
Skin care clinic · St Albans1
Open 6 days · late Thu ✓
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From the business

Founded by Dr Philip Frost, Face Value is a doctor led medical aesthetics clinic, providing cosmetic injectable procedures, non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatments and advanced clinical dermal therapies to enhance natural beauty and protect the skin. The Face Value team combine artistry with science using the latest techniques and advanced products to maximise results so that “everyone will notice, but no one will know”. Dr. Frost is a senior cosmetic Doctor with over 20 years experience and he is also an accredited member of the NZ Society of Cosmetic Medicine. Our most commonly requested cosmetic procedures include botox, dermal fillers lip enhancement,dermapen/collagen induction therapy, IPL and more.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows an overall health score of 5.6 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating average performance and room for improvement. Key findings include above-quartile progress in Google star rating and listing reviews, with a solid response rate that is growing and a strong mid-range total review count. The practice should maintain momentum and focus on consistent engagement to build trust.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Lisa★★★★★ · 3 weeks ago

Anna was welcoming, friendly and non judgemental which really put me at ease. The treatment I got was life changing and I would 100% recommend her to anyone looking at getting treatments done :)

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Thank you Lisa. We look forward to seeing you again soon at Face Value.

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Lana K.★★★★★ · 4 weeks ago

I'm so happy with my result! Anna was professional, kind, and took the time to understand exactly what I was hoping to achieve. The result looks very natural, and I couldn't be happier. Highly recommend!

Response from the owner

Thank you for the lovely feedback Lana

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Where you show up on the map

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows an above-average health score of 7.1/10 for Google Maps search performance, indicating solid visibility with room to expand. Top findings include strong ranking for skin care clinics and cosmetic surgeons in St Albans and neighboring suburbs, suggesting local dominance in key phrases. Opportunities lie in broadening suburb coverage and maintaining momentum.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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2Top three for "skin care clinic" in 2 suburbs, seen in 30
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Blush Skin Clinic Christchurch4.9 ★ (178) · Skin care clinic
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Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine14.9 ★ (32) · Skin care clinic
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Mole Screen0.0 ★ (0) · Skin care clinic
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KM Surgical4.3 ★ (120) · Skin care clinic
Map positionsChristchurch dermatology & skin care · 112 businesses
You are #33 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows a health score of 4.6 out of 10, indicating average overall health for social presence and directory listings. The two strongest existing assets areFacebook and Instagram with outstanding trust signals and active profiles. Opportunities exist across TikTok, LinkedIn, TikTok Directory, Neighbourly and Yellow Directory where active profiles would likely improve discoverability and trust.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/face_value_cosmetic_appearance_medicine) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
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FacebookFaceValueChristchurchFace Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine | Facebook✓
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Infobelface_value_cosmetic_appearance_medicineFace Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine | Infobel✓
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch dermatology & skin care · 112 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Our Christchurch team of cosmetic practitioners, combine artistry and science to enhance your natural beauty and protect your skin. Leaving you feeling confident, rejuvenated and valued.3
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Facebook pageChristchurch dermatology & skin care · 112 businesses
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Your website

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows an average overall on-page SEO health score with room for improvement. The strongest existing element is a relevant meta description and an SEO-friendly URL, while a lack of a homepage meta description was noted as the main opportunity. Page speed and text-to-page size balance also require attention.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine shows a very healthy website traffic picture with strong organic performance. Key findings include outstanding organic traffic total and excellent local SERP coverage, indicating solid visibility and value from organic search.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance MedicineNot in these results
About 6,590 visits a month from search, across 1,205 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch dermatology & skin care · 112 businesses
You are #16 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine largely aligns with local demand during weekday daytime hours, especially on Tuesdays mid-morning and early afternoon. The clinic is open for many high-demand slots but remains closed for several popular sessions on weekend afternoons and early mornings. No current open hours fall in low-demand windows, so the schedule is efficient overall with a few targeted gaps to address.

Strengths

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    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Face Value Cosmetic & Appearance Medicine
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Hours ✓
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-5:30pm
Wednesday9am-5:30pm
Thursday9am-7pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday10am-1pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch dermatology & skin care · 112 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#23of 112 Christchurch dermatology & skin care businesses
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Christchurch dermatology & skin careOverall · 112 businesses
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