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Marketing for Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Clinics

Patient acquisition for surgical practices – short-form video, paid social and a booking path that works. Built on campaigns we already run for clinics in Germany.

Clinics that trust us with their patient acquisition

Surgical practices and aesthetic clinics across Germany — and now in the UAE.

  • FORUM Klinik Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. Yun Logo in der Kundenbanderole der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • ORTHO Mannheim Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Aura Reality Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
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  • Dr. med. Svetozar Adžemović Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. med. Lars Schumacher und Kollegen, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie – Logo
  • Dr. med. Katinka Staemmler Logo – Kundin der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Clostermann Wiediger Teckentrup Pietsch, Steuerberater und Rechtsanwalt – Logo
  • Dr. Yun Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Franklin Klinik Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Vivorio Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • together Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • White Mocha Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
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  • FORUM Klinik Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. Yun Logo in der Kundenbanderole der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • ORTHO Mannheim Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Aura Reality Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • FAVELA Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. med. Svetozar Adžemović Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. med. Lars Schumacher und Kollegen, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie – Logo
  • Dr. med. Katinka Staemmler Logo – Kundin der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Clostermann Wiediger Teckentrup Pietsch, Steuerberater und Rechtsanwalt – Logo
  • Dr. Yun Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Franklin Klinik Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Vivorio Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • together Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • White Mocha Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Miami Nights Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
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Across all client campaigns

Aggregate reach from our clinic and high-ticket work, and what that reach is worth at industry conversion benchmarks.

1,3–2,0

Mio. €

5,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial aus 8,08 Mio. Views (Benchmark: 0,2–0,5 Mio. € Umsatz)

8,08

Mio. Views

160,0x Branchenschnitt

Für Unternehmen in High-Ticket-Branchen (Branchendurchschnitt: 50.000 Views)

160 – 250 €

Pro tausend Views

4,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial pro 1.000 Views (Branchendurchschnitt: 20–60 €)

1,3–2,0

Mio. €

5,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial aus 8,08 Mio. Views (Benchmark: 0,2–0,5 Mio. € Umsatz)

8,08

Mio. Views
160,0x Branchenschnitt

Für Unternehmen in High-Ticket-Branchen (Branchendurchschnitt: 50.000 Views)

160 – 250 €

Pro tausend Views

4,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial pro 1.000 Views (Branchendurchschnitt: 20–60 €)

1,3–2,0

Mio. €

5,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial aus 8,08 Mio. Views (Benchmark: 0,2–0,5 Mio. € Umsatz)

8,08

Mio. Views

160,0x Branchenschnitt

Für Unternehmen in High-Ticket-Branchen (Branchendurchschnitt: 50.000 Views)

160 – 250 €

Pro tausend Views

4,0x Branchenschnitt

Umsatzpotenzial pro 1.000 Views (Branchendurchschnitt: 20–60 €)

What patients actually see

Selected reels from clinic campaigns – the format that does the actual convincing.

2,3 M Views

328k Views

291k Views

107k Views

260k Likes

540k Views

1,2 Mio. Views

380k Likes

610k Views

2,4 Mio. Views

You'll recognize this if…

Inquiries, but not the right ones

The inbox fills with price questions from people who were never going to book. Every one of them costs your team a reply, and none of them make it to a consultation. That happens when the marketing never says who it's for – so everyone responds, and the wrong ones respond loudest.

Competitors look bigger

Larger clinics with weaker outcomes dominate the feed because they publish and you don't. Patients can't judge surgical skill from the outside; they judge what they can see. Absence reads as absence of authority, no matter how good the work is.

No time for content

Your calendar is surgery. Nobody in the clinic has three hours a week to plan, film and edit, and the attempts that do happen fizzle out after a month. Consistency is what fails, not willingness.

Advertising rules are unclear

Before-and-after images are restricted for surgical procedures, testimonials are limited, and outcome promises are prohibited. Most clinics respond by publishing nothing at all – which hands the field to whoever's willing to push the limits. There's more room within the rules than the cautious ones use.

What we build

Videodreh bei einer ästhetischen Behandlung in der Praxis

Plastic surgery marketing agency work

Content that answers what patients are afraid to ask, ads that reach them at the right moment, and a consultation booking flow that doesn't lose them at the last step.

Trust before price

Nobody books a surgical procedure off a single ad. The decision takes weeks and runs through questions people won't ask out loud: what does recovery look like, how much does it hurt, what if I regret it. Content that answers those honestly does more for bookings than any discount. The surgeon on camera, explaining calmly, is the strongest asset a clinic has.

Social-Media-Video Full Face Glow-Up während einer ästhetischen Behandlung

Marketing inside the rules

Advertising restrictions are why most clinics publish nothing at all. They’re also why the ones who publish well stand out.

What’s restricted

Before-and-after imagery, patient testimonials and outcome claims are limited for surgical procedures. In Germany that’s pharmaceutical advertising law; in the UAE, health facility advertising requires approval. The specifics differ by market and by procedure.

What we build instead

The surgeon on camera, explaining the procedure. The questions patients ask in consultation, answered honestly. Recovery, realistic expectations, the team, the day of surgery. None of it needs a before-and-after to work, and it reaches patients earlier in the decision, while they’re still choosing whether to book at all.

How we keep it clean

Every piece is checked against the rules of your market before it publishes, and nothing goes out without your sign-off. If a format we suggest wouldn’t clear, we say so before it’s filmed, not after.

Chirurgen bei einer Operation im OP-Saal einer Klinik

FORUM Klinik, Cologne

A private surgical clinic in Cologne with a strong reputation among colleagues and almost nothing to show for it online. Reach existed; bookings didn't. We rebuilt the positioning around the procedures the clinic is actually known for, produced a content library on site with the actual team, and put a short funnel behind it. The same structure now runs for clinics in the UAE – advertising rules differ, the method doesn't.

691,441

Views in the first campaign period

4.27%

Funnel conversion rate

€3.97

Cost per application

Featured case studies

FORUM Klinik, Cologne

A full 360° rebrand of an established private clinic: website, social, ads and print from one team.

Dr. med. Christian Döbler

New patients on Düsseldorf's Königsallee.

Dr. med. Lars Schumacher

Viral reach and personal branding in Stuttgart and Mannheim.

Dr. med. Chung Suk Yun

Patient acquisition through ads and funnel for an aesthetic surgery practice in Frankfurt.

FORUM Klinik, Cologne

A full 360° rebrand of an established private clinic: website, social, ads and print from one team.

Dr. med. Christian Döbler

New patients on Düsseldorf's Königsallee.

Dr. med. Lars Schumacher

Viral reach and personal branding in Stuttgart and Mannheim.

Dr. med. Chung Suk Yun

Patient acquisition through ads and funnel for an aesthetic surgery practice in Frankfurt.

How we work

Two people reviewing brand and content strategy on screen

Discovery & Audit

We take apart your positioning and your current output. What are you known for, what do people actually see, and where do the two diverge? The answer decides which formats get made.

Strategy session with notes and content plan on a table

Architecture & Strategy

We define the formats, the shooting rhythm and the publishing plan – which content runs weekly, which gets produced once and cut into multiple pieces, and what each format is meant to achieve.

Camera operator filming a vertical video on location

Production

One shoot day on location in Dubai delivers around thirty pieces. Camera, direction, editing, subtitles and vertical formats all come from our own team – not a chain of freelancers.

Analytics dashboard showing reach and enquiry numbers

Performance & Scale

We publish on a fixed rhythm and report monthly on reach, saves, profile visits and inquiries. What works gets more budget; what doesn't gets cut.

Two people reviewing brand and content strategy on screen

Discovery & Audit

We take apart your positioning and your current output. What are you known for, what do people actually see, and where do the two diverge? The answer decides which formats get made.

Strategy session with notes and content plan on a table

Architecture & Strategy

We define the formats, the shooting rhythm and the publishing plan – which content runs weekly, which gets produced once and cut into multiple pieces, and what each format is meant to achieve.

Camera operator filming a vertical video on location

Production

One shoot day on location in Dubai delivers around thirty pieces. Camera, direction, editing, subtitles and vertical formats all come from our own team – not a chain of freelancers.

Analytics dashboard showing reach and enquiry numbers

Performance & Scale

We publish on a fixed rhythm and report monthly on reach, saves, profile visits and inquiries. What works gets more budget; what doesn't gets cut.

Two people reviewing brand and content strategy on screen

Discovery & Audit

We take apart your positioning and your current output. What are you known for, what do people actually see, and where do the two diverge? The answer decides which formats get made.

Strategy session with notes and content plan on a table

Architecture & Strategy

We define the formats, the shooting rhythm and the publishing plan – which content runs weekly, which gets produced once and cut into multiple pieces, and what each format is meant to achieve.

Camera operator filming a vertical video on location

Production

One shoot day on location in Dubai delivers around thirty pieces. Camera, direction, editing, subtitles and vertical formats all come from our own team – not a chain of freelancers.

Analytics dashboard showing reach and enquiry numbers

Performance & Scale

We publish on a fixed rhythm and report monthly on reach, saves, profile visits and inquiries. What works gets more budget; what doesn't gets cut.

What the first 90 days look like

From kickoff to a publishing rhythm that runs on its own.

Weeks 1–2

Discovery & Audit

We take apart your positioning and your current output, and agree on the formats before anything gets filmed.

Weeks 3–4

Architecture & Strategy

Formats, shooting rhythm and publishing plan are set. Shoot day gets scheduled and prepared.

Week 4

First shoot day

One day on location produces around thirty pieces. You’re on camera for a few hours; everything after that is on us.

Month 2

Publishing and ads go live

Content runs on a fixed rhythm, paid campaigns start, the booking path goes live.

Month 3 onwards

Performance & Scale

Monthly reporting on reach, saves, profile visits and inquiries. What works gets more budget; what doesn’t gets cut.

Questions surgeons ask us

What does plastic surgery marketing actually involve?
Are before-and-after images allowed?
How much of the surgeon's time does this take?
Can you show results from a comparable clinic?
Do you work with patient testimonials?
How long before consultation slots fill?
Do you work with med spas as well as surgical clinics?
Is cosmetic surgery marketing different from plastic surgery marketing?
What does plastic surgery marketing actually involve?
Are before-and-after images allowed?
How much of the surgeon's time does this take?
Can you show results from a comparable clinic?
Do you work with patient testimonials?
How long before consultation slots fill?
Do you work with med spas as well as surgical clinics?
Is cosmetic surgery marketing different from plastic surgery marketing?

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Mitarbeiterin der UNITED Digitalagentur am Arbeitsplatz
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  • ORTHO Mannheim Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Aura Reality Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Weights & Weekends Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. med. Svetozar Adžemović Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Dr. med. Lars Schumacher und Kollegen, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie – Logo
  • Dr. med. Katinka Staemmler Logo – Kundin der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Clostermann Wiediger Teckentrup Pietsch, Steuerberater und Rechtsanwalt – Logo
  • Dr. Yun Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Franklin Klinik Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Vivorio Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • together Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • White Mocha Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Miami Nights Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • Essen ist E-mobil Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur
  • YOUFLUENCE Management & Marketing Logo – Kunde der UNITED Digitalagentur

Notes from the practice

Strategy, lessons and the legal groundwork from our client work – for anyone looking to turn reach into a system that actually books.