# Acne Specialists of SoCal, Los Alamitos: a skin care clinic in Los Alamitos (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-alamitos/acne-specialists-of-socal-los-alamitos-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 3 sources. Updated 2026-10-23. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-alamitos/acne-specialists-of-socal-los-alamitos-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstx9rdl07awyedrsyxpy738%2F0.png) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstx9rdl07awyedrsyxpy738%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstx9rdl07awyedrsyxpy738%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstx9rdl07awyedrsyxpy738%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstx9rdl07awyedrsyxpy738%2F4.jpg) ## In short Acne Specialists of SoCal is a skin care clinic in Los Alamitos, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Skin care clinic | | Address | 4747 Katella Ave Ste 100 Unit 3, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA | | Hours | Nothing found | | Phone | Nothing found | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 5.0 across 31 reviews | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 18, 2026, 7:49 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 4747 Katella Ave Ste 100 Unit 3, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Acne Specialists was founded by Julie Pruitt in Oakland, California, with a mission to provide results-driven acne care. As word spread and success stories grew, Julie expanded to Walnut Creek, Alameda, and even Nashville, Tennessee. Now, Melissa to our amazing Nashville manager to is heading back to her hometown of Long Beach to open our newest location, bringing our trusted acne-clearing expertise to Southern California. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Acne Specialists of SoCal | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Services | Service | Acne facial | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Acne treatment | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Back facial | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Chemical peel | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Chemical peel exfoliation extractions | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/longbeachacne | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://longbeachacne.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 3 services Acne Specialists of SoCal offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Back facial | | | | Confirmed | | Chemical peel exfoliation extractions | | | | Confirmed | | Acne facial | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Acne Specialists of SoCal Address: 4747 Katella Ave Ste 100 Unit 3, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Acne Specialists of SoCal on its Google Business Profile: "Acne Specialists was founded by Julie Pruitt in Oakland, California, with a mission to provide results-driven acne care. As word spread and success stories grew, Julie expanded to Walnut Creek, Alameda, and even Nashville, Tennessee. Now, Melissa—our amazing Nashville manager—is heading back to her hometown of Long Beach to open our newest location, bringing our trusted acne-clearing expertise to Southern California." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Katella-Enterprise | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Katella-Ticonderoga | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | Katella-Saratoga | Bus stop | 5 min walk | | Katella Bakery, Deli and Restaurant | Bakery | 6 min walk | | Katella-Lexington | Bus stop | 6 min walk | | The Potholder Cafe Los Alamitos | Breakfast restaurant | 6 min walk | ## Reputation 5.0 average across 31 reviews. ### What people like Nothing found ### What people do not like Nothing found ### Press No press story about Acne Specialists of SoCal found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Acne Specialists of SoCal Acne Specialists of SoCal hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### is there a rewards thing at Acne Specialists of SoCal No answer yet ### who is actually holding the needle at Acne Specialists of SoCal? No answer yet ### do I need to book Acne Specialists of SoCal in Los Alamitos or can I just turn up? No answer yet ### best skin care clinic in Los Alamitos No answer yet ### going rate for clinics locally, any idea No answer yet ### anything good on Katella to kill time near Acne Specialists of SoCal? No answer yet ### torn between Acne Specialists of SoCal and Advanced Dermatology? No answer yet ### Finance options, anyone used them? No answer yet ### services here, what do people go in for? No answer yet ### numbing here, do you have to ask for it? No answer yet ### last update from here was when? No answer yet ### opening hours here, what are they these days? No answer yet ### parking at Acne Specialists of SoCal, where does everyone put the car? No answer yet ### cancellation list here, is there one No answer yet ### what does Acne Specialists of SoCal actually get right? No answer yet ### Booking a consult here, what happens? No answer yet ### somewhere cheaper in Los Alamitos that is not a risk? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Acne Specialists of SoCal We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Acne Specialists of SoCal. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 24 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Los Alamitos skin care clinics run 23 to 34. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Acne Specialists of SoCal scores 24, below the Los Alamitos average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Acne Specialists of SoCal | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 50 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 66 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 57 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a skin care clinic When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a skin care clinic in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Acne Specialists of SoCal if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Acne Specialists of SoCal | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Acne Specialists of SoCal | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://longbeachacne.com/ | Subject of this page | | Chemical peel | MedicalProcedure | #service-chemical-peel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_peel | Service offered | | Los Alamitos, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Acne Specialists of SoCal is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the skin care clinics in Los Alamitos, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best skin care clinics in Los Alamitos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-alamitos/skin-care-clinic - Best businesses in Los Alamitos: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-alamitos ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Acne Specialists of SoCal. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJfTrDQbsv3YARq_JP5TZSXQ4 (accessed Aug 14, 2026) - [2] socalacne.com, https://socalacne.com/services/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)