Get an AI second opinion before booking a cosmetic treatment
A facial cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years of practice built MirrorMD: upload two photos and say what you are considering, and get a plain-English report on which options fit your goals, what each really costs over five years and what to skip.
Source
AIcosmeticsurge on Hacker News · 2026-10-15 · Project link
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-18.
What they did
A facial cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years of practice built MirrorMD: upload two photos and say what you are considering, and get a plain-English report on which options fit your goals, what each really costs over five years and what to skip.
Result (as claimed)
Live app; shared on Show HN by the surgeon.
Tools they used
Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give MirrorMD the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Get an AI second opinion before booking a cosmetic treatment What the original author did: A facial cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years of practice built MirrorMD: upload two photos and say what you are considering, and get a plain-English report on which options fit your goals, what each really costs over five years and what to skip. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live app; shared on Show HN by the surgeon. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103670 Tools they used: MirrorMD Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Get an AI second opinion before booking a cosmetic treatment What the original author did: A facial cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years of practice built MirrorMD: upload two photos and say what you are considering, and get a plain-English report on which options fit your goals, what each really costs over five years and what to skip. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live app; shared on Show HN by the surgeon. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103670 Tools they used: MirrorMD Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Get an AI second opinion before booking a cosmetic treatment What the original author did: A facial cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years of practice built MirrorMD: upload two photos and say what you are considering, and get a plain-English report on which options fit your goals, what each really costs over five years and what to skip. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Live app; shared on Show HN by the surgeon. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103670 Tools they used: MirrorMD Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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