Electronics Recycling for Med Spas

Before-and-after photos, client charts and card data live on your old computers. Retire them with documented data destruction.

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The most sensitive data in a med spa is often the photos

Before-and-after photos are tied to client names, treatment notes and consent forms. They tend to be copied everywhere: the camera workstation, the treatment room PC, the marketing computer and backup drives.

Booking and charting platforms keep client histories, medications and contraindications. Many practices run a mix of cloud software and local computers that still hold exports, downloads and cached files.

Card payments add a second set of obligations. Old point-of-sale computers and back-office machines can hold transaction records long after the terminal itself is replaced.

Where the data sits

Treatment rooms

Treatment room and consultation PCs
Photo and skin-analysis workstations
Camera memory cards and USB drives

Front desk

Booking, charting and check-in computers
Point-of-sale computers and receipt printers
Printers and scanners used for intake and consent forms

Back office

Marketing computers with photo libraries
Backup drives and NAS boxes
Network gear and UPS units

Which rules apply to a med spa

If your practice bills insurance electronically, you are a HIPAA covered entity and the Security Rule disposal requirements (45 CFR 164.310(d)(2)) apply directly.
If you are cash-pay, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 181 still treats a business that collects or stores protected health information in Texas as a covered entity under state law. Treatment records and identifiable photos fall inside that definition.
PCI DSS requires electronic media holding cardholder data to be destroyed when it is no longer needed. A serialized Certificate of Destruction documents that step for the drives we process.

EverTrade is not R2 certified; downstream material is routed through certified partners. See our standards and practices.

What we take

Accepted

Treatment room, booking and front-desk computers
Photo and imaging workstations (the PC only)
Servers, NAS boxes, loose hard drives and SSDs
Monitors, printers, scanners and network gear
UPS units and cables

Call ahead

Lasers, energy-based devices and skin-analysis systems
Equipment going back to a leasing company, where you only need the internal drive handled
Memory cards and USB drives in bulk

Not accepted

Anything exposed to blood or other biological material
Sharps, injectables and chemical waste
Treatment beds and furniture

Drop-off at our Sugar Land facility is free for most items. Business pickup is quoted by the quantity and type of equipment.

Med Spas FAQ

Our iPads hold client photos. Can you wipe them?

We recycle tablets and phones, but we do not offer a verified wipe or certificate for them. Erase each working iPad first with Settings, General, Transfer or Reset iPad, Erase All Content and Settings, then bring it in. Call ahead about any device you cannot erase.

Do you take lasers and aesthetic devices?

Call us with the make and model. Many are leased or covered by a trade-in program, and some need the manufacturer involved. We will tell you whether we can take the unit or only its data-bearing parts.

We are cash-pay. Do we still need this?

Texas privacy law and PCI DSS both reach cash-pay practices that keep client records and take cards. Documented disposal is the simplest way to show you handled that data properly.

Can you pick up from our location?

Business pickup is available for qualifying loads and is quoted by the quantity and type of equipment. Small loads can be dropped off at our Sugar Land facility.

Ready to clear out old equipment?

Send us a rough list and we will tell you what we can take and how pickup works for your practice.