About
Dr. Carol Bridges is a family medicine physician and co-owner of CostCare in Missoula, MT. She practices Direct Primary Care alongside urgent care and women's health services. She also leads the clinic's medical aesthetics program, a combination she sees as a natural extension of whole-person care.
Dr. Bridges is passionate about treating the full spectrum of patient health, from managing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes to addressing skin conditions like rosacea with the clinic's Max G laser. She introduced aesthetic services after watching patients experience real emotional benefits from treatments. Her perspective is clear: aesthetics is about wellness, not vanity. She works with women navigating perimenopause and menopause, offering hormone pellet therapy and TempSure Vitalia radiofrequency treatments alongside her primary care practice.
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. Bridges right for?
Dr. Bridges is a strong fit for adults seeking a primary care physician who also addresses aesthetic and women's health concerns. Patients managing chronic conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes benefit from her family medicine background. Women in perimenopause or menopause find her hormone pellet therapy and Vitalia treatments particularly relevant. Patients who want one physician-led practice for both medical and aesthetic care will feel at home with Dr. Bridges.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Bridges treats a broad range of primary care and chronic disease concerns. Her clinical focus includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. She also treats skin conditions such as rosacea using the Max G laser, and she supports women experiencing perimenopause and menopause symptoms.
Yes. Dr. Bridges provides women's health services including hormone pellet therapy and TempSure Vitalia radiofrequency vaginal rejuvenation. She helps women navigate perimenopause and menopause with targeted treatment options. DPC members receive discounted pricing on hormone pellet therapy.
Dr. Bridges views aesthetics as part of wellness, not a separate concern. She has seen patients experience meaningful emotional and personal benefits from treatments like the Max G rosacea laser. She built the aesthetics program at CostCare on the belief that self-care and medical care belong together.
Dr. Bridges leads an aesthetics program that includes Botox, dermal fillers, SculpSure WarmSculpting body contouring, Max G laser for rosacea, TempSure Vitalia for vaginal rejuvenation, laser hair removal, and hyaluronic acid treatments. The program operates under physician oversight as part of CostCare's medical practice.
Yes. Dr. Bridges and the CostCare team see patients for urgent care needs. The practice emphasizes quick access and efficient visits for acute concerns alongside ongoing primary care.
Yes. CostCare offers telemedicine, giving patients the ability to connect with their provider remotely. DPC members have around-the-clock provider access, including through virtual visits.
Yes. Dr. Bridges offers hormone pellet therapy for women managing perimenopause and menopause symptoms. 50 per pellet, a significant reduction from the standard $250 per pellet placement cost.
Doctor profile last updated April 11, 2026