How to Choose a Plastic Surgeon for your Plastic Surgery or Cosmetic Surgery?

Guidance information to assist women in selecting the right plastic surgeon to perform a particular procedure.
Part III

Training of Plastic Surgeons.

You should carefully analyze the potential physicians training. There are several ways a doctor can learn to perform a particular procedure for example breast augmentation. First, physicians can learn a medical procedure as part of their formal education during a residency or a fellowship. Second, doctors can learn a procedure informally after completing formal education from organizations that specialize in training doctors to perform particular procedures. Third, doctors can learn new procedures by being mentored or trained by other physicians. Regardless of the training method, physicians can become highly skilled and experienced in performing a particular procedure.

Assessing the Plastic Surgeon.

After choosing a prospective physician, it is vital that you evaluate the physician and the physicians personnel during your first visit. When evaluating the physicians office and staff, you should look for such things as hygiene, courtesy of staff, privacy, etc. Generally, you should feel at ease with the practice upon walking in the door and being greeted by employees. When evaluating the physician, you should consider if the physician responded to all your questions and spent the time needed to make you feel happy. You should ask general questions about the procedure: for example, how many times has the physician did the procedure, how did the doctor learn to perform the procedure, will anyone other than the physician perform part or parts of the procedure, what other comparable procedures does the physician do, does the physician have photo(s) of the results of the same procedure on other patients.

Learning about the Plastic Surgery Procedure.

Once you are happy with the physician, you need to discuss the procedure you need. The physician should clarify, in detail, what is involved with the plastic surgery or cosmetic procedure. The physician should explain the actual technicalities of the procedure, how long the procedure should take, how long recovery is needed before discharge and how long recovery should take after discharge. The physician should also explain what to expect with regard to wound healing and how much discomfort to expect and how to treat the pain and other post-op requirements. The physician should also explain what warning symptoms or concerns to watch for that might need instant attention, such as extreme pain, infection or bleeding.

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