There is usually a tendency for most to either go with a safe doctor recommended by family and friends or to search for the best out there on your own. There are advantages to both methods and many other steps that can ensure you get the best one available.
First, you should simply add those recommended by family, friends and other doctors to your list of potential candidates. This list will be a combination of the ones you were recommended and ones you find in your exhaustive search for the best. You may not want to put out this much effort in seeking a practitioner, but you should really consider doing so.
This person is going to literally reshape you into a different looking person and you don't want to allow the wrong doctor to take this task on. If you happen to have found a doctor that is trusted by everyone you know and that makes you comfortable with the surgery, then go with that one by all means. However, if you have the time and the money to get the most out of your decision to go through with cosmetic surgery, then you should do just that.
You can compile the rest of your list from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, all of which must meet certain minimum qualifications in order to be a member. Finding the ones that are members of this society will ensure a certain level of training and experience. Be sure that any name you place on your list is also certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to save time because you don't want to undergo cosmetic surgery with anybody who isn't certified by that board.
Once again, board certification from this specific board denotes a certain level of training and experience specifically with cosmetic procedure. Another great resource to help you find the best surgeons is the Castle Connolly publication which lists America's best plastic surgeons every year.
Once you have your list, you can begin to whittle away at it by eliminating one at a time. The first and best way to sort out on your list is by where they went to school. This may sound harsh, but if you want the best one possible you should really start with their education.
After you have ranked each one on your list by education, you should rank each plastic surgeon by how much professional experience they have. Next, you need to research which doctors on your list are specialists in the specific procedures you want to have done. These three parameters should have narrowed down your list considerably. Just to be double sure, check and make sure your doc doesn't have too many malpractice suits. A few malpractice suits don't mean a thing, but a whole mess of litigation is a warning flag.
Hopefully, you now have a short list of no more than three doctors. These are the ones you should schedule consultations with immediately. Some may offer free consultations and others may offer to waive the consultation fee once you commit to surgery with them, but either way you should not let this effect your decision.
Hopefully, once you have met with each of your top three doctors, you will simply know which one you want to work with. The one whose consultation was the most informative and comforting should probably be the one you choose.
First, you should simply add those recommended by family, friends and other doctors to your list of potential candidates. This list will be a combination of the ones you were recommended and ones you find in your exhaustive search for the best. You may not want to put out this much effort in seeking a practitioner, but you should really consider doing so.
This person is going to literally reshape you into a different looking person and you don't want to allow the wrong doctor to take this task on. If you happen to have found a doctor that is trusted by everyone you know and that makes you comfortable with the surgery, then go with that one by all means. However, if you have the time and the money to get the most out of your decision to go through with cosmetic surgery, then you should do just that.
You can compile the rest of your list from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, all of which must meet certain minimum qualifications in order to be a member. Finding the ones that are members of this society will ensure a certain level of training and experience. Be sure that any name you place on your list is also certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to save time because you don't want to undergo cosmetic surgery with anybody who isn't certified by that board.
Once again, board certification from this specific board denotes a certain level of training and experience specifically with cosmetic procedure. Another great resource to help you find the best surgeons is the Castle Connolly publication which lists America's best plastic surgeons every year.
Once you have your list, you can begin to whittle away at it by eliminating one at a time. The first and best way to sort out on your list is by where they went to school. This may sound harsh, but if you want the best one possible you should really start with their education.
After you have ranked each one on your list by education, you should rank each plastic surgeon by how much professional experience they have. Next, you need to research which doctors on your list are specialists in the specific procedures you want to have done. These three parameters should have narrowed down your list considerably. Just to be double sure, check and make sure your doc doesn't have too many malpractice suits. A few malpractice suits don't mean a thing, but a whole mess of litigation is a warning flag.
Hopefully, you now have a short list of no more than three doctors. These are the ones you should schedule consultations with immediately. Some may offer free consultations and others may offer to waive the consultation fee once you commit to surgery with them, but either way you should not let this effect your decision.
Hopefully, once you have met with each of your top three doctors, you will simply know which one you want to work with. The one whose consultation was the most informative and comforting should probably be the one you choose.
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