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December 10, 2007, 11:22 am PST
12/11 Plastic Surgery Nightmares
Quote From: canada_hereThere are man excellent, boaed-certified, plastic surgeons in the United States, just as there are in Canada. There are also some incompetent duds practising in both countries.
Check out ALL physicians FIRST...BEFORE you allow them near your body. Ideally, BEFORE you have a consultation with them and BEFORE you pay them a cent to operate on you.
As a prospective patient, that is YOUR responsibility. People need to do their homework FIRST.
Generally, the top specialists in their respective fields do NOT have offices in shoppng malls.
I steer away from those when selecting a physician, dentist or other healthcare provider.
Think about it...where do the stars/actors and politicians go for their plastic/reconstrctive surgeries? I'll bet they don't go to plastic surgeons with offices in a shopping malls! They want and need a near-perfect result. Their ability to earn a living depends upon it. You should be no less demanding when selecting ANY healthcare provider. YOUR LIFE may depend upon it.
e Actally, I admit BOTH my Doctor and my Dentist offices are in strip malls, HOWrEVER they are not performing surgery or any other invasive procedure ( the most invasive thing I get from my Doc is a PAP Test ), my dentist does only the routine fillings and root canals, any surgeries are at a Hospital.
My son had to have two teeth removed from the roof of his mouth when he was seven, the dentist had him to see a specialist through the IWK (local Children's Hospital) , and the surgery was done AT THE HOSPITAL, she KNOWS when she's out of her league as far as procedures go, and THAT gives me the MOST confidence in a Doctor or Dentist, when they can ADMIT they are out of their league, and are willing to RECOMMEND another Doctor.
However I will say, when the kids were small, I INSISTED it was a PEDIATRIC speacialist, children are NOT little adults.
You are right, it is the PATIENTS RESPONSIBILITY to do the leg work and ask the questions, and if you are uncomfortable, then don't be scared to kep looking (though here in the East the pickings are pretty slim unless you LIVE in the cities ).
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