subject: Cosmetic Surgery: Choose The Best Surgeon For Yourself [print this page] It used to be just Hollywood starlets and leading men that were privy to the world of cosmetic surgery but in a consumer driven market to look young and pretty it is no wonder that more and more average people are turning to cosmetic surgery to create the body that God and their genes didn't quite give them.
Whether it's a nose job to create a better profile or a tummy tuck to get the six pack abs back after the birth of a baby, this operation has become more and more mainstream and accepted.
The most common types of operation include liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and tummy tucks with 1.3 million women choosing to cosmetically alter their appearance in 2005 alone with one or more of these processes.
Even with most insurance companies declining to foot the bill for such operation, 10.2 million men and women in 2005 had something cosmetically altered.
Although women may still be the leading consumer for this procedure, more and more men are also lining up for such a process. In fact, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that 11 percent of all liposuction process and 10 percent of all facelift methods in 2005 were done on men.
As consumers become more aware of all the different types of surgical methods available they are also becoming savvier in choosing their doctors. After all, it is the patient who lives with the results even if it is the doctor that lives with the reputation for those results.
Most patients today know to look for a surgeon who is a member of ASPS, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Plastic surgeons who hold ASPS membership have completed five years of surgical training and two years of proper training and are trained in all areas of plastic surgery.
This can be important when you take into account that multiple methods are often done at once such as liposuction in conjunction with a tummy tuck or a mommy make over which involves multiple methods such as a breast lift, breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction. It can become counterproductive and costly to have to pick a different doctor for every needed procedure instead of just one doctor who can do it all in one surgical procedure.
Having a surgeon who is an ASPS member also helps to ensure the doctor will adhere to strict ethical codes and work in facilities that have high professional standards and when it comes to consumer health, most consumers are just as picky about where their procedures are done as they are about who will do them.
