Plastic Surgery and Unethical Marketing

admin @ May 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet

When you search for a plastic surgeon, you are usually best served by avoiding the splashy commercials that first meet the eye and shout the loudest like:

Huge billboards, featuring low, low prices for plastic surgery
Coupons for huge discounts
Awarding surgical services as a prize from a raffle or contest
Limited time offers
Any breathless message that shouts: “Hurry! [...]

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Cosmetic Plastic Surgery and Revisions

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One of the leading trends in cosmetic plastic surgery is the revision plastic surgeon who specializes in repairing a first plastic surgery which may have been:

Not what the patient expected
Botched
Damaged by the patient after surgery
Uneven, like two different sized breasts
Outside the surgeon’s control, like unpredictable healing

New York facial plastic surgeon, Andrew Jacono, M.D. FACS, figures [...]

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Plastic Surgery Patients and Smoking

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A prominent Swedish researcher tells California Surgical Institute (CSI) that kicking butts before surgery saves money!
Omid Sadr Azodi, M.D., Ph.D. is referring to cigarette butts. And he doesn’t mean the mere nickels and dimes spent on $9 packs of smokes – he is referring to really big money spent on needless complications after surgery.
Dr. Azodi’s [...]

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Face Lift: Lloyd’s of London Insures It

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You probably already know that one of the best ways to insure a nice outcome for your cosmetic plastic surgery procedure is to be extra thorough in your homework and the surgeon you choose.
Besides checking on your surgeon’s board certification credentials, the smart patient carefully looks at the doctor’s plastic surgery before and after pictures [...]

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Plastic Surgery Patients: Watch Your Medicine Cabinet!

admin @ March 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Plastic surgery patients who have surgery scheduled are being cautioned to watch out for the dangers lurking in their medicine cabinets. Be alert if you are having a:

Tummy Tuck
Thigh Lift
Arm Lift
Breast reduction
Breast lift

Virtually all cosmetic plastic surgery patients are told to quit taking aspirin and vitamin E at least two weeks before surgery. Why? Those [...]

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