Your Breast Augmentation - Be An Informed Consumer

Preparing for breast augmentation surgery is an important aspect of the procedure. It's not just a matter of debating between implant types, choosing an implant placement type and showing up for your surgery. There are a lot of steps to take before you even get to the surgery date starting with finding the right surgeon for your cosmetic surgery in the first place.

There are a lot of plastic surgeons out there but they are not all created equal and just because a surgeon is skilled at rhinoplasty does not mean that same surgeon is equally skilled at breast augmentation. Many patients make the mistake of thinking if a doctor is good in one area they are good in all areas and this is just not true. It would be easier to use the same surgeon for your nose job that you used for your breast job but it's not always the best idea to stay with the same doctor for all procedures.

A good starting point is to find a surgeon who is a certified member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery. Membership in this professional peer organization means your surgeon has a minimum number of years' experience in both plastic surgery as well as general surgery that the board recognizes as an accepted level to be practicing.

You should also ask any potential surgeon how many years of experience do they have as a surgeon and how many breast augmentation surgeries they have done and when did they do the last one. You want to avoid a doctor who has vague low numbers. A skilled surgeon will be one who has done thousands of breast augmentation surgeries and the last one was an hour ago- not years or months ago.

Do they have hospital privileges at if yes at what hospital? Most plastic surgeons have their own surgical centers to make scheduling an operating room easier and cheaper for their patients and rarely use the hospital privileges they have but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have them. If a surgeon does not have privileges at any area hospital this is a good indicator of a real problem and a red flag you should not ignore no matter how smooth the answer is.
You also want to ensure you have done your research about breast enlargement surgeries so you can ask questions about the procedure itself like where the incision will be made- and where does the surgeon like to place the implants- above the muscle or below it.

If you don't know enough to ask about breast augmentation and just show up you may end up with a surgeon who is not skilled and get results you aren't happy with that can become time consuming and expensive to change.

Go into your cosmetic surgery the way you go into any major event in life- prepared and informed and your results will be what you want and you will be one happy customer.