Questions You Should Ask Before Your Surgery

A plastic surgeon is the person in whose hands you are going to commend your body. The dream to look and feel better is what you have. The ability to sculpt this dream into reality is what your surgeon should be capable of. In order for this to be possible, a number of vital questions have to be answered before going ahead with the process that leads up to the desired surgery.

The most important question is the one that concerns your decision to go ahead with plastic surgery. Do you require it? You have to be sure of what type of surgery you exactly want. Do you want to go for enhancing or reconstructing your Face? Then maybe you need to go for a Cheek, Chin or Lip Augmentation, or a Facelift, or a Rhinoplasty, or Ear Correction, etc. If enhancing your Breasts is what you want, then there are Breast Augmentations, Lifts, Reductions, or Reconstructions which you can opt for. Then again there are also Thigh & Buttock Lifts, Buttock and Calf Augmentations, Liposuction, Pectoral Implants (for men), Tummy Tucks, etc. which are the surgery options available if you want to re- shape other parts of your Body. Your surgeon is only going to help you with what is the best type of surgery to go for, if you do require it.

Get your homework done. With the 'before surgery' and 'after surgery' photographs most clinics and organizations display in their advertisements, plastic surgery looks very appealing at the best of times. But it is important to be aware of the risks, complications, and other precautions that come along with a surgery. How comfortable you are with the clinic and cosmetic surgeon you have selected depends a lot on how well you do your homework.

A surgeon's skills are as good as his credentials and experience. While you may have been referred a surgeon by a friend, aquaintance or even your own physician, it is important that you run a check before utilising his services just to be safe. Its that seeemingly insignificant step towards getting better results. Ask for his and his clinic's certification as well. Members of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, for instance, are trained particularly in plastic surgery. Cosmetic Art is one such institute that is affiliated with this association.

Techniques and processes which will be applied in your surgery. An understanding of what you will undergo under the knife will help a long way, both emotionally and physically in softening the cut and soothing it later. It's your body, and you have to be able to understand what was done to it to appreciate the new you and take care of yourself better.

Cosmetic Art has a team of qualified and experienced surgeons at Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, California who are able to guide you with detailed advice on procedures like Rhinoplasty, Breast Augmentations and Reductions, Tummy Tucks and nose and face lifts with ease.
by Dr Srour