{"id":1197,"date":"2016-01-31T03:05:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrugstore.md\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2012-01-31T03:05:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T03:05:45","slug":"plastic-surgery-l0130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/plastic-surgery-l0130\/","title":{"rendered":"More doctors offer plastic surgery on the side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A New York Times article describes a surprising new trend in plastic surgery: more doctors are expanding their services to include plastic surgery. The problem with this trend is many of the doctors aren\u2019t trained in that area.<\/p>\n

One woman\u2019s story<\/strong>
\nA California woman decided to get plastic surgery<\/a>, only to find out that her surgeon was a certified ear, nose and throat doctor, not a plastic surgeon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to use all my savings to get a real plastic surgeon to fix what he did to me,\u201d said Joan, who asked that her last name be withheld to protect her privacy. \u201cI have an M.B.A. I\u2019m not stupid. But when the doctor has a nice clinic and all those diplomas and certifications on the wall, you think he knows what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s happening more often than we think<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Some analysts believe doctors are \u201cmoonlighting\u201d as plastic surgeons because of the poor economy.\u00a0 The plastic surgery world can be extremely lucrative and some doctors are jumping on board this gravy train without the knowledge needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cA doctor may be good and well trained in his or her specialty, but it takes more than a weekend seminar to achieve mastery in plastic surgery,\u201d said Dr. Joel Aronowitz, a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles who is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

Tips to find a credible surgeon\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWhen considering plastic surgery it\u2019s important to ask for references, before and after pictures of previous clients and make sure the doctor you are seeing is a board-certified plastic surgeon.\u00a0 This check list should be used for all cosmetic procedures, including Botox injections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbove all, I think common sense is in order,\u201d Dr. John Santa, an internist and director of Consumer Reports\u2019 Health Ratings Center said. \u201cI would be suspicious of anyone who is operating way outside his or her specialty area, and always get a second opinion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New York Times article describes a surprising new trend in plastic surgery: more doctors are expanding their services to include plastic surgery. The problem with this trend is many of the doctors aren\u2019t trained in that area. One woman\u2019s story A California woman decided to get plastic surgery, only to find out that her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t