Why is it dangerous to search for a plastic surgeon in Instagram?
'05.09.2017'
Source: CNN
Today, Instagram is used not only for photographs of cats and spectacular selfies. It is a popular advertising platform where many professionals sell their services. Not all of them really have the right to do what they promote. This also applies to plastic surgeons, reports CNN.
A study published last week in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, warns: choosing a plastic surgeon in Instagram, you seriously risk your health. Only 17,8% of plastic surgery posts on Instagram have been removed by certified surgeons.
It took only one day for the analysis - the experts collected all the relevant posts and carefully studied them. Most of the posts were made by doctors who were not trained in plastic surgery, and not even doctors at all: beauticians or spa specialists who took courses. Sometimes “plastic” photos and videos were uploaded by dentists.
Lead expert Dr. Clark Schirle, board-certified plastic surgeon at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, says: “Finding a surgeon on Instagram is usually not a problem, my practice and I have an account too. The question is who you find. ”
To be certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the doctor must pass 5 years of plastic surgery practice, including work in the department of plastic surgery, pass complex written and oral exams. By choosing a certified plastic surgeon, the patient can be confident that he has been practicing daily for at least five years and has really graduated from an accredited medical faculty.
Questions that are important to ask the surgeonIn addition to having a certificate and membership in the American community of plastic surgeons:
- Have you passed the practice in plastic surgery? How many years?
- Do you have permission to conduct this procedure in any hospitals? Which ones?
- How is your office practice certified? Is it accredited at the national or state level, or is the state licensed, Medicare certified?
- How many procedures of this type have you done?
- Am I a suitable candidate for this intervention?
- When and how will my operation take place?
- What risks and complications are possible? How do you plan to deal with them?
- How long will the recovery be?
- What should I do if the result does not satisfy me?
- Do you have a “before” and “after” photo to look at each procedure and what results do you expect in my case?
Before choosing a doctor, you need to check who he is. This will help sites:
You can check the data of a plastic surgeon on the website American Board of Plastic Surgery.
The American Association for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery offers online base of certified plastic surgeons in the US (search available).
For surgeons outside the US there is special base certified or equivalent certified surgeons with a sample of countries.
