Choosing A Surgeon You Can Trust

Choosing A Surgeon You Can Trust

Facelift surgery involves many choices. Finding a skilled and credentialed facelift surgeon is exceptionally difficult. Since insurance does not cover facelift surgery, many types of surgeons from different specialties (dermatology, ear nose throat, otolaryngology, general surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery) will try to capture you as a facelift patient.

Please take the time to visit this link to an interesting online article from The New York Times entitled “Ear Doctors Performing Face-Lifts? It Happens” by Kate Murphy.

We feel that the first and most important recommendation is selecting a true formally trained plastic surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and a member in good standing of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

ASPS member surgeons must meet rigorous standards which include:

• Board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery® (ABPS) or in Canada by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada®
• Complete at least five years of accredited
  surgical training following medical school with a minimum of two or three years of
  accredited plastic surgery residency training
• Pass comprehensive oral and written exams by the ABPS in the United States
• Graduate from an accredited medical school
• Complete continuing medical education, including patient safety, each year
• Perform all major surgeries in accredited, state-licensed, or Medicare-certified surgical facilities

Once you independently confirm that your surgeon meets the above criteria, then at least you know you are considering a formally trained plastic surgeon as your facelift surgeon. That is a great and prudent first step. This does not guarantee, however, that your plastic surgeon actually posses the sense of artistry and past surgical work that agrees with your own esthetic goals.

DON’T BE CONFUSED BY OTHER OFFICIAL SOUNDING BOARDS, SOCIETIES, AND CERTIFICATIONS

The The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), which has approved medical specialty boards since 1934. There is no ABMS recognized certifying board with “cosmetic surgery” in its name.

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