Dr Andrew Hayduke

CHOOSING A SURGEON YOU CAN TRUST To find out if your potential surgeon holds any board certification in any specialty whatsoever, we suggest you visit www.certificationmatters.org and discover which SPECIFIC board certification (if any) your potential surgeon actually holds.   Breast implant surgery involves many choices. Finding a formally trained and credentialed breast implant surgeon is difficult. Since insurance does not cover cosmetic breast implant surgery, many types of surgeons from different specialties (general surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology, ear nose throat surgery, etc) will try to capture you as a breast implant patient. We feel that the first and most important recommendation is selecting a formally trained PLASTIC SURGEON who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) Although it is hard to believe, in the state of California, your surgeon does not need to be a formally trained plastic surgeon or board certified by the ABPS in o...

Facelift Services in Rancho Mirage Although it is hard to believe, in the State of California, your surgeon does not need to be board certified by the ABPS in order to perform facelift surgery. Board certification is not required. Any licensed medical doctor (M.D) or D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) from any specialty can legally perform this procedure as long as a patient signs the consent form for the procedure. It is left up to the patient to actually double check if their surgeon is actually board certified by the ABPS by visiting www.abplsurg.org and clicking/tapping on the “is your surgeon certified” tab. It is very easy to be confused by other official sounding boards and certifications posted on ads and websites. To find if your potential surgeon holds any board certification in any specialty, you can also visit www.certificationmatters.org and find out which SPECIFIC board certification (if any) your potential surgeon actually holds. We highly suggest you choose a surgeon bo...