CHOOSING A SURGEON YOU CAN TRUST

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 order to perform breast implant surgery. Board certification is simply not required. In reality, your chosen breast implant surgeon could actually be a gynecologist, general surgeon (gallbladder-hernia-colon surgeon), ear nose throat surgeon, etc. Any licensed medical doctor (M.D) or D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) from any specialty can legally perform breast augmentation 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 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. We highly suggest that you choose a surgeon board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery if you are thinking of having PLASTIC SURGERY – it only makes sense. Visiting www.certificationmatters.org is also a way to find out which specific specialty your potential surgeon was truly trained in – rather than relying upon slick ads with confusing phrases that may indirectly (and falsely) suggest certification in plastic surgery.

Once you are assured that your potential plastic surgeon meets this very important standard of formal training, then you can determine if they are truly the right breast augmentation surgeon based on your own personal consultation with the doctor and a careful review of the doctor’s past breast implant work. Take your time, do your own research (do not rely solely on advertising or on your friend’s research) and make your choice wisely. Dr. Hayduke is a meticulous, properly credentialed, highly-skilled and artistic plastic surgeon with tremendous experience in breast implant surgery. Equally important is Dr. Hayduke’s ability to truly listen to his clients and work together with them to achieve ultimate success.