Further, in every case I know of, the cause of death was something that was completely preventable had the patient been under the care of a surgeon Certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery.
For every woman who's life was taken by her poor decisions, there are many more who are alive but deformed because they allowed a poorly trained person to do a cosmetic procedure on them.
In my Orlando Plastic Surgery and Skin Care Center, I see at least a few women a month who had Smart Lipo or "Aqua" Lipo performed by a local eye doctor (!) who advertises himself as a liposuction expert, and now have permanent disfigurement... (make no mistake- liposuction of any kind IS surgery)
In some cases, I am able to reconstruct a pleasing appearance (but only after more surgery that the patient wasn't planning)... in others, we are only able to camouflage the deformity that resulted from their poor decision to allow him to do surgery on them.
I am frequently asked- how is a patient to know that a doctor's claims of expertise are marketing hoopla and not based on legitimate training and certification?
The simplest way is to ask if the doctor has privileges to do the operation they are proposing for you in a hospital.
In order to obtain hospital privileges for a procedure, a doctor must prove legitimate and specific training in the field in which he or she wishes to practice.
In other words, a hospital would not allow a person who's training was in ophthalmology to perform liposuction within its walls, because the people who run the hospital know that eye doctors don't get training in liposuction.
By doing these procedures in their offices, untrained or inadequately trained doctors are able to side-step the credentialing process- the proximate cause of the death and deformity to which I refer above.
Don't take chances with your life or your happiness- ask your doctor if they have privileges to do the procedure they are offering you in a hospital- then call the hospital and verify. It takes a few minutes, and could make all the difference in the world.
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