Research Your Plastic Surgeon
Welcome to TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeons.com, the website devoted to promoting successful patient outcomes through public education about cosmetic plastic surgery.
Cosmetic plastic surgery can be a wonderful benefit for many people to improve their appearance, self-image, and self esteem by enhancing and/or restoring the face and/or body.
The most critical step for assuring a successful outcome is choosing a truly qualified plastic surgeon.
Unbelievably, no laws prevent any licensed doctor to advertise as a plastic surgeon, a cosmetic surgeon, a cosmetic plastic surgeon, or a cosmetic doctor, or to venture into specialized cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in their offices. And there are more and more doctors who are not formally trained or certified as plastic surgeons who are marketing themselves as such.
As a result, the TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeons are seeing more unhappy patients who have been treated by unqualified practitioners. Unfortunately, many times these poor results are difficult or impossible to correct.
The public must be made aware of this issue and do their homework when it comes to choosing a “cosmetic plastic surgeon," "cosmetic surgeon," or "cosmetic doctor."
TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeons are among the most highly trained surgical specialists who have devoted their entire careers to the field of Plastic Surgery which encompasses both Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery. By selecting a TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon, one may be assured of receiving the benefit of the most extensive training and certification requirements for the specialty of Plastic Surgery.
Is your doctor a TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon? Only TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeons meet the T.R.U.E. criteria:
Trained in an accredited Plastic Surgery residency program
Real Plastic Surgery Board Certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Unrestricted Hospital Admitting and Operating Room Privileges in Plastic Surgery, including both Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Expertise in both Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the entire body
For Details of what it means to be a TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon, visit “the T.R.U.E. Criteria” page.
Is your doctor a TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon? Click on “Find a TRUE Plastic Surgeon” to find out!
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A plastic surgeon is sometimes asked, “What is Plastic Surgery? Are you going to use plastic to fix me?” Actually, the field of plastic surgery was so named based on the Greek word “plastikos” which means “to mold.”
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CHOOSING A QUALIFIED COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGEON
For anyone considering the potentially life-changing event of cosmetic plastic surgery, the most important decision is the cosmetic plastic surgeon they choose. Finding a truly qualified cosmetic plastic surgeon, a TRUE Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon, is the critical step to assure a successful outcome.
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