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Plastic or rather Cosmetic surgery has been around for some time now. The marvelous work that these surgeons do is as important as any other surgical procedure performed in an operating room because it not only gives a person purpose, but also the self-esteem needed to take on life. Plastic surgery is meant to change your life for the better. Just imagine the joy filling any mother when she sees her daughter smile for the first time after she has her reconstructive facial operation and it’s a success. It is therefore worrying when you hear cases of botched surgeries. The alarming rise in botched surgeries and the fact that they are constantly being shown on cable TV is scaring people to the point of fearing all types of cosmetic surgery. It is true that like all surgeries, plastic surgery comes with a risk. That however doesn’t mean we stop undergoing surgery all together. In fact, having a skilled surgeon on your side makes the risk bearable.

Reasons for Botched Plastic Surgery

Most people get dazzled by the ‘before and after’ pictures showed in so many advertisements and forget that plastic surgery is like any other surgery and needs to be performed in a well-equipped operating room. The perception that cosmetic surgery is simply a beauty procedure that can be sourced out of any beauty parlor out there is causing the increased cases of botched surgeries .

When patients seek out cheaper cosmetic surgery in countries like South America, they forget that the cost of every surgery is basically the same everywhere. The cost of any surgical procedure involves including all the surgical equipment required to make the surgery a success. Price differentials usually occur due to the fees charged by the surgeon. More skilled surgeons tend to charge higher fees because they are well trained and confident in their work. So if anyone seeks to undergo cheap cosmetic surgery in Costa Rica or Cuba means that the surgeons in Costa Rica or Cuba like working pro bono or they boarding a flight just to receive shoddy work. Furthermore, since they choose to receive their surgery across countries, they will have the difficulty of reaching their surgeon should their post-surgery care show any complications.
The other reason behind the rising cases of botched surgeries is shoddy post-surgery care. The fact that people opt for cheaper surgery means that they are most likely going to skimp on the medical care required after the surgery is done. They therefore run the risk of infection on the incision made on their body or on the grafted skin cells which in effect means that the surgery will have to be redone.

How to Avoid Botched Surgery

The simple solution is to stop soliciting for cheaper surgery options when dealing with your body. The only day, should it ever reach, that you should consider opting for a cheaper form of cosmetic surgery is the day you hear that there is a cheaper way to perform a triple bypass heart surgery. It’s only logical that if there is a cheaper way to perform one type of surgery, then there should be cheaper ways of performing all other types of surgery.

Always ensure that the surgeon performing your operation is board certified. There is fairly simple way of doing this, all you have to do is visit the American Board of Medical Specialist (ABMS) website and verify their credentials. You simply have to type in their names and the name and zip code of the State which they operate. Thanks to this easy platform made available by the ABMS, you can know whether you will be receiving care from a fraud or a genuine specialist. This service is however limited to the US so if anyone chooses to receive surgical care elsewhere, they will not have a way of knowing the qualifications of their surgeon.

Post-surgery care should be given the seriousness it deserves. Cosmetic surgery involves a series of cuts that ordinarily requires some time to heal after the surgery. This means that you have to nurse the wounds until they are healed to avoid development of infections that would warrant the whole surgery being redone.

The Joy of Plastic Surgery

With the current negative publicity surrounding plastic surgery, I know people are wondering whether it’s a good idea to still undergo any cosmetic surgery. The answer is a resounding YES. Plastic surgery is not all about beauty and no heart like all the commercials make it sound. It merely advocates finding inner peace by changing that part of their body that denies you happiness. The infomercials only center on making someone thinner or increasing their breast size and forget that plastic surgery goes beyond that. It has made it possible for a man suffering from 3rd degree burns to continue living a normal life, it has made patients with chronic baldness feel better about themselves and it has also made it possible for a little girl who was borne with a deformed mouth smile again. Plastic surgery essentially allows you to become all you can be and there is nothing wrong with that.