Natural Beauty, Fitness, Plastic Surgery and Holistic Health
Posts tagged cosmetic surgery
Would you choose a male or female plastic surgeon? Serious answers only.?
I fractured my nose and have to get it corrected. I know that for the most part, gender doesn’t matter. I’ve had a consultation with the male doctor, Dr. Scott Mosser and he seems nice, but our virtual consultation went by rather quickly. (I am out of state at the moment, hence the virtual consultation, but I will get an in-office one when I get there). His reviews are also pretty good as well and he’s a renowned plastic surgeon in San Francisco. I got a quote from him and the price is ,133.50 to get my nose corrected. However..I came across the website of a female plastic surgeon, Usha Rajagopal. I haven’t had a consultation with her yet, but she has 12 years of experience in plastic & cosmetic surgery and she looks very nice. She even has more reviews than Dr. Mosser and all of them are 5-star. Nose surgery is also around 0-600 cheaper there, according to average costs. Both are American Board of Plastic Surgery certified and I researched their backgrounds. Both have hospital privileges. Both are in San Francisco (I’m moving there). Can anyone with experience tell me which one, in their opinion, is better? Any advice on how to choose? I prefer if you’ve had experience of your own, instead of just copying & pasting a site to me. Thanks =)
Here are their websites:
http://www.sfcosmeticsurgery.com/ <—Usha Rajagopal
http://www.drmosser.com/ <—-Scott Mosser
I am a female by the way. Thanks.
Will medical tourism come to the US with the dollar losing value?
I’ve noticed that the medical tourism industry uses price v quality as a benefit of traveling from US to other countries for plastic surgery, dental procedures, etc.
Do you think that now that the dollar is weaker that people will come from other countries to the US – to get a good deal on these procedures. More specifically from Europe where the Euro is strong. Why or why not?
I neglected to specify: for elective procedures like cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry. Not life saving medical procedures…
How much should nose surgery (rhinoplasty) cost?
I went to see a plastic surgeon/ENT and surgery would cost ,875 plus the anesthesia surgical center price of ,390 for a total cost of ,265. Just wondering if this is too high or lower. The doctor is board certified ENT and board certified plastic surgeon, and the site of course uses a board certified anesthesiologist. The doctor and site are in nice communities in Woodbury and Plymouth, MN respectively.
Maybe I should clarify in case any more "lesbos" answer, I have a really bad deviated septum, meaning I can’t breath very well and it’s been getting worse, too the point where I need some cosmetic surgery.
And you can’t tell someone just to live with something, life is too short.
Jan, I’m not trying to be offensive, I just really want serious answers. I have to have both surgeries because My nose is so twisted up that it’s not all covered by it, part of whet they have to do is cosmetic up on my bridge. I have to do it because it’s getting more crooked, and harder to breathe. This one guy is the only guy that is certified to do both surgeries; the first person I saw sent me to him.
Can yo check my grammar?
Can yo check my grammar?
Beauty is in the eye of beholder is an unknown proverb in contemporary society. It is only a simple sentence that does not make any sense anymore. Some women think social interaction and personal success are dependent on physical attraction. Being perfect is a common issue, but when this issue becomes obsession it can become a more serious mental illness. Plastic surgery is a huge obsession among all people including preteens, teenagers, and adolescents. It is an obsession that is fed by models and celebrities who think nothing of going under the scalpel again and again in an elusive chase after a beauty icon that doesn’t exist.
Plastic surgery is not without risk. It is not healthy way to look perfect. Plastic surgery can affect person physical, socially and mentally. Plastic surgery can also have many side effects. It is painful procedure that can even lead to death. A young mother, Dehlmalyz Rios, was 26 years old when she decided to have plastic surgery. Two days after the surgery her body rejected the fat that was deposited in her calves. She died by leaving two children. It can ruin lives as well. Some side effects are permanent such as physical pain. Plastic surgery includes cutting, bending, stretching and other method to manipulate body structure in order to get desired shape. This causes pain, discomfort, and swelling that may remain for a lifetime. Plastic surgery can cause depression brought on by medication used to control the after affects of surgery. Of course there is always the post-surgical risk of pneumonia from having to remain in bed for long periods of time or of forced inactivity. Sometimes there are emotional traumas from the surgery not having the desired affect, or the person’s refusal to accept the modifications. There can also be guilt or bad feelings caused by spouses, relatives, or friends.
Cosmetic surgery is depends a great deal on the doctor’s qualifications. There are doctors who offer surgery at very low prices who are not skilled or qualified to perform plastic surgery. Most of these doctors are untrained except for a seminar in hotel for a few hours. Credentials aren’t checked so that people who may not even be doctors are allowed to take the seminar. In Miami, a doctor named Reinaldo Slivestre, practiced surgery in a small office. He had very little medical training. One of his patients, named Alexandra Baez, claimed that he gave him breast implants instead of the pectoral muscle implant that he had requested. Many doctors who are performing plastic surgery are not licensed by the American Board of Plastic Surgeons. They are quacks; get rich quick surgeons, performing as many surgeries as they can under less than sterile conditions.
Cosmetic surgery is not for everyone. This doesn’t prevent people from seeking it. Plastic surgery costs thousands of dollars and usually requires a lot of recovery time. Some people sacrifice their basic needs to save enough money for plastic surgery.
There are those who say that plastic surgery should not be used to just change someone’s appearance for the sake of vanity. Sometimes plastic surgery taken to the extreme can make someone look less than human, as is the case with Michael Jackson. People make fun of him, but he is wealthy enough that it doesn’t affect his life. But what about the person who was not wealthy or a celebrity and the surgery go wrong? The surgeon may say they are sorry, but they can just walk away. The patient has to live with the awful results. But whether the surgical effects are deemed a success or failure, both the surgeon and the patient are responsible for one requested
How do I ask about cosmetic surgury?
Im seventeen going on eighteen. I want to have a nose job. I have never did medical stuff for myself. So, how should I ask each individual cosmetic surgery place what their prices are. Should I call? Or do I need to make an appointment/ consultation?
Why is Obama wanting to regulate the one area of medicine that actually operates on the “free-market”?
Americans wealthy enough to afford cosmetic surgery could be asked to pay a bit more for their tummy tucks and pectoral implants to fund treatment for Americans who cannot afford basic healthcare.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/28/healthcare-obama-tax-cosmetic-surgery
*************************************************************
Obama is wanting to tax the last great frontier of "free-market" medicine in America – cosmetic surgery. This is the one area of medicine where demand has increased and prices have dramatically decreased.
To get a little more perspective, what if you take a look at the part of health care that is not regulated and really is a free market, cosmetic surgery. This is a pure negotiation between patient and doctor without regulated insurance or state or federal medical programs. LASIK and other procedures keep getting cheaper and more effective, yet in the rest of health care we see inflation.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/151716-the-myth-that-u-s-health-care-is-a-free-market
Real markets already exist in cosmetic surgery; buyers seek good prices and providers compete for business. Thanks to competition and ready access to information, real prices in cosmetic surgery have fallen over time.
http://voices.kansascity.com/node/5150
And how about Lasik eye surgery (costs a third today of what it did 10 years ago)…cosmetic surgery (stable prices despite a 6X increase in demand since early 1990s)
http://www.economistblog.com/2009/07/27/no-examples-of-free-market-health-care/
I bet all this will change once Obama gets his grubby socialist paws on the healthcare system.
HELP!! Advice!! plastic surgery financial advice!! HELP!!!!!?
My sister in law a few years ago received cosmetic surgery. She was not happy with her outcome and when she paid for her surgery she went through Be Your Best Surgery. The doctor they assigned her did not do a good job and he stated to fix the problem the surgery would cost an additional 3,000, she had already paid 10,000 which was way over the price the surgery should cost interest and all considered it was WAY TO HIGH A PRICE!! She stated to me that she talked to a supervisor at the company and the supervisor agreed to pay 1,000 toward fixing the surgery, but since then the company is avoiding her because they have went out of business or bankrupt something along those lines and now she doesn’t know what to do. She still owes 1,100 on the surgery but she doesn’t feel she should have to pay since she wasn’t happy with the surgery and it was agreed that the company would pay 1,000 to fix the botched job. Any advice SERIOUS ADVICE, THANKS
OH AND ALSO SHE STATED THAT THE DOCTOR AND SECRETARY WERE WELL AWARE THAT THE COMPANY WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY THE 1,000 AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY OWE THE DOCTOR MONEY FROM WHAT SHE SAID.
MEN: If your girl asked you to get elective plastic surgery would you?
If your wife or girl friend asked you to get some cosmetic surgery would you? Tummy tuck?
Do Canadians pay out of pocket for face-lifts, nose jobs, non-medical cosmetic surgery?
I would think cosemtic surgery would not be covered by Canada’s medical care system. If it were, then some Canadians could inherently abuse the system by robbing the budget from people who have serious medical needs.
But if you were a doctor in Canada and it was in your best interest to maximize wealth, wouldn’t you then become a cosmetic surgeon rather than say a cancer doctor because you’re getting more money by charging out of pocket?
Shouldn’t Canada then tax cosmetic surgery?
Also what about doctors who would market themselves as cosmetic surgeons and then secretly treat illnesses of rich people at a premium price?
You misinterpreted my last question. Doctors would charge at premium price to give faster treatment than they can get otherwise under the fair for all system