WILLIAM P. ADAMS JR., MD PLASTIC SURGERY

The Price of Beauty

breast augmentation what to know

What are you willing to pay for a breast augmentation? Choosing the right surgeon for breast augmentation is a very important decision. Most women make price a top factor in deciding which surgeon they want to perform their breast augmentation. There are many other factors that should be considered before making a decision. First, you want to make sure that your surgeon is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. There are many questions you will want to ask about your surgeon. What percentage is their re-operation rate? Who is performing the anesthesia? Where is the surgery performed? If the cost is too low there could be a chance that the doctor is not trained in the new advances of breast augmentation. There a nurses that are administering anesthesia versus a Board Certified Anesthesiologist. The other cost that is cut is the operating room. There are some surgeons that operate in a procedure room. Some surgeons may not have privileges to perform certain procedures at a surgery center or hospital because they are not trained to perform them. This is a safety issue. What must be considered, is that in the future, you may have to go back and pay for a much more expensive revision surgery to fix an issue that may have been avoided had you gone with a different surgeon who may have initially cost just a little more. Do your research; make sure your surgeon is an expert in the type of procedure you are considering. There are many other questions that you will want to ask about your surgeon, such as:

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