In reading this and other plastic surgery sites, it is possible for you to develop false impressions about the field of plastic surgery and what it can do. We will attempt to disabuse you of those false impressions. Disclaimers about plastic surgery in general Plastic surgery is not nearly as effective as you think it is. The changes we make are with operations, and operations always have drawbacks and compromises. You may not see those compromises in the particular photos you are viewing, and you may not hear about them in the magazine interview you read, but they are there.
Every patient has dissatisfactions with every operation.
Every single patient is dissatisfied with some aspect of the results of her operation. A happy patient is one for whom the benefits of the operation outweigh the drawbacks, and who accepts the limitations of the operation. Not every plastic surgeon knows how to perform plastic surgery. Many, perhaps most, plastic surgeons are not skilled at these operations. Just because you see a nice before and after picture in a magazine or on a Web site does not mean that you can go to any plastic surgeon and get those same results.