If you're considering plastic surgery, our experts have provided a list of some helpful dos and don'ts. Do have your surgery performed in an accredited hospital setting where anesthesia and other support services are readily available, if needed. Don't have plastic surgery when you're going through a life crisis, such as a divorce or other marital problem. You may have a distorted or unrealistic expectation that the procedure will solve your problem. Do choose plastic surgery if you want to feel better about yourself.
Plastic surgeons measure the patient's happiness to judge the outcome of their work.
Some patients may have a facial deformity from birth, others may have sustained a facial injury in a car accident, and some simply may be distressed about some aspect of their body. It's not the deformity that plastic surgeons evaluate, but the level of distress the deformity causes the patient. Americans grow up in a society that respects the appearance of youth and has a 'Madison Avenue' standard of beauty. Some people are unhappy because they don't think they fit in. To them, even normal features can be perceived as a deformity.