Plastic Surgeon Forms That Make You Promise Not to Write Anything Negative About the Doctor!

By Juliabars on 07 May 2012

Has anyone come across this? It frightens me to think that some doctors only have 5 stars reviews because patients signed their forms agreeing not to write negative, even if objective, reviews on third party sites.

Have any of you experienced this of which you can warn us?

Comments (5)

Sharon at RealSelf (Community Manager) 30 May 2012

I've heard of this too (we wrote about it here and there are some interesting opinions from surgeons in the comments).

Doctors who use contracts like this have their own reasons for doing it, but I agree with Kirsty -- personally, it would make me think twice about using that doctor. Even if the goal is to stop abuse, such as people telling lies or spamming, IMHO it also stops legitimate conversations.

Julia, you can name doctors on the forum, as long as it's your own opinion or experience that you're sharing.

Juliabars 7 Jun 2012

Nice, thanks for the link!

Juliabars 20 May 2012

Am I allowed to list the name of the doctor or is it against realself.com's policy?

Juliabars 14 May 2012

I've come across this while researching a plastic surgeon for fat transfer, and the doctor I found had all five stars, not a single four, until I googled his name a little further and found a yelp review that said this: the patient forms state that patients are not allowed to give negative reviews once forms are signed. Luckily the yelp girl read carefully and warned us all of what's out there....