Plastic Surgery: Q&A
Ask a QuestionWhat's the Strangest Thing Anyone Has Asked You During a Consultation?
We're working on a story about plastic surgery consultations. Certainly without violating your patient's confidentiality, can you share any stories or comments that stunned you, made you laugh, you'll never forget? We will use your quotes in our story. Thank you.
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A certain percentage of patients have thought disorders.
Dear Real Beauty News
The strangest thing is our attachment to the cultural myth of the extreme make over: Getting the right combination of surgeries will somehow transform my life so that I will be loved, sought after, and ultimately rich and famous. This is the promise of shows like Extreme Make Over, The Swan, and even the 15 minutes of fame of individuals featured in Dr. 90210. It is for good or bad that part of the job the cosmetic surgeon is to also be the psychotherapist and try...
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Interesting questions during a consultation
The most frequent strange question we receive in our office practice is whether I've ever had my nose done (the answer is no). The other strange (but valid) question that has come up is that when patients can resume normal sexual activity after their rhinoplasty without fear of hurting, bumping their nose.
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Strangest Request
I once had a professional gambler see me in consultation. He wanted to totally change his physical appearance because he was being monitored in Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos. There was no limit on the amount of surgery, but he wanted a guarantee. Needless to say the surgery was not done by me. I don't know if he changed professions or hired a Hollywood make-up artist, but I never saw him again.
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Interesting Consultation: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Girdle)
Dear Real Beauty News:
Our patients have given us so many great anecdotes and comments. A delightful story came from one of our patients during her pre-operative visit. She told us she was a member of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Girdle. The story is on our blog February, 2009.
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Wanted to Look Better in Her Coffin
I once had a 78 year old lady who came in for a Rhinoplasty Consultation. I asked her why she had waited so long and she replied that she had always wanted a different nose and now that she was getting up in years she wanted to make sure she looked good in her coffin.
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Consultation quotes
I think one of the strangest discussions involved a patient who was to undergo breast augmentation. I had seen her initially, and again in a pre op visit and throughout each, came to agreement as to goals and her size choice.
The morning of surgery, she told me that she had been thinking all night, and had come to the conclusion that "she was going to pay a lot of money" for the procedure and actually really decided that she wanted to be as "big" as possible because she...
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Interesting consults...
I consulted with a vet who came back from Iraq with extensive burns, skin grafts and scars from an IED explosion. His face was a confluence of thick ugly scars and skin grafts that distorted his (remaining) features. His nose was partially reconstructed. As I sat with him and mentally started envisioning his reconstruction he pointed out why he was there. He had a nubbin of skin that had puckered up next to his nose from one of his previous 10 or 11 surgeries that he didn't like. The scars...
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Want to look good for Funeral / Tape Facelift
Interesting topic!
I had a patient who had been diagnosed with intra-ductal breast carcinoma and had undergone mastectomy as well as chemo. Sadly for her the cancer had recurred and she had for all intents and purposes failed additional treatments. She had been given the very sad "six months to live" news by her oncologist.
When I met with her and her family she was still in health and good spirits overall. She brought both of her children and husband with her and wanted a...
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Strange Sayings
Two strange comments come to mind.
I had performed hair restoration on a gentleman who was bald in the front, top and back. He fought forest fires in the northwest for many years and when the process was completed and all of the hair had grown in to the length he liked (abut 5" at that time) he said to me:
"It's the first time in 20 years I could feel the wind in my hair!"
Many plastic surgeons probably have gotten this one. I have had it several times:
"What do you...
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