Anyone can run a laser if they know how to push a button - the truly important thing to know is whether they actually know what they're doing and have any particular skills or just have cobbled up enough money to purchase a laser (or rent one) and buy a brochure or two. That's what is so scary about this field at this time.
Having performed liposuction for over 13 years now with literally thousands of cases of both tumescent liposuction and now SmartLipo, the best kernel of advice I can give is to go to someone who has been doing liposuction for many years and preferably does the tumescent method in addition to the SmartLipo. While SmartLipo is fine, it is actually not the workhorse of the procedure that will actually get your fat out - the part that is actually doing it and will determine whether you have good results or a disaster is the actual suction part. SmartLipo merely is the preparation and initial melting of the fat.
When people start to do SmartLipo, there is absolutely no training other than a weekend course on that aspect of it and sometimes even less if the laser salesperson is desperate for the sale and wants the 'physician' to be 'trained'. That's why you see so many 'physicians' which means they have little or no training in cosmetic surgery as SmartLipo doctors.
So, if you want the best advice, go with a core cosmetic surgeon (dermatologist, plastic, etc) and skip the non cosmetic field trained physicians. Lastly, make sure they are doing the tumescent method with it or you will have a much longer recovery time than if you don't have that method.
