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Should Men Go to Female Plastic Surgeons?

If the whole goal of plastic surgery is to become more attractive shouldn't men go to women for their procedures? Since women know what will look attractive on a man. Although I know the vast majority of surgeons are men do they have the same type of judgement as females?? If for example a rhinoplasty is performed or a chin implant put in how can they tell the amount of augmentation needed etc?

4 Doctor Answers | Asked by james15 in los angeles, ca
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Facial analysis before cosmetic surgery

That is not reasonable. The corrolary to that would be gay patients should only go to gay surgeons, asians should only go to asian surgeons etc. Plastic surgeons undertake a residency training to learn these things. Furthermore it takes a bit more analysis than just saying something looks better in order to plan a surgical procedure. The amount of augmentation required is based on specific facial length - width ratios otherwise they would be no consistency between procedures in different... more
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Men patient, women surgeons

That is an interesting question. My answer would suggest that while their might be universal traits, attractiveness is subjective and individual. One women surgeon might have a different idea of what an attractive man is than another. And if both use the universal measure, than it doesn't matter if it is a male or female surgeon. More importantly, I believe that what is attractive to a person, while perhaps linked to some degree to the opposite sex, should be an internal and individual... more
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Female vs male plastic surgeon

I think that it should not matter male or female in terms of the surgeon's sex. It is important for you to find a surgeon with a good aesthetic eye and good results.
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Choosing a plastic surgeon

There are a few things to consider, and sex, gender, race, and creed are not among them: Board Certifcation; Experience; Rapport.
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