My Surgeon Doesn't Do Computer Imaging Should I Be Concerned?

My opinion is that computer imaging can give a patient unrealistic expectations since a computer image can make you look great but the ability to do an operation to match the computer image may be impossible. I think too often it is used to sell a procedure to a parient. My book of before and after photos of the surgeries that I have performed is what I like to show people. I hope this helps. Please see a board certified plastic surgeon in your area for consultation.

I have not found computer imaging to be accurate or predictive of what will happen during and after surgery.  Computer imagers move around pixels - surgeons move complex tissues in three dimensions.  There is not comparison.  Some surgeons find computer imaging to be helpful in communicating with the patient the goals of surgery.  This may be useful, but I use drawings.  Computer imaging is not a measure of skill or confidence.  Some use it ...some don't. Although patients are beginning to expect it so I may have to jump on the bandwagon and get an imager!