Instead of a board certified PS for BBL, I would like an experienced board certified general surgeon. What's the difference?

Thank you for your question. The obvious question is: Why? Many of us who are board certified plastic surgeons went through 5 years of general surgery residency and took both the written and oral examinations to be board certified in general surgery. After this, we did go through a 2-3 year plastic surgery fellowship training and we took a written and oral examination to become board certified. So, we do have 2-3 years structured, supervised fellowship training in addition to our general surgery background, in reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery.A BBL procedure is not only a technical, but also an artistic procedure. This is composed of two parts: 1. Fat harvesting and sculpting the torso and 2. injecting the fat into the buttocks. It is important to know the buttock anatomy, muscles, blood vessels and nerves and how they shift in the prone position as the fat is injected. With the large interest in these procedures, there are more physicians who attempt doing this operation and we also see a parallel increase in complications and even death from fat embolism. Do your homework, but ultimately the choice is yours. Good luck.

Thanks for your question.   I
think the most important question is regarding the doctor that is actually
performing the procedure and their expertise in the BBL procedure.  I hope this helps. 

Would you take your sports car to a shop that fixes all types of cars?  No.  Then why in the world would you ever go to a General Surgeon for your Plastic Surgery?  As a Plastic Surgeon, I completed two residencies.  My first was in General Surgery where I learned the basics of Surgery.  From there, I completed a residency in Plastic Surgery so that I could be well versed in just that.  General Surgeons, though well trained at what they do, are not Plastic Surgeons and are never a replacement for a Plastic Surgeon.  Just as a spent time in NeuroSurgery during my GS residency, you definitely do not want me performing your brain surgery because I am not a brain surgeon.I hope that helps and wish you the very best!