I'm wanting to get a rhinoplasty but have no facial plastic surgeons in my town. Closest one is almost 3 hours away and is double board certified by the American board of facial & reconstructive surgery, and by the American board of otolaryngology. However he is fairly new/young guy and only has 3 years experience. Is that enough? The reviews I've read on him have all been awesome but he only has a few rhinoplasty before and afters on his website. I'm assuming that's because he's so new. Advice?
July 23, 2012
Answer: How experienced your rhinoplasty surgeon should be
Besides know how many years your surgeon has been practicing you'd probably also want to know how many rhinoplasty surgeries he has done. Being in practice for 10 years does not help much if you only do 5 rhinoplasty procedures a year, for example.
If you're still not comfortable with the amount of experience I'd suggest consulting with an additional surgeon or two. This would be beneficial even if you have to drive a little further to see them.
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July 23, 2012
Answer: How experienced your rhinoplasty surgeon should be
Besides know how many years your surgeon has been practicing you'd probably also want to know how many rhinoplasty surgeries he has done. Being in practice for 10 years does not help much if you only do 5 rhinoplasty procedures a year, for example.
If you're still not comfortable with the amount of experience I'd suggest consulting with an additional surgeon or two. This would be beneficial even if you have to drive a little further to see them.
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July 23, 2012
Answer: Experience Needed For Rhinoplasty
Hi,
Based on your previous posts and your current one, it seems that you are not 100% of the surgeons you have met and consulted with; this is pretty normal and you do not have to make a decision if you are not ready and it is your right to consult with additional surgeons to make sure that you are making a well-informed decision.
An experience is not measured by the years of practice necessarily but by the number of successful surgeries performed, the level of developed skills a surgeon has and the ability to provide commendable results steadily.
That being said, please remember that commendable results require an exceptionally skilled surgeon to perform the surgery and settling for anything less than that increases the chances of additional corrective surgeries dramatically.
I hope this helps and please feel free to check the website below.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The best of luck to you.
Dr. Sajjadian
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July 23, 2012
Answer: Experience Needed For Rhinoplasty
Hi,
Based on your previous posts and your current one, it seems that you are not 100% of the surgeons you have met and consulted with; this is pretty normal and you do not have to make a decision if you are not ready and it is your right to consult with additional surgeons to make sure that you are making a well-informed decision.
An experience is not measured by the years of practice necessarily but by the number of successful surgeries performed, the level of developed skills a surgeon has and the ability to provide commendable results steadily.
That being said, please remember that commendable results require an exceptionally skilled surgeon to perform the surgery and settling for anything less than that increases the chances of additional corrective surgeries dramatically.
I hope this helps and please feel free to check the website below.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The best of luck to you.
Dr. Sajjadian
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