| economy continues to wobble uncertainly, many | | | | * Even Surgery With a Qualified Doctor Carries Risks |
| consumers have turned to bargain shopping and | | | | While hundreds of thousands of abdominoplasty |
| coupon clipping to try to make their dollars stretch | | | | procedures are performed legally and without |
| farther. Lots of people have had to curtail their | | | | complications each year in the United States, the |
| spending and save up for things they really want | | | | surgery does still carry its own inherent risks. These |
| instead of charging their purchases with | | | | include blood clots, infection, poor reactions to |
| no-longer-readily-available credit. | | | | anesthesia, and unsightly scarring. A licensed, |
| Yet some folks look for ways to cut corners to still | | | | experienced plastic surgeon can help minimize these |
| get what they want immediately. The consequences | | | | risks and make the money spent well worth it. |
| can be dire, especially when the purchases have to do | | | | * What a Licensed Surgeon Can Promise |
| with one's health. | | | | While a licensed surgeon cannot promise that there will |
| There have been plenty of stories in the news in the | | | | be no complications with the tummy tuck surgery, he |
| last year telling the sad tales of individuals who turned | | | | or she can make you completely aware of the risks |
| to foreign or unlicensed American plastic surgeons for | | | | and explain all the options and procedures available to |
| their beauty treatments who ended up dead or badly | | | | you. A trained surgeon can provide you proof of |
| disfigured. The truth is that there is no way to cut | | | | required schooling, and experience in hours of surgery |
| corners with plastic surgery and only a licensed, | | | | or the number of procedures he or she has |
| qualified doctor should be entrusted with your care. | | | | performed. |
| * The Risks Of Consulting Illegal Plastic Surgeons | | | | Plus licensed plastic surgeons are required to take |
| One of the most common cosmetic surgery | | | | continuing educational courses to keep up with the |
| procedures today is abdominoplasty, otherwise known | | | | latest information and techniques of the day. With |
| as a tummy tuck. This is an intensive surgery that | | | | experience and continued training comes wisdom and |
| carries some risks even under the proper | | | | understanding of the best way to handle tummy tuck |
| circumstances, but in the hands of an unlicensed, | | | | or abdominoplasty operations. |
| unqualified and inexperienced surgeon, a tummy tuck | | | | A qualified surgeon can also review your medical |
| can turn gruesome and even deadly. | | | | history and advise you, based on your conditions, |
| One report from a lady who tried to save money by | | | | whether a tummy tuck might be too risky for you. An |
| going down to Mexico to an unlicensed doctor, ended | | | | unlicensed surgeon is most likely only looking to make |
| up with massive scarring after her botched tummy | | | | a quick buck, and not interested in your best interest. |
| tuck. She had to undergo treatments in the United | | | | So, before you consider turning to "under the table" |
| States by a qualified plastic surgeon to repair the | | | | abdominoplasty surgery, make sure you understand |
| damage done. In a worst case scenario, an unlicensed | | | | that only a licensed surgeon can provide you with the |
| doctor might use techniques that promote infection or | | | | safety and security and peace of mind that is essential |
| other serious conditions leading to death. | | | | for an effective tummy tuck! |