1) Dermatologists are not Plastic Surgeons 2) Dermatologists do not have surgical training 3) Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is necessary for Board Certification
This is not about medical education- 4 years of medical school gets you an MD-period, nothing more. Residency is where the real training occurs. Residency is where the MD gets apprentice ship training. Add an additional 5 years of apprentice ship to become a surgeon. Then add residency restriction hours so new graduates don’t get the experience the older docs received.
Confirm your doctor is Board Certified in the specific specialty. Financial incentives drive cosmetic procedures.
Lets spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical school and associated schooling. And then lets piss it all away in seconds because we are too immature to act like a god damn adult.
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This is not about medical education- 4 years of medical school gets you an MD-period, nothing more. Residency is where the real training occurs. Residency is where the MD gets apprentice ship training. Add an additional 5 years of apprentice ship to become a surgeon. Then add residency restriction hours so new graduates don’t get the experience the older docs received.
Confirm your doctor is Board Certified in the specific specialty. Financial incentives drive cosmetic procedures.
I can confirm this is true.
Lots of MDs these days 'moon light' into the aesthetic / cosmetic arena because it pays the bills : cash pay - no insurance hassles (think Botox injections...).
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Originally posted by SIGfourme: 1) Dermatologists are not Plastic Surgeons 2) Dermatologists do not have surgical training 3) Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is necessary for Board Certification
This is not about medical education- 4 years of medical school gets you an MD-period, nothing more. Residency is where the real training occurs. Residency is where the MD gets apprentice ship training. Add an additional 5 years of apprentice ship to become a surgeon.
Plus another 2-3 years more to become a Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon.
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She performed buttock procedures and her name is Boo-Tay
That's funny.
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