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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

** What To Do When Hiring a Plastic Surgeon **

1.When choosing a plastic surgeon forget about the phone book.

2.Use caution when approaching websites that offer free ratings or claim to have comprehensive free doctor credential information. You should, in reality, expect to see negative ratings for every doctor.

3.Beware of plastic surgeons who advertise a lot. Top-notch plastic surgeons are extremely busy for a reason and often do not need to advertise or attract much more clientele then they already have.

4.Make sure that the is board certified in the respective field.

5.Every plastic surgeon has a special interest area of expertise, find those areas and make sure they are the areas you are looking for.

6.Generally speaking, the more depth in their professional history report the more experience they have.

Researching a Plastic Surgeon

Although it is true that the Internet has abundant websites offering information on medical doctors' credentials, you will certainly want - and need - more than just a license number, education, free anonymous ratings, and contact information. If your Internet search is growing tiresome, consider digging deeper using these resources:

1.Federation of State Medical Boards

2.American Board of Medical Specialties

3.The American Medical Association

4.Your local state medical board

5.MDNationwide

6.Medical society regarding doctors’ specialty fields

7.Free medical doctor ratings sites