what me worry?
Well I have been in cosmetic surgery now for over 20 years, but only in the last 8 years have I limited myself to cosmetic surgery. This is considered by some to be a waste of talent and training. Yet I do agree that it is somewhat of waste of my years of formal training in microsurgery and hand recostruction. Yet I definetly disagree that somehow cosmetic surgery requires less skill or training. In fact my knowledge gained by microsurgery is one reason i get referrals from other plastic surgeons for facial cases where the facial nerve has ben damaged. So this has helped my face lifts, borw lifts and other facial cosmetic surgery practcie. So nothing could be further from the truth. The problem is there have been few surgeons formally trained in microsurgical reconstruction in the Hawaiian Islands. In fact Queens Medical Center did have a shortage where they could not find a hand surgeon to come in and replant a finger. That is better now.
Well the truth of the matter is that if a surgeon was paid appropriately for this type of work they would have no shortage of hand or micro-surgeons. I recall spending 12 hours in the operating room with one such case and when I received my check from the insurance company it was $500. My god any plastic surgeon can spend less than an hour injecting BOTOX TM and earn that. Well that is society where values are dictated by bling. I cant fight it so I just do the best I can….drmap
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