Checklist for plastic surgery specialists
What should you look out for when choosing a specialist doctor?
Official medical specialist designations
- Specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
- Specialist in gynaecology
- Specialist in dermatology (skin and sexually transmitted diseases)
- Specialist in ophthalmology
- Specialist for surgery
- Specialist in ear, nose and throat medicine with additional training in plastic surgery
- Specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery with additional training in plastic surgery
These designations are unprotected / have been self-awarded
- Plastic surgeon
- Expert I Doctor* for dermatology
- Expert I Doctor* for plastic and aesthetic surgery
- Expert I Doctor* for Aesthetic Medicine
- Expert I Doctor* for aesthetic operations
- Expert I Doctor* for aesthetic procedures
- Expert I Doctor* for cosmetic surgery
- Beauty Doc
- Use of the title "Specialist without indication of speciality"
* If only the title "Arzt/Ärztin für" is used, this does not mean that you are a medical specialist certified and trained by the medical associations. They have merely completed a medical degree. These designations say nothing about the qualification.
Be careful when...
- No official specialist title is used
- you are urged to have an operation and are not given any time to think about it
- the healing phase is trivialised
- you are offered a price that seems extremely low
- you are guaranteed success
- you receive a treatment commitment without an examination
- you are quoted a fixed price without an anamnesis
- persuades you that the operation will solve all your problems!
- no official specialist designations are used
- Memberships of the providers do not match the membership lists of the professional societies
What else should you look out for?
- Specialist title and/or specialisation
- Further training and certificates
- Memberships in professional associations
- Also check the information on the websites of the professional associations
- Transparent handling of the career/resume
- on your own website
- Quality of the counselling interview
- Duration, indication and explanation of risks, answering my questions, transparency
- Reviews on the net
- Not all ratings/reviews are from patients
- Publications in social media & before & after pictures
- Please note that images can be manipulated relatively easily nowadays. The publication of before/after images of aesthetic procedures is not permitted under the Therapeutic Products Advertising Act.
- Financing may not be offered by doctors or medical practices
- Make sure that the aftercare & care after your operation is also clarified (especially in the event of any problems)
- Is there an emergency number?
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