Research shows that one of the most common patient concerns prior to having cosmetic surgery involves questions about what the surgical results and appearance changes will look like once surgery is over. How can the patient’s expectations, the surgeon’s skills, as well as projected surgical outcomes best be communicated?
Being able to address these questions and concerns in a realistic and individual way is key to achieving what both the patient and surgeon view as a successful result. This process is based on understanding what the patient expects and what the surgeon can realistically accomplish.
An excellent tool for communicating and projecting cosmetic surgery results
It is clear that one of the most important success factors in cosmetic surgery is patient/doctor communication. What the patient expects from the results of cosmetic surgery and what the surgeon can accomplish must be established up front. In the past, cosmetic surgeons depended on drawings or on a portfolio of other patients’ “before and after” photos as tools for communicating and aligning expectations and outcomes.
Unfortunately, both methods are often inadequate and unpredictable because of the variables involved and because of the fact that no two patients are alike in either personal characteristics or expectations.
The good news is […]

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