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Nov 29, 2006 6:44 pm US/Eastern
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Doctor: Plastic Surgery Is Never, Ever Routine
Best Advice Is Do Your Homework Before Going Under Knife
by Deborah Garcia
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
We first told you about a Brooklyn teenager who died after getting a nose job. Now, we have what the experts say you should know before you have plastic surgery.
With advances in plastic surgery it is easier to become as endowed as Pamela Anderson or get the lips of Angelina Jolie.
Vernalyn Ewen, a Long Island resident said, "It seems like it's very easy to get done. It is maybe because it's so out there right now, I believe that is what it is."
But as last week's death of 18-year-old Mor Glisko shows plastic surgery can be dangerous. She went to her surgeon for a nose job, and died the next day. The Medical Examiner's office and the New York State Health Department are looking into the cause of her death.
"It is not makeup. It is not hairstyle. Things can and do go wrong, fortunately at a very low level," said Dr. Lawrence Reed is a plastic surgeon and is the vice president of the American Association for the Accreditations of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.
Reed said too many people are taking plastic surgery too lightly.
"Many doctors make it seem trivial. The lunchtime face-lift. The one-hour this lift. The one-hour this, the one-hour that. It just isn't so," Reed said.
Dr. Reed advises people to avoid doctors who play down the hazards of a procedure, always get a second opinion, and make sure the doctor is accredited.
Another good idea is to ask around. If you like the way someone looks ask him or her whom he or she went to and get a consultation.
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