Media isn’t the same beast it was a few measly decades ago. Do you remember the days comedian Jeff Foxworthy describes
, when there were only three television channels? When if the president was on, you were sure to miss ‘Flipper’? The number of outlets is not the only thing that’s grown. The content itself has expanded to a whole new level. Maybe it has more to do with where and when I grew up than I give it credit for, but my memory of plastic surgery in the ’80s had more to do with clucking one’s tongue over the latest changes in Michael Jackson than any amount of coverage on TV. Today? There’s a Plastic Surgery Channel. In the ’90s there was the controversy over breast implants and whether silicone spelled the onset of Armageddon. Today, Oprah and her acolytes put the proudly-augmented on nationally syndication where we learn that we, too, may partake of surgically bestowed immortality.
Reality and television never did agree much, least of all on “reality shows.” It’s my experience that reality usually falls somewhere in the boring middle-ground between the angst and glory that producers deem worthy of broadcast. It’s true that there have been exciting advances in surgical science in the recent past, with more promise just over the horizon. No matter how informative or even unbiased a media article (or blog post) may be, however, it won’t contain the whole story. Surgery, whatever its purpose or practitioner, is a risky enterprise, and is as dependent on individual physiology as on scientific advance. The only way to get the whole story of a procedure, as it applies to you, is by putting your body in a room with a surgeon who can match up where you are with where you want to go. You can help by bringing along a list of specific questions to ask of that doctor. Be prepared to listen and honestly consider suggestions and recommendations, especially those you might not anticipate. Remember that doctors are people, and if you talk to more than one, you might hear more than one recommendation. And don’t be too set upon a particular procedure. As Michigan doctor, John Sampson, M.D., says, “If you ask enough doctors to perform a cosmetic procedure that may be detrimental to you, eventually you will find one who will do it.”
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