AboutAlan M. Engler, MD, FACS Expertise Dr. Engler has answered over 2700 plastic surgery questions for Allexperts. His expertise is in cosmetic plastic surgery including breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts etc.
Dr. Engler has been listed as one New York`s Top Doctors, and as "One of the World's Most Famous Aesthetic Surgeons" (Aesthetic Surgery, TASCHEN Books, Angelika Taschen, Editor). He is the author of 4 books, including "BodySculpture" (a best-selling plastic surgery book on breast surgery, liposuction and tummy tucks), "EyeScapes" (Plastic Surgery of the Eyelids), "Restylane," and "The Slim Book of Liposuction."
Dr. Engler has two US Patents for surgical instruments that he's designed, and has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Tyra Banks Show, The Ricki Lake Show (four times), and the Dr. Keith Ablow Show. Videos of his appearances are available on YouTube (SEARCH FOR "DR. ENGLER"). His website is www.bodysculpture.com.
Experience Dr. Alan Engler is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York and the author of BodySculpture - Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women (ISBN 0966382749) one of the top-selling plastic surgery books on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
Education/Credentials Dr. Engler graduated from Yale University (undergraduate) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (medical school). He did his residency training in General Surgery and, after that, Plastic Surgery, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Question Hello,
My daughter would like the cartiledge in her nose scraped to remove a bump. I know all surgery has risks, but with a board certified plastic surgeon, is this one of the more dangerous surgeries? I guess what I'm asking is should I try to talk my adult daughter out of this. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks!
Answer from Dr. Alan Engler
www.bodysculpture.com
Hi Lauren,
Talk your adult daughter out of something? I'm not even sure you could talk a younger daughter out of something...
Hundreds of thousands of plastic surgery procedures are performed annually, and the vast majority are without any sort of problems at all. Even when there are problems, they are usually minor. As you say, there are, in fact, risks associated with all procedures, but there are also risks associated with walking across the street, riding a bike, and many other things that we do, and take for granted, on a daily basis.
I can't really advise you on this and, with the understanding that as a plastic surgeon I have certain vested interests, I would say that the most useful thing someone can do is help with the research, in terms of both the procedure and the surgeons one is considering, and then be as supportive as possible throughout the decision-making process and, ultimately, of the various decision(s) that are made.
