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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!
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.
I know, easy for me to say...
Dr. E
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| Comment | Thanks, you helped to remind me that I can't keep my kids in a bubble! I guess I have to return it. :-) Lauren | ||
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Alan M. Engler, MD, FACS
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Dr. Engler has answered over 3100 questions as a volunteer expert for AllExperts. His expertise includes breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts, skin cancers, cysts, 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"), and his discussion of breast implants, also on YouTube is "How to Choose a Breast Implant." His website is www.bodysculpture.com. Thanks for "Likiing" Dr. Engler on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-NY/Alan-M-Engler-MD-New-York-Plastic-Surgery-and-Aesthetics/107206405967267?ref=ts&__a=8
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 (BA, Russian Studies) and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). 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, and is a Special Lecturer in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University in New York. He has admitting privileges at Beth Israel Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, both in New York.
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