When considering a major surgery such as body lift or other body contouring procedures, finding the right surgeon is the most important step in your quest since that dictates your ultimate results. In searching for the right surgeon, you may want to:
- Review you surgeon’s education, training, certifications, and credentials.
- Review your surgeon’s board certification. There are more than 150 self-designated boards providing some form of certification, but it is important to emphasize that only 24 of them are recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). In plastic surgery, the only recognized board in cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery is the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). Ensure your chosen plastic surgeon is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
- See if your plastic surgeon has specialized training in Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss and Body Contouring.
- Find out if the surgeon has been published or presented lectures on the subject of body lift.
- Determine your plastic surgeon experience by looking at his/her before and after gallery. While most plastic surgeons perform 1-2 arm lifts, thigh lifts, back lifts, and body lifts per year (see enclosed statistics from the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons), Dr. Agha performs 30 or more of each one of these procedures per year.
