Posted on 01/01/2012 1:53:37 PM PST by QwertyKPH
People planning to give their loved one a nip and tuck at Christmas could be risking more than upsetting their partners – cheap seasonal offers with time limits are not to be recommended, a top surgeon has warned.
Professor Peter Vogt, president of the German Society of Plastic Surgeons, said such offers, frequently available online, did not give potential patients time to consider what they really wanted done or the opportunity to get to know their possible surgeon.
“Strongly discounted offers for aesthetic procedures such as breast enlargement and liposuction lead patients to decide for an aesthetic procedure that they might never have considered without that offer, and with that, not think about the risks,” said the Berlin-based surgeon in a statement.
They are also often put under pressure to make a quick decision by offers with a time limit, he said, leaving no time for a patient to check out a doctor’s credentials.
“The patient must carefully check if the person making the offer is qualified to conduct the requested procedure,” he said, recommending that anyone considering surgery discuss the options with the potential surgeon – an option closed to people who have been bought a voucher.
“Because a patient has practically decided blind, the necessary patient-doctor discussion is missing. The voucher patient is taking the second step before the first,” he said.
The purchase of a voucher commits patient and doctor to a procedure before they have talked about what is medically advisable or what the patient wants, he said. The pressure to have the procedure done is also particularly high as the voucher has been a present, he added, while the ethics of the surgeons making such offers should also be questioned.
Proof that some people don’t know when enough is enough.
I’d say “Emergency Floatation Device”...
rumour has it those complaints came from known pathological liars who make their money from the act, not by the hour..which of course saved you lots of time for Christmas shopping.
Can she turn around in a shower stall?
no
animals typically have ten, not six.
The diameter of the opening looks about correct.
You’re lucky that I’m too lazy to ‘shoop a cocktail weenie in there.
Perhaps a name change to “Phallus Maximus” is in order...
Or antipsychotics ;)
Be sure to check the Organ Donor box on your Driver’s License.
Are you from Nantucket, perchance?
My research found that Boob derives from booby, which derives from bubby, back in the late 1600s.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bubby
Frankly, I can’t imagine anyone wanting discount surgery of any kind.
Well you could always call a tree trimmer. ;-)
For some reason the last few years Germany has become the GIANT boob job capital of the world
There is a Russian physician, Dr. I. Kutcharodoff who performs organ reductions.
You could look for a doctor who specializes in a procedure that Rush Limbaugh used to talk about on air. He called it the “addadicktome”. If you could locate a specialist for that procedure, I’m certain they could consider using you as a donor.
Steve Martin had a great bit on that back when he was doing stand-up routines - now I've got to go Google it....
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