. The surgeons who perform these surgeries have the goal of providing care, teaching, and researching those in need by seeking ways to address their needs after and before surgery serves as a way to protect and really help them. Constantly, these doctors are searching for ways to accomplish surgery in a more effective manner to benefit the patient. Other areas that many would deem needy plastic surgery patients are dealing with are "skin lesions, head and neck trauma or tumors, or cancer reconstruction which can immediately effect the heath and well being of a victim if not operated on " (Gottlieb 197).A lack of medical regulations in the cosmetic surgery system heightens risks in most procedures. Problems within state legislation and the medical society itself can be blamed for issues that arise. Contrary to popular belief, according to Bergal and Schulte, there are "no current standards for training or competence for cosmetic surgeons who operate from private medical offices. Unlike hospitals, private doctors are not required to report complications or patient deaths to the state for review. In addition to this unbelievable fact, the "lunch time" procedures such as liposuction, "haven't been evaluated by state officials for the safety values" (27). It's no wonder why difficulty rates are alarming when there is this unestablished system of mass surgery."With the unbridled growth has come a sharp rise in patient complications and deaths. Since 1986, at least 34 people have died following plastic surgery around the state; medical examiner and insurance department records have shown. Thirteen people have died between January 1997 and September of last year" (8-11).Do these statistics prove that an unnecessary procedure has any true benefits? These facts are startling and vital for a patient to know, yet; some patients don't get the data from their surgeons to make an educated decision. Patient briefing can often be sketchy. S...
