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A Simple Tip To Avoid Frivolous Lawsuits and Attract More Patients

Posted by John Eng 
· Friday, July 17th, 2015 
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According to a 2014 CBS News survey, 1/6 plastic surgeons were subjected to all sorts of frivilous law suits in 2013.

Frivolous law suits are a true nuisance for any plastic surgery practice.  They drain time and resources, sap a surgeon’s emotional well being, and potentially ruin the surgeon’s reputation.

The simple tip:  Use patient videos to combat frivolous law suits and convert more patients.  These videos become a part of a patient’s medical records in addition to before and after patient photographs.

“Virtual Physicals on Demand*” is always available to all interested parties, LIVE!  The before surgery video not only documents all the patient’s preexisting conditions, but also establishes a surgeon’s meticulous and caring approach, ultimately resulting in a higher patient conversion rate.

The post surgical videos, taken at various post surgical  intervals, become the surgeon’s private tutor, teaching him/her best practices and help a surgeon communicate with and manage their patients more effectively, especially during the early post surgical periods.

Today, modern technology has made it possible for almost any patient, especially those with severe physical disabilities or residing in remote shoot these videos themselves at home.  After downloading the currently available apps (see below), patients  can then use these videos as virtual office visits via the internet.

These video records foster a close bond and good will between the surgeon and the patient, helping to prevent most frivolous lawsuits.  Additionally, the captured details in these videos will make it easier for defense attorneys and liability insurance carriers to dismiss, defend, or settle frivolous law suits.

Testimonials

“I am in a solo plastic surgery practice in Bethesda, Maryland for 5 years. About a year ago, I was introduced to, and adopted the ‘Plastic Surgery In Motion’s ‘Range of Motion Protocol’ patient video recording program to keep my pre-and post-surgical patient records over and beyond my standard before and after surgery patient photographs. I simply download the Plastic Surgery In Motion app to my iPad and shoot these videos after taking the usual photos. It generally add 3 to 5 minutes to the sessions.

I am extremely pleased that, with these videos, I can gather so much patient information with such ease. I am also gratified by how well the patients welcome and appreciate such minimal extra effort in interaction with them throughout their entire surgical experience. I highly recommend this program to all my colleagues all around the world.”       joseph michaels, md

 

– Joseph Michael, MD

 

 

*To learn how to shoot these videos, please download the free “Plastic Surgery in Motion” apps** from Google Play or the Apple Store. Simply click the buttons below…

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Categories : Legal
Tags : Avoid Frivolous Lawsuits, Plastic Surgeon Avoid Lawsuits, Plastic Surgeon Lawsuit, Prevent Plastic Surgery Lawsuit

What is Aesthetic Surgery?

Posted by John Eng 
· Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 
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Aesthetic surgery is a branch of plastic surgery which adheres to these 4 universal aesthetic principles:

  1. Beauty – visual
  2. Grace – functional
  3. Longevity – temporal
  4. Serenity – emotional

First, to achieve the appearance of beauty, aesthetic surgeons apply appropriately well recognized beauty templates on patients throughout the various stages of their lives.  Their surgical techniques are designed to:

  1. Restore fading beauty due to aging,
  2. Renovate absence of beauty due to birth defects,
  3. Reconstruct lost beauty after injuries or diseases,

All the while, leaving the patients with little to no visible scars or distortions.

Secondly, during surgery, aesthetic surgeons understand how each and every muscle’s in the operative field functions, how the surround sagging and distorted soft tissue it inserts and activates affect its normal behavior, and how to preserve, restore and enhance its original function.

A successful aesthetic surgical outcome is measured by the achievement and enhancement of beauty and grace in patients that will last a long time, say up to 15 years or longer.  Then, we will have many serenely attractive, confident and happy patients.

Any surgery that fails these ideals is not aesthetic surgery!

 

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Categories : Aesthetic Surgery
Tags : Aesthetic Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Principles, What is Aesthetic Surgery

When is a Face Lift not a Face Lift?

Posted by John Eng 
· Thursday, February 27th, 2014 
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Traditionally, facelifts began with the notion that facial wrinkles are equal to aging. Therefore, in the pursuit of youthful appearance, they must be removed, pulled and stretched.  This practice often results in patients looking wind-swept and skeletonized.  Unfortunately, these no-lifting facelifts are still being practiced in many parts of the world.

If one looks beyond wrinkles, one will invariably notice that in normal aging, all soft tissues of the body sag and deflate.  The best example is seen in female breast aging.  To renovate or rejuvenate a deflated and sagging breast, surgeons lift the central breast mound and the nipple vertically back to its normal position and hold it there by tailoring the surrounding skin, then they refill the volume with fat graft, implants or vascularized muscle and/or dermis.

In the human face, there are 6 major soft tissue components, i.e., the brows, central cheeks and jowls, that age just like the breasts.  Today, good facelift techniques incorporate an external lift – relocating the individual sagging segments vertically to their original positions, and fixate them with internal sutures to solid underneath structures, i.e., periosteum, muscle fascia and bone.  This is followed by an internal lift – re-expanding the deflated components with fat graft, implants, or tissue fillers, etc.  It is amazing how, when the sagging and deflated soft tissue components of the face are lifted and filled, as an after-thought, the wrinkles are greatly reduced.

To summarize, if a facelift that does not incorporate the lifting and re-inflating of all the sagging and deflated components in its technique, then it is not a facelift.

Example:

Before and after photos  of a 55 y.o. patient who had previous eyelid surgery – underwent a vertical face lift and fat graft.

when is a facelift actually a face-lift

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Categories : Facelift
Tags : Facelift, Facelift Without Lift
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