Whenever you consider whether to have any type of cosmetic surgery you have to weigh up the good things and the bad. Here are some things to remember:
- There is no such thing as a perfect operation. All operations have some risk.
- An operation may not be right for you today but in a few years the risk may be worth the improvement. Sometimes it is worth waiting.
- No surgeon can give guarantees.
In general, surgeons judge an operation by patient acceptability. If a year after surgery the patient would have the operation again then most surgeons would say it has been a success. The kinds of benefit most people look for are:
- an improved sense of self esteem
- an ability to blend in with other people
- an overall feeling that their external appearance matches how they feel internally.