The Pros and Cons of Grouping Procedures Together
Sometimes patients need more than one procedure for them to get the results that they want. For example, if you’re looking to get a little better contouring in your face, you might need both a rhinoplasty and a chin augmentation. Grouping procedures together is becoming more and more prevalent in plastic surgery, so it is important that you understand the pros and cons of this new trend and what they mean for you as a patient.
Pros of Combining Surgeries
- Saving some time – Each visit you make to the doctor’s office for plastic surgery is more time that is taken away from other activities. Surgery also requires some recovery time, which adds up with each additional procedure you have. Combining your surgeries means that you can take care of all the surgical information and prep work in one set of appointments with the doctor. It also means that you’ll spend less time in recovery than you would if you did each procedure individually.
- Saving some money – While it is true that each additional procedure increases the amount of money you spend, you’ll still be saving a good chunk of change by combining them. That’s because each time you go through the entire surgical process from consultation to recovery there are a lot of fees that get added to your bill. These fees help cover the anesthesia, the equipment needed in the procedure, your post-surgery medications, and a few other things. But if you have all your procedures done at once, you only have to pay those fees once, which will help you out significantly in the long run.
- Maximizing your results – Sometimes one procedure isn’t quite enough to get and maintain the results you want. Using the combined effect of more than one procedure can really let your best self shine through!
Cons of Combining Surgeries
- Increasing your recovery time – Your body has more healing to do and so needs more time to recover. The total amount of time you need to recover will not be as long as it would be to do each surgery individually, but it could be longer than it would be for only one procedure.
- Increasing your risks – It will take longer to do multiple procedures at once than it would for one individual procedure, so you’ll be under anesthesia longer. This increases your risk of complications. However, if you choose a highly skilled and qualified surgeon to do your procedures, you will still have minimal risks throughout the entire process.
- Increasing your discomfort – Having more than one area of your body that needs to heal means that it will be more difficult and possibly more painful to get around during your recovery. There will be ways to manage your discomfort, including pain medications and ensuring that you take enough time to rest during the initial recovery process.
All these cons can be managed and addressed if you have the right surgeon to do the job. These obstacles are something to consider, but they are nothing compared to the benefits of being able to achieve your plastic surgery goals!
Weniger Plastic Surgery
Whether you are looking to have surgery on your face, breasts, or stomach, Dr. Frederick Weniger is an outstanding choice for combination plastic surgery. Dr. Weniger understands the important of utilizing what tools and procedures are needed to help you become the best version of yourself. He is also highly skilled and experienced with a wide variety of surgical and non-surgical procedures for the face and body, giving him a qualified perspective on which ones will give you maximum results.
Contact Weniger Plastic Surgery by calling (843) 757-0123 to schedule a consultation with Dr. Weniger.