You know they exist. You’ve seen photos titled: “cosmetic surgery gone wrong” in magazines and on television, as well as surgery gone wrong pictures online. It happens to celebrities who have multiple cosmetic surgeries or to the average Joe, that only tried to make himself feel better about one feature in his body. If you are considering plastic surgery, then you should be aware of the surgery gone wrong possibility.

There are a few possible results to a surgery gone wrong:

•         Pain and discomfort. As with any other medical surgery, pain and discomfort can and probably will occur. But in the case of surgery gone wrong, a lot of pain can be involved, as well as medical complications.

•         Unnatural look or disproportional features. This is when it is easiest to tell a surgery gone wrong. You don’t want that look of someone that just had work done, and you don’t want the “bad work done” which is often caused by a surgically altered disproportional body part.

•         Emotional distress or a negative self image. Most patients have high hopes regarding the outcome of their surgery, and if the hope isn’t fulfilled, it can cause severe emotional distress. If it is also obvious to the onlooker that they are looking at a surgery gone wrong , the patient’s self image will suffer.

What can you do to prevent the much feared possibility of a plastic surgery gone wrong?

•         Meet your family doctor to determine your health status. Before you commit to a surgical procedure, make sure you are physically up to it, and reduce the chance to end up with a surgery gone wrong. This category of surgery gone wrong is not discussed quite as often as the visual aspects of a surgery gone wrong, but you should give it very careful consideration.

•         Run a background check on your surgeon. This background check should include his experience, his medical academic background, and if possible, looking at before and after photographs of his previous patients. If you can, choose a plastic surgeon that was recommended to you by someone who used his services. It wouldn’t hurt to Google up your surgeon to see if there are no documented cases in his record of surgery gone wrong.

•         Take a walk around the medical facilities and talk to the staff. Trust yourself. Make sure you are feeling comfortable with the answers you are given, with the overall treatment, and with the hygiene standards. This can reduce the chance to have a surgery gone wrong case.

•         Consider a non surgical solution. Keep the possibility to suffer from a surgery gone wrong in mind, and don’t rush into having plastic surgery. Consult your plastic surgeon on other possible solutions to your problem. If the surgeon recommends trying exercise, diet, or some form of non invasive treatment that will perhaps solve your problem, be sure to give these options considerable thought. There are far less risks to a healthy lifestyle, and more than one benefit. You also don’t risk going through a cosmetic surgery that might later be titled: surgery gone wrong.