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Plastic Surgeons...?
I am in college right now and am applying for med school in the spring. I think I want to be a plastic surgeon, but i want to be sure that im going into the right feild. I want to do breast augmentations, (lifts, reductions, implants, ect.) however i do not want to work in er i do know a plastic surgeon and he works in the er and when people get in fights or physical mess their face up skin wise, he'll take cartliage from other parts of your body skin too, to fix it. i do not want to do that? so do i have to specialize or if i become a plastic surgeon do i have to do that also?
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- I would think that plastic surgery is a generalist field in that you could either work in an ER or a private practice type deal. It probably depends entirely on what you'd like to do. I assume that ER work would probably require extra training since you're dealing with very specific types of injuries where surgeries that you're interested in would just be part of the general education of a plastic surgeon. If you don't have the extra training for the ER stuff then you wouldn't get a job in the ER so you wouldn't *have* to do it. However, it's possible that if you worked at a hospital you might be expected to do such things if you had the training, even though it's not what you'd normally be doing as a plastic surgeon. Note that I'm not a surgeon, never attended medical school and this is all just an educated guess on my part. If you really want to know it'd be best to ask the plastic surgeon you know or wait until you're actually in medical school and ask one of your teachers. Good luck!
- Well, if you want to become a plastic surgeon, you're going to have to learn how to do all of that in med school. What you do with your career when you're finished with school is up to you.
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- Not all plastic surgeons get their experience from working the ER. Some get their experience working as ENT (ear nose and throat) specialist and make the transition into cosmetic surgery. Or you may actually choose an entirely different specialty (like dermatology) then gradually get experience perhaps working alongside another plastic surgeon. (This is actually more common then what you may think and is not illegal). Perhaps you can set up an interview with a cosmetic surgeon and ask questions about how he/she got to their position. I got a lot of experience working as a surgical technician for a cosmetic surgeon and really loved working in the field. You'll never be entirely sure until you put yourself in the environment . Good luck!
- That is asking a lot. Unless your are a private doctor, chances are you will get many ER cases.
