How to check a surgeon on the GMC specialist register yourself
Anyone with a UK medical degree may call themselves a cosmetic surgeon. The specialist register is the one check that tells you what they actually trained in.
What BAAPS and BAPRAS membership does and does not mean
Professional associations are not regulators. Membership tells you something real and it tells you less than most people assume.
Why registration of the premises matters as much as the surgeon
You are choosing two things: a person and a building. The building has its own regulator, its own inspection reports and its own failures.
Two-stage consent and the cooling-off expectation
Consent is a process rather than a signature. What it should look like, how long it should take, and what it means when it is compressed.
Cosmetic surgery abroad: a different risk profile, not just a lower price
The clinical risks are the same. What changes is verification, aftercare, the timing of complications against travel, and who treats you if it goes wrong.
Finance and pressure selling in cosmetic surgery
Where the pressure in this market actually comes from, how it is structured, and what a provider who is not applying it looks like.
How cosmetic surgery advertising is regulated, and what to do about a breach
The CAP codes contain specific rules for cosmetic interventions. Knowing them turns an uneasy feeling about an advert into a report someone acts on.
Anaesthesia and the setting it is performed in
Local, sedation or general is not a comfort preference. It determines what facility, what staffing and what monitoring your operation requires.
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