Vet the surgeon like it’s surgery. Because it is.

Training you can look up, not vibes

Ask two questions: what board certifies you in cosmetic surgery, and where did you train for it? Then verify both from your phone. Dedicated cosmetic-surgery fellowship training exists — year-long, case-intensive, examined — and the certifying boards publish their diplomates. This practice anchors an AACS-certified fellowship that trains the specialty’s next surgeons; whoever you choose, their training story should be this checkable.

The facility is a safety decision you make in advance

Office procedure room or accredited surgical facility? Who administers anesthesia, and are they dedicated to that job while you’re asleep? Accreditation (AAAHC and peers) is a public, verifiable standard covering equipment, protocols and emergencies. Five minutes of checking beats any amount of décor.

Judge results like an examiner

Volume of before-and-afters on frames and ages like yours — not six greatest hits. Consistency across dozens of cases, which is the honest signature of technique. Results that move on video for faces. And published or taught work if the surgeon claims mastery: teaching surgeons hand their results to the toughest room in medicine. The library on this site exists so you can apply exactly that test to us.

Read reviews the smart way

Read across platforms, not one; watch how the practice answers hard reviews; distrust perfection — a wall of identical five-star raves tells you about curation, not surgery. We publish every platform’s number, including our weakest, on one page for exactly this reason.

The consult itself is the final exam

Were you measured, or sold? Did risks get airtime without you dragging them out? Did “no” ever appear — a surgeon who never declines anything is a red flag with a scalpel. And did you leave with a written, all-in quote and written after-care standards? Paper is accountability. Any practice worth your body will put itself on it.