Plastic Surgery: Investment or Expense
Our goal is to have our patients treat their plastic surgery as an investment and a joyful experience, rather than an expense. This begins with careful planning, just as anyone would with his or her retirement fund. A person needs to know their surgeon well, trusting his skills, his judgment and his fine eye for detail.
This is accomplished over the course of several visits in the planning stages. This then allows a patient to proceed to surgery with confident anticipation, rather than worry, fear or anxiety.
Our goal is information and communication.
We strive for a comfortable environment where a patient can ask any question in a relaxed fashion, not worrying about criticism. We feel there is no such thing as a dumb question and encourage patients to come to our office "armed" with a shopping list of requests, and pictures demonstrating their own hopes. Our surgery is definitely a two-way street involving both the surgeon and the patient. Just as an investment counselor cannot take care of a patient's account without good information, so too Dr. Lipton treats every patient with careful individuality. He considers each patient an investment of his own time, preparation, effort and experience. The "interest returned" is not just a happy patient but also a credit to his practice, his profession and the community.