When Is Doubling (Or Tripling) Up On Plastic Surgery Procedures A Good Idea?
“More than half of my patients combine procedures,” says Melissa Doft, MD, a Manhattan-based plastic surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. “It is very common for patients to combine a medically-necessary procedure like a septoplasty for a deviated septum with a rhinoplasty or a breast reduction with liposuction.” She will even occasionally partner up with another surgeon and do a tummy tuck after an obstetric surgeon removes a cyst or an IUD.
It is also popular, says Dr. Doft, for patients to combine two or three cosmetic procedures that complement one another — such as a breast augmentation and tummy tuck or a rhinoplasty and a chin implant — because it can improve the overall result.