Laceration? Avoid the ER and Call a Cosmetic Surgeon

Going to a crowded, chaotic emergency room when you’re bleeding or sick is not fun.  Hospital emergency rooms are sometimes under-staffed, and the staff they do have is usually exhausted from being overworked. Emergency room physicians are notorious for working more than 24 hours at a time, with maybe only a couple of hours of sleep here and there. For these reasons, mistakes do happen in emergency rooms, and people are sometimes made to wait for hours and hour. It is estimated that several thousand people fall victim to medical malpractice due to rushed, inadequate medical care.

If you have been in an accident and are in need of stitches or some other type of surgical procedure, your best bet may be to find a highly trained and experienced cosmetic surgeon to suture you up or perform any necessary surgeries. If you live in a highly populated area such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, or Boston, the care you receive at a private surgical facility may far surpass that of the care you’d receive at a crowded city emergency room.

In addition to the typical breast surgery and abdominoplasty procedures, many cosmetic surgeons will offer other surgeries in their on-site facility including:

• Scar revision
• Excision of tumors
• Wound reconstruction
• Surgery to repair broken bones

Instead of sitting in a cold, busy hospital emergency room waiting area, you can receive the best care possible by meeting with a cosmetic surgeon. Ambulatory surgical centers (those that are on-site at the surgeon’s office) offer more personalized service, a friendly staff, and thorough post-surgery instructions to maximize your healing experience.

On-site surgical centers typically have a highly trained, caring staff that will work very hard to ensure your surgery is as comfortable as possible. If your surgery is not elective, your health insurance may cover all or some part of the costs. Almost any cosmetic surgery procedure has several cost components including:

• Surgeons’ fees
• Anesthesia
• Use of the on-site surgical center
• Materials (implants, garments, etc.)

Unlike a hospital emergency room, a cosmetic surgery practice will offer financing options and will explain every single cost to you so you know exactly what to expect and can budget for everything associated with your surgery.