Our Mission

As a content provider, we feel our mission is to provide consumers with trustworthy articles about all aspects of plastic surgery and skincare. As you might expect, that's a challenging endeavor but one that we embrace enthusiastically. For consumers, many sites are available that touch on one particular aspect of plastic surgery. That makes it difficult to gather all of the relevant information needed to make an informed decision.

Our objective is to make Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery the most comprehensive and reliable resource for consumers as they consider plastic surgery. The website is designed to support, not to replace the relationship between patient and physician.

Currently we have more than 150 articles that address the complete spectrum of plastic surgery and skincare. We're constantly adding new articles in order to stay relevant and to ensure you get the most credible resource available.

Here are some of the ways in which Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery differentiates itself:

• Articles reviewed by our advisory board of leading board-certified plastic surgeons to ensure accuracy and usefulness
• Special sections for every major cosmetic plastic surgery procedure and skin treatment
• Special sections about reconstructive plastic surgery, bariatric surgery, emerging trends and useful checklists for patients
• A robust before-and-after photos database of patients, provided by surgeons, for various plastic surgery procedures
• Roundtable discussions with leading plastic surgeons discussing new techniques as well as evolving trends
• Facts, statistics, and surgical trend information about plastic surgery and skincare

To support the patient/physician relationship, we provide an online directory of certified plastic surgeons and dermatologists that consumers can use to find a plastic surgeon near them.

We hope you'll find Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery an informative and useful resource as you explore the many aspects of plastic surgery.

• Learn more about us.
• Meet our advisory board of leading plastic surgeons.
• Meet our team of editorial and industry experts.

[page updated April 2008]