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Job Responsibilities
Plastic surgeons are generally best known for their cosmetic work on aging movie stars, but plastic surgeons mainly help those born with deformities, and help burn or accident victims regain a normal appearance.
Work Schedule
The work schedule of a plastic surgeon varies
a lot. Plastic surgeons who work in busy emergency rooms usually have longer
work hours than plastic surgeons with private practices, who usually have
more controllable work hours.
Where They Work
Plastic surgeons work in emergency rooms, hospitals,
and private practice offices, plastic surgery hospitals, clinics of plastic
surgeons or in a laboratory in their own homes.
Specific Kinds or Categories
Some specific kinds or categories of plastic
surgery include rhinoplasty, which is raising the bridge of the nose and
liposuction, which sucks fat out of the hips or stomach. Plastic surgeons
also treat a variety of clinical disorders such as cancer, congenital deformities,
skin lesions, facial trauma, hand injuries, degenerative diseases, as well
as breast implants and things of that sort. They also treat burn victims.
Tools Used
Plastic surgeons use many of the tools a general
surgeon uses, such as scalpels, sutures, syringes and microscopes. Other
tools special to their profession include lasers and implants.
Good Things about the Job
Plastic surgeons enjoy many things about their
job besides the fact that they are paid a lot of money. They like being
a plastic surgeon because it makes them feel good about themselves and
they feel happy because they've helped a deformed person regain a normal
appearance.
Bad Aspects of the Job
Some bad aspects of being a plastic surgeon are
being required to deal with disgusting or gruesome conditions such as burns
and distorted skin, as well as the fact that you may have to work very
long grueling hours.
Education
To be a qualified plastic surgeon you must undergo
eleven to twelve years of schooling, after high school. Included in these
years of training there are four years of college, six years of medical
school, as well as three years in general surgery and an additional two
sessions of residency in plastic surgery.
Qualification
To be an official qualified plastic surgeon you
must be certified by a plastic surgery board or foundation. You must also
have a medical license from the state you work in.
Personal Skills Needed
Plastic surgery is a form of art. Therefore,
in order to be a plastic surgeon you must be quite artistic. As well as
having good aesthetic sense and, attention for detail, you must be able
to visualize and imagine freely. They're also required to be proficient
in their field of medicine.
Useful Classes
Some early classes that will help you to become
a plastic surgeon are basic science, human interaction, and activities
that provide experience in leadership, reading, writing and math.
Annual Earnings
Plastic surgeons’ annual earnings are about $380,000.
Related Jobs
One job related to plastic surgery is general
surgery. In order for you to become a plastic surgeon, you must be a successful
general surgeon first.
History
The art of plastic surgery began in ancient Egyptian
times when people who had been punished for a crime by having the tips
of their noses cut off, came to plastic surgeons to have their noses repaired.
The type of modern plastic surgery that is performed today started about
five hundred years ago.
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