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Here at Malcolm Rude, M.D. we feel that patients need to be informed to the highest degree in order to choose the right surgeon. Here's a great video on how to choose a plastic surgeon.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to visit my blog. I try to answer the most common questions my patients have.

To find out if your doctor is Board Certified, please visit the following website. The Mission Statement of The American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification and maintenance of certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists.

www.abplsurg.org/

Visit the following website to learn information regarding both potential procedures as well as surgeons. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons encourages that you do your research before you consider any operation.

www.plasticsurgery.org/Patients_and_Consumers.html

Visit the following website to check out your Doctor. The Texas Medical Board's mission is to protect and enhance the public's health, safety and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring quality health care for the citizens of Texas through licensure, discipline and education.

www.tmb.state.tx.us/

BreastImplantSafety.Org is your definitive site for unbiased, science-based information on breast implant options.

www.breastimplantsafety.org

Pain pumps have changed many surgeries from In-Patient stays in the hospital to Out-Patient. To find out more information about the pumps used on our patients, please visit the following website.

www.iflo.com/

Cosmetic Insurance, offered by Cosmetassure, is included for select surgical procedures and factored into your surgery cost. All surgery carries the risk of a complication, including cosmetic surgery. CosmetAssure is an affordable solution that helps patients of elective cosmetic surgery avoid the financial burden of unexpected post-surgery complications. CosmetAssure is endorsed by the prestigious American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and is exclusively available to its members and candidate members who have passed their written boards.

www.cosmetassure.com/Patients

Please note that choosing to have plastic surgery is a major decision. Be sure to have all of your pre- and post-op questions answered by the experts themselves.

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