Right now I feel like if I want to be a plastic surgeon. When I tell people they kind of freak out, whta should I say to them?
Plastic Surgeons are very important. Not necessarily the ones that do the boob or nose jobs, but the ones that re-construct. Educate the people who react like that. Tell them the actual job for plastic surgeons and why they do their job. Some people think the person wants to be a plastic surgeon because they want to get a peak at their patients bodies if you know what I mean. But that's [hopefully] not true. Clear that fact. The boob/nose job surgeons have patients who normally want a change in themselves to boost their confidence. Thus the surgeons help change their lifestyle for the better. To make them feel better! [isn't that part of a doctor's job?] The reconstructive surgeons are the ones that save lives. Sometimes people come in with crushed [literally] faces/bodies. If there were no plastic surgeons then who would fix those? Would the patient have a crushed face or body forever? Sometimes those injuries can be fatal--thus Plastic Surgeons also save lives.... Another good example of what plastic surgeons do [that is very respectable] is when a patient undergoes surgery, complications sometimes arise. In that case one complication could be infection. When that happens, sometimes patients have to be kept open - which results in a necessity for excess skin to cover - Plastic Surgeons are the ones who fix that... So tell who ever freaks out that Plastic Surgeons are respectable, they went through med school - and are like any other doctor in any other field...
