Any surgeon worth her salt loves being in the OR more than anything else, but is surgery the best thing for all patients? Shouldn’t surgeons be trying to create a world without surgery— or at the very least, less surgery, and only when needed, and in the most beautiful and delicate ways?
I recently ran into a patient in the wild— walking down the street on Madison Avenue on a beautiful New York afternoon. She jostled her iced coffee, and we exchanged pleasantries. But our conversation notwithstanding, what struck me was how amazing she looked. I hadn’t seen her in a year (and she hadn’t seen anyone else), but the combination of surgical and nonsurgical procedures we had done was holding up remarkably well. Yes, she was using my medical-grade skincare and abiding by a healthy lifestyle. But the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that she didn’t need me anymore, at least not for a while...
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