What’s Cooking In Canadian Plastic Surgery? Will It Affect The U.S.?

It’s sad that deaths mark the start of any major law process in the world. Martyrs have always held a special place in the annals of history for the causes they championed. One such martyr was the 32 year-old real estate agent, Krista Stryland, a Canadian whose death due to a liposuction procedure opened a can of worms in Canadian plastic surgery.

The debate which spanned for several months culminated recently in The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario voting a regulation that prohibits doctors, physicians and the rest of the medical profession from describing themselves as cosmetic surgeons without being certified for carrying out plastic surgery.

Closer home, the campaign for the Donda West Bill too is in full swing following the death of Donda West due to complications arising during her plastic surgery operation.

Patients, plastic surgeons and governments the world over are clamoring for set standards of plastic surgery practice. Finally waking up to the realities of plastic surgery and viewing it as a regular surgery with the very real possibility of complications, such a serious treatment to this branch of medicine has been long lacking.

Exhibiting awareness, education and expertise on part of the plastic surgeon as well as the patient (at least in the first two requirements) is prudent. For accredited plastic surgeons and advanced cosmetic surgery visit the Plastic Surgery Institute of California.