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Doctor-patient
relationship
Our
patient remains our partner during the entire treatment process. Our
mutual aim is a successful completion of the treatment: all members of our
team direct their entire concentration to this aim. Everything concerning
the convenience of our patients is of utmost importance to us – not
exclusively the operation itself.
External
beauty
Looks and appearance are
social phenomena: they mirror the psychological needs of humans as well as
those driven by instinct. "Beauty promises happiness" –
suggests Stendhal. A pleasant appearance is not an end in itself, it is a
means that holds an advantage in social and professional competition.
According to Darwin’s principle of selection, beauty is also the measure
for sexual preference.
Physical
harmony and self-confidence
The human being is an
emotional sculpture that laughs and cries. Defects of the body can
surgically be removed - given that the risk is not too high. The aim of an
aesthetic operation is a more harmonious body: the patient gains
self-confidence and thus self-respect.
Costs
Nobody undergoes an
operation just to spend some spare time or extra money. Neither can
the answer be pure vanity. The reason is rather that someone does not
feel good in his or her own body. Health insurance companies do not cover
the costs because they do not consider this a state of illness. Thus most
patients pay for the whole treatment from their own accounts.
The typical
candidate
Psychometric research has
provided us with detailed information on the characteristics of a typical
candidate undergoing aesthetic surgery. He or she is:
1. extroverted (outgoing)
2. socially active
3. emotionally sensitive
4. highly critical
5. highly self-critical
6. striving for perfection
These people represent
less than five per cent of the population.The remaining 95 per cent can
hardly empathise with them: among them are partners, journalists, doctors
and others.
Secrecy
Most people contact their
plastic surgeon directly fearing their family doctor might not take their
request seriously. Some are afraid their secret could be disclosed within
familiar surroundings. For exactly the same reason this five-per-cent
fringe group will not talk about their aesthetic operation – while they
would not hesitate talking about their gall operation or an appendectomy.
These patients sense quite rightly that they will constantly have to
justify their decision in front of other people who do not share their
opinion.
The happy
ending
Having made a decision,
patients should give themselves entirely into the hands of their surgeon
in order to better adapt to life – if they are unhappy about their
physical appearance and regret a lack of vivacity within their family,
social and professional surroundings leaves them unsatisfied. Opting for
an operaton can in many cases lead to success and happiness.
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