The popular E! show, Dr. 90210 has received a backlash in the medical community. There is a growing consensus that medical reality shows highlight a sensationalist side of medicine that is detrimental to the trade. Is this well founded?
We watched an episode tonight. One doctor in a consultation had his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button. Another told a patient regarding revisional breast augmentation: "My goal is to make you perfect... let's make this the last surgery you will ever need." Two horrible things to say to a patient. 1. this sets up unrealistic expectations, and 2. a breast implant is not to be considered a lifelong prosthesis. The average patient goes 10-13 years before having another surgery.
In general, shows like this are probably giving legitimate physicians (as opposed to wannabe celebrities) a bad name.
Maybe, like many plastic surgeons, you are jealous of the surgeons on Dr. 90210?
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