Robert Whitfield MD explains why informed consent matters for implant surgery. Patients often end up with larger implants than intended or don't understand possible outcomes. His job is to give complete information so they can make the choice they actually want, not the one they think they should.
And then you have to discuss the risks and benefits of implants. I think what we hear a lot is patients ended up with a larger implant than they wanted and or they weren't explained all the things that could happen. So my daughter's a LEO for everybody listening. Leos don't listen to anybody, much less their fathers, much less one like me who has this much understanding of the problem. So if that woman is focused, that young woman is focused on that body image issue, there's not anything I'm going to say or do that's going to change them doing that. They'll cobble together money and they'll go get it done. The point is, from my perspective, once you have all the information, then you make the decision. That's an informed decision. I think people be far less irritated and upset about the process if they made or felt like they made the best informed decision given the information.
