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Facial Plastic Surgery in DallasAugust 6, 2007
You have decided that you want someone to perform facial plastic surgery in Dallas for you. Obviously you do not want just anyone putting you "under the scalpel." What type of training does the doctor who's going to be performing your cosmetic surgery have to "go through" in order to become qualified to work on your face?

All facial plastic surgeons in Dallas, Texas are doctors who have undertaken many years of schooling and training including college and medical school.

In order to become a facial plastic surgeon, the doctor begins by applying for a "residency" in a particular subject area. A "resident" is a licensed doctor who is pursuing more post-graduate training after receiving a doctor's degree from medical school.

Most residents have succeeded as a result of a very competitive and selective process. Many come from the upper 25% of their medical school class. Then residency commences with one to two years of general surgical training. The resident then begins specialty training in Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), which lasts four to six years.

In the Otolaryngology residency, the physician studies anatomy, physiology, illness and surgical treatment for head and neck. After completing that residency, the surgeon then sits for the two-day certification examination in the specialty of Otolaryngology. If the surgeon passes that examination, he then becomes "board certified." Otolaryngology.

The examination and residency studies focus on function as well as appaearance. While it is pleasant to have an attractive nose, the plastic surgeon wants to maintain or even improve its normal functions of breathing and smelling.

The resident also studies ear and throat surgery. He studies what is called "trauma" wounds from external sources of origin. The resident devotes hundreds of hours to repairing and reconstructing victims of trauma wounds. This serves as an excellent training ground for the young facial plastic surgeon, for reconstructing the traumatized face deepens knowledge about bony and soft tissue anatomy, normal and abnormal appearance and all the important principless of facial reconstruction: the same skills that are important in Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery).

This training in the primary surgical specialty of otolaryngology represents the typical five-year training after graduation from medical school. Some facial plastic surgeons also enter aspects of the field through similar training in other specialties, including ophthalmology, dermatology, and plastic surgery of the body.

Some surgeons with special interest in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery then compete for one of the coveted facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowships. This is a full-year program offering a unique opportunity to study with one of the AAFPRS's master surgeons.

Many facial plastic surgeons in Dallas, Texas go still further and sit for a second two-day board examination given by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. That certifying board requires not only successful completion of the examination, but also peer review of surgeries performed by the applicant. Only surgeons previously certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and/or the American Board of Otolaryngology may be certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reoncstructive Surgery.

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