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An inexperienced doctor suddenly became a cosmetic surgeon.

Generally, at least 10 years of clinical experience is required before opening a practice in internal medicine or surgery. This is the minimum period required to gain case experience and learn basic techniques as a specialist. However, in the field of cosmetic surgery, there are many cases where doctors open their practice with only 1-2 years of clinical experience. It seems that many doctors who open their practice with a short period of clinical experience have worked at major cosmetic surgery clinics. Why? This is because most major cosmetic surgery clinics do not have a solid training system, and doctors are unable to learn techniques, conduct academic research, or gain solid clinical experience. Is this it? This surgery is easy. It doesn't matter what the indications are. As long as the patient does not complain, all the surgery is a success. All you have to do is give them anesthesia and insert the scalpel. They start cosmetic surgery with a very easy-going attitude. There, only profit-oriented businesses stand out, rather than medical services for patients. If you can earn a million yen for a surgery that only takes a few minutes, your sense of money will be numb. Once you have acquired the know-how of advertising and counseling, academic considerations, surgical techniques, and trouble treatment are secondary. In 100-1 years, a self-proclaimed charismatic cosmetic surgeon is born. He calls himself a genius cosmetic surgeon and appears in the media. Surprisingly, some doctors proudly post their 2-1 years of clinical experience on their website. No matter how genius or skilled a doctor is, cosmetic surgery is not a low-level academic or medical field that allows one to open a cosmetic surgery clinic on one's own with 2-1 years of clinical experience. It's a very unfortunate story. Furthermore, there are many cases where a doctor who only has clinical experience in internal medicine starts a cosmetic surgery clinic and performs Botox injections, collagen injections, minor plastic surgery, thread lifts, photo RF, and other procedures that he has never performed before, as if he were an experienced doctor. The simpler the procedure or surgery, the deeper it may be and the more careful it must be. It is absolutely necessary to be able to adapt to the treatment and take appropriate measures in the event of a problem. Of course, this is impossible for a doctor who suddenly becomes a cosmetic surgeon. Opening a successful cosmetic surgery practice and being an excellent cosmetic surgeon are completely different issues. It is important for cosmetic surgeons to constantly study and strive to improve their skills, and to provide medical services to patients with the utmost care to the best of their ability. Please be careful of self-proclaimed cosmetic surgeons.