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Profitable treatment is done more and more

Recently, we have entered an era of mixed beauty treatments, with the emergence of many treatment systems, treatment methods, and injection materials, including laser treatment equipment. When I started working as a cosmetic surgeon, the carbon dioxide laser was the only treatment laser irradiation system. 18 years ago, I was impressed when I first saw a carbon dioxide laser irradiator. It can instantly cut flesh and easily make holes in business cards. This is amazing. It was like a laser gun, the most advanced weapon in space wars. As a child, I was impressed to hold the laser gun I had always dreamed of. However, I soon realized that the treatment range was narrow and it was difficult to use. The first carbon dioxide laser was larger than necessary and required setting the carbon dioxide gas in a large tank every time. The only treatment purpose was incision and mole removal. I was one of the first to introduce it with high expectations, but I was impressed that it was not worth the high price. In fact, I hardly used it for treatment. Around this time, with the boom in phimosis surgery, clinics specializing in men were opening one after another. They increased their patient acquisition by selling laser surgery. However, in reality, it was sloppy. The scars were ugly like burns and did not heal well. This was in contrast to the much cleaner scars that were left when the scalpel was used for incisions. The name "laser" gave patients an image of magic. Nowadays, there are hardly any clinics that use the nonsense method of using lasers for circumcision surgery. Photo RF, Polaris, Thermage, Fraxel, Smart Lipo, Thread Lift...New systems and new treatments have appeared one after another. Doctors who open their own clinics immediately after graduating from medical school suddenly introduce these systems and treatments and begin treatment. Just like a charismatic doctor with the latest equipment. The results are needless to say. Long-term prognosis is important for any treatment. Even if it goes well at the time, it should not be a treatment that will cause problems in the future. It takes time, knowledge, and experience to acquire new treatment techniques. Patients often ask me, "Why don't you do XX treatment?" They also ask me, "Can't you do XX?" Of course, I can't do it if I have no experience or insufficient skills or knowledge. I will not jump on the treatment until it is recognized to some extent in Japan and the side effects and prognosis are clear. If profit is the priority in medicine, it is first come, first served. Are medical institutions and cosmetic surgeons who treat everything superior? Medical services are not discount stores or department stores. Treatment needs to be tailored to each individual patient and follow-up care needs to be provided. Are there really doctors who can perform any surgery perfectly? I wonder what percentage of cosmetic surgeons have the ability to deal with any problem. I hope that there are no doctors who provide medical care to patients with half-baked knowledge and skills.