Answers · Mansher Singh, MD, FACS
What should I ask at a plastic surgery consultation?
Questions that produce useful information at a plastic surgery consultation, including credentials, complications, costs, revisions, and aftercare.
Updated September 2026 · Reviewed by Mansher Singh, MD, FACS
Short answer
Ask what is causing the appearance you dislike, what the proposed procedure will and will not change, where it will be performed and under what anaesthesia, who provides care overnight and in the first week, what the revision policy is, and how many of this specific procedure the surgeon performs annually.
TL;DR
- Ask what is causing the appearance you dislike, what the proposed procedure will and will not change, where it will be performed and under what anaesthesia, who provides care overnight and in the first week, what the revision policy is, and how many of this specific procedure the surgeon performs annually.
- What should I ask at a plastic surgery consultation? Ask what is causing the appearance you dislike, what the proposed procedure will and will not change, where it will be performed and under what anaesthesia, who provides care overnight and in the first week, what the revision policy is, and how many of this specific procedure the surgeon performs annually.
The Detail Behind the Answer
The most informative question is diagnostic rather than procedural: what is causing this. A surgeon who names descent, volume loss, and skin quality as separate contributors and explains which the proposed operation addresses is telling you how they think.
The second most informative is the negative case: what will this not fix. Every operation has a boundary, and a surgeon who states it clearly is describing the same result the patient will see six months later.
Limits of this answer
- This page answers the question in general terms. It cannot account for an individual anatomy, medical history, or prior surgery, none of which are visible without an examination.
- Where a figure or interval appears, it describes a typical range reported in the surgical literature and in practice, not a promise about any single case.
Frequently asked questions
- What should I ask at a plastic surgery consultation?
- Ask what is causing the appearance you dislike, what the proposed procedure will and will not change, where it will be performed and under what anaesthesia, who provides care overnight and in the first week, what the revision policy is, and how many of this specific procedure the surgeon performs annually.
Experience, expertise, authority, trust
- Experience
- Attending plastic surgeon, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York
- Expertise
- Triple board certified: ABPS, ABS, ABFPRS
- Authoritativeness
- Johns Hopkins faculty; 65 peer-reviewed papers on PubMed
- Trust
- Patient reviews reproduced verbatim, unedited, with sources
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Mansher Singh, MD, FACS what should i ask at a plastic surgery consultation reviews and trust checks
642 verbatim patient reviews from the practice Google Business Profile, plus credentials you can confirm at the issuing source.
Consultation and contact
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This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute medical advice. Individual candidacy for any procedure can only be determined during a consultation with a qualified physician.