Talking professionally with Petra Berger, M.D. (Frankfurt, Germany) about Cosmetic Surgery as portrayed on TV
Talking professionally with Petra Berger, M.D. (Frankfurt, Germany) about Cosmetic Surgery as portrayed on TV
(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) August 08, 2008 Frankfurt, Germany --
?: Dr. Berger, recently cosmetic surgery has come under harsh criticism because of sensationalistic TV reporting. As an experienced specialist in plastic and cosmetic surgery, what is your opinion of these abuses?
Dr. Berger: You’ve described it quite aptly. These are abuses that have little in common with professionally applied cosmetic surgery. When I see these pictures, I can only shake my head and my ethical colleagues would react similarly.
?: But you and your colleagues should also be happy to profit from the popularity that TV has generated for your profession.
Dr. Berger: I seriously doubt that anyone has profited from the publicity. In my opinion the programmes are cruel and cynical. They portray a type of “drastic surgery” that consciously exaggerates in order to satisfy some people’s need for sensationalism. These are factors that play no role whatsoever in my dealings with patients.
?: What is it that disturbs you most about “drastic surgery” as you call it?
Dr. Berger: Well, most importantly, it plays down the risks of an operation marathon, which I would never ever recommend for my patients. These are operations, interventions, which are always stressful to a person’s body. Certainly, performed one by one, they are no obstacle to having cosmetic surgery, but, as is always the case in medicine, it’s a question of the dosage. I always make this very clear to my patients.
And I never promise them that in 20 days I can make them look 20 years younger. This is dangerous nonsense. People cannot be reconditioned like old cars and made to look like new.
?: Dr. Berger, this topic is obviously very important to you.
Dr. Berger: That’s because my patients are important to me. And for me that means not treating the aging process like an illness, which has to be eliminated. A person consists of a body and a soul. If I don’t understand the expectations and motives of the person I’m treating, then I can’t really help. That’s why consultation before the operation and care and assistance afterwards play such an important role in my treatment. These allow me to clear up any misconceptions beforehand, which would only lead to the patient’s disappointment.
?: And what is your idea of completely successful cosmetic surgery?
Dr. Berger: I can probably explain that best with the following example. A woman came to me seeking professional help. She was in her early fifties, had two children and was happily married. When she looked at herself in the mirror, she noticed a few typical signs of aging. Of course she wasn’t happy about these, but they weren’t a major concern either. After three separate and specific enhancements, she can look in the mirror again with satisfaction - especially because she still sees herself, but as a youngish woman in her mid-forties, and this radiates from her. Moments like these make me particularly happy about the years I spent taking professional training as a specialist for plastic and cosmetic surgery.
?: So you don’t let tacky TV programmes spoil the satisfaction you derive from your profession.
Dr. Berger: Precisely!
?: Dr. Berger, we’d like to thank you for this very informative conversation.
Additional information and press contact:
Office for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
Dr. Petra Berger
Schillerstraße 3
60313 Frankfurt, Germany
phone: +49 (0)69 / 920 20 883
Internet: www.praxis-berger.com
e-Mail: info@praxis-berger.com
About Dr. Berger and the office for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery:
Dr. Berger was born in 1966 in Stuttgart, specialist for Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery.
She owns her own practice in the city of Frankfurt (Germany) and maintains an advisory office in Zurich (Switzerland).
The study of human medicine in Munich, Cornell and Harvard was accompanied by training in international semesters sizes of plastic surgery (including Prof. Ivo Pitanguy, Brazil). First surgical skills, she collected in cardiac surgery. The assistantship in the plastic surgery was spent at the treatment center Vogtareuth, Bavaria. Other stations were
• Medical University of Luebeck
• Clinic Dr. Gruhl, Kassel and
• the renowned Diakonia Florence Nightingale Hospital in Dusseldorf (with Professor Olbrisch)
• Skin Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt in the field of laser research and classical and operational dermatology.
Other qualifications:
• Emergency doctor (expertise proof rescue service)
• Diploma in laser medicine and radiation protection studies,
• trained quality manager (Bavarian Medical Association).
Meanwhile, Dr med Petra Berger has gained 14 years of operational experience with the most modern methods of treatment of aesthetic plastic and reconstructive surgery.
She is a full member of
• the German Society of Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeons (DGPRÄC former VDPC),
• the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS)
• the Federation of German surgeons (BDC)
• European Workshop for advanced Plastic Surgery (EWAPS).
She is constantly trying to give her patients the most modern methods and procedures available.
She also supports Doctors without Borders and humanitarian projects of INTERPLAST-Germany eV (non-profit association for free plastic surgery in developing countries).
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