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Question from a patient · Plastic Surgery

How important is psychological counseling before a cosmetic procedure? And how long is given to a client to sit with their thoughts before a procedure? Are the dangers spelt out for the patients vividly? Cause you hear some people with botched surgeries say they weren’t told of the risks.

Kesmen Luret · Nigeria
Nwachukwu Ogbonna Patrick Verified doctor
MBBS, FWACS · Nigeria · 17 Apr 2026
Psychological counselling is very important before any procedure especially cosmetic procedure. During counselling, the procedure is explained to the patient in lay term, pros and cons of the procedure will be stated, alternatives to the proposed procedure should be stated too, possible complications of the procedure s
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