My surgeon is certified by another board. Is she qualified to perform facial plastic surgery?
Maybe. As medicine has become specialized—and subspecialized and even superspecialized—it is a fact of life that practitioners achieve expertise along a variety of training pathways. Ask the surgeon what her credential means. For more information on what the ABFPRS credential means, read about how to identify a facial plastic surgeon (PDF) and how this specialty came into being.
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