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They probably care less than you think

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Dear Prudie,

A close friend is a plastic surgeon who did some minor (OK, semi-major) facial work on me in the past. The results were fine, but now I want to go to a far more famous–far more expensive–plastic surgeon for major work: a facelift.

I know my plastic surgeon friend is going to notice the changes when we get together and will likely feel hurt that I chose a competitor. How can I have my new face and my old friend at the same time?

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Re: They probably care less than you think

  • downtondivadowntondiva member
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    Did the friendship come before or after the facial work they did? 

    Honestly, it's probably better to go to a surgeon with whom you'd have a strictly professional relationship. Couldn't you just say that given your friendship, you've decided you're more comfortable going to someone else?
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  • short+sassyshort+sassy member
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    I agree with @downtowndiva.  The best way to approach this is they were uncomfortable going to a friend for such major work.

    In the plastic surgery research I've done, I'm discovering that there is a lot of variety in what can happen for the same procedures and it can't always be foreseen.  I've read so many stories of people very upset and unhappy at the results, even when the procedure went smoothly and done by well regarded surgeons.  It's pretty scary.  If I had a friend give me a facelift and I didn't like the results, it would hurt our friendship from my end even if that wasn't necessarily fair.
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