Plastic Surgery Practice Advisor, July 2007

“Tips and Tricks”

Be wary of preset “rules” about exactly how you should sit, stand or move, says Matt Eventoff, media trainer in Princeton, NJ.

Some of those tips can be helpful, but the overall goal is for you to look attractive and relaxed.  If you’re trying to hold yourself in a certain way that feels unnatural to you, that can appear awkward and inauthentic.  “A big focus for a plastic surgeon should be to ensure that the surgeon comes across as a person rather than as just a surgeon,” Eventoff says.

“People are excited, scared, nervous, and sometimes intimidated prior to getting a procedure, and it is important to that patient that he or she is in the care of person with personality, emotion, empathy, etc., rather than just a surgeon.”