The NYT reports about a new trend in plastic surgery:
“The patient can be anxious — they may remember only a third of what was told to them,” said Dr. Rod Rohrich, the chairman of plastic surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Three of his patients, Jeanette Probandt, Janet Allison, both of Midland, Tex., and a third woman who did not want to be identified have not only shared the consultation experience. They have also scheduled surgery within weeks of one another. “We’ve always gone to one another’s appointments,” Mrs. Probandt said. “All three of us went in together for all our consultations. He’ll talk to one person. The rest of us are quiet.” Then, she said, the surgeon checks each woman in order.