Best plastic surgeons in Chicago, IL

Illinois checks

The state licenses physicians through the IDFPR license lookup, which shows the type of license, status and any disciplinary flag. The Chicago Medical Society is a long-standing local physician group that adds context but no guarantee. To check training in plastic surgery, use the American Board of Plastic Surgery's search.

Picking the right time of year

Your health matters here too

The CDC estimates that 32.6% of Chicago adults have obesity and 11.9% smoke. Ask how each affects your risk of infection, blood clots or poor healing. Ask, too, whether you should see your primary care doctor before surgery. It is better to discover a heart or sleep problem before anesthesia than during it.

Burn and injury care in Cook County

For a serious burn or wound, a cosmetic practice is the wrong starting point. Cook County Health says that the Trauma, Burn and Rehabilitation Unit at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital is one of the largest such departments in the nation, and that more than 400 patients were admitted in a recent year with thermal, chemical and electrical burns, soft tissue wounds and complex diseases.

Chicago winters also bring injuries that many people underestimate, such as space heater burns, frostbitten fingers and hot-water scalds in older buildings. Go in the same day for anything deep, for burns on the face, hands or joints, and for any burn on a small child or an older adult.

Bring photos of the original wound, along with any hospital discharge notes. Those records can help a surgeon who sees you months later, and they may help if an insurer asks whether the procedure is reconstructive. Ask for those notes before you lose touch with the first hospital.

Questions by procedure

Where you will have surgery

Ask whether the facility is a hospital, a licensed ambulatory treatment center or an office, and who accredits it. ASPS safety advice favors accredited, state-licensed or Medicare-certified settings. Ask which hospital would take you in an emergency, and how the transfer would work in city traffic.

Costs and disputes

Ask for one written total, including anesthesia, facility and follow-up, since ASPS warns that the surgeon's fee is only one part. Check the refund terms. For concerns about a physician, IDFPR takes complaints. For a dispute about money or advertising, the Illinois Attorney General can help.

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