Lately, I have a number emails and questions regarding the salary or the earning potential of plastic surgeons. Some have also explained to me that money is their key motivation to become a plastic surgeon. Those of you considering a career in plastic surgery who are focused on money should look elsewhere for a profession. I say this not because money cannot be made as a plastic surgeon, but because money should not be your motivator for anything, let alone for a long, arduous education and training program path as plastic and reconstructive surgery.
If money is your object, there are many other ways to start earning money with much less education and training. Four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 6-8 years of surgical residency training, possible fellowship training = 14 - 17 + years before you start earning anything of substance. This means that you are about 30-33 years old. That's 10 years of serious earning potential gone down the drain. During those 10 years as a resident, you will be earning barely enough to scrape by and likely will be accumulating more debt. If money is your key motivator, you will be easily disillusioned.
The difficult paths in life are filled with obstacles that make money the weakest motivator. If you embark on a career in plastic and reconstructive surgery, you have to love what you do, have passion, and high ideals. Money will come with hard work, creating quality, and improving people's lives. These values will always be rewarded and people will seek your expertise for many years to come -- and that, is something that money cannot buy.
7 comments:
You can a lot of money from being a surgeon, but if money is the only reason why you are a surgeon, you can't consider it as a lifetime profession. It needs passion and commitment to be successful.
Terry Bayer
Love for the work and the passion to perform ought to be the reasons for one to choose this discipline. Patients will come, and patronage will be established when these two factors are apparent in the practice of this career.
Antonio Pastor
For me, passion and hard work in your chosen field would lead you to success. Success in terms of making people’s lives easier by serving them with utmost care and sincerity. Money only comes second. =)
Geoffrey Lelia
Having more than love for money is definitely right.. Meals consisting of instant noodles, dollar menu and stealing food from conferences is not exactly living the lavish life!
I think the most important part of wanting to undertake any surgical procedure isn't to fulfill the god complex evident in some elements of the medical profession. But to do the job well and bask in the fruits of your labour in regards to successful procedures
breast enlargement
money is very important in our day to day life, but many duty of surgeon is more than money,
regards
laparoscopic surgeon
If I were the plastic surgeon who was asked that question, I would personally say yes, but money isn't my one and only motivation to work. Aside from money, the joys and hopes of the patients before and after the procedures also drive me to work more.
Jack Sebastian
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