{"id":261,"date":"2013-11-20T18:07:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/plastic-surgery\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2016-02-26T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:54:35","slug":"before-having-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/patient-info\/before-having-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Having Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Before Having Plastic Surgery<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Research<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Take the time to research the procedure including the benefits and risks. Many helpful links are included on our website (click <a title=\"External Resources\" href=\"\/plastic-surgery\/external-resources\/\">here)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be Informed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Talk to other patients who have experienced your procedure. Don\u2019t be afraid to talk to your physician about any questions or concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ask Questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Consult with a plastic surgeon and discuss your medical history, personal goals and options to determine the most appropriate treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Have Realistic Expectations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Discuss expectations and understand the side effects and recovery time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Having Plastic Surgery Research Take the time to research the procedure including the benefits and risks. Many helpful links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions\/443"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/plastic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}