If you are thinking of changing or improving any part of your body you are not satisfied with and do not know how to start, try to get informed about and identify the different steps you will have to undergo to achieve your goal and feel better.

• The first step is to identify the reason. We all have reasons for wishing body changes which usually answer to a personal need, but focus should be kept on the main goal: to "look better". Any other goals will cause dissatisfaction and frustration.
• The second step is to obtain adequate information, consulting a specialist, who will answer (depending on each treatment) all the patient´s questions (fears, own and others´ prior experiences, time required to resume daily activities, etc.). Supplementary information (from close persons, the Internet), though useful, may sometimes be confusing, too general or applicable to particular cases. Ask all the questions you consider necessary and important, even if they might seem irrelevant to you.
• Once the information is obtained, we enter a time period (days or even months) when we will make a decision, schedule times and finally undergo surgery or even give up to the idea.
• Once the decision is made, treatment (surgical or non-surgical) follows: this includes setting the date, organizing your affairs and schedule, the patient´s companion and scheduling when to resume daily activities.
• Lastly, immediate and long term postoperative period  (care, follow-ups, what I can and cannot do, medication, exercising, post-surgery studies, etc.) requires commitment from both parties.

This is how the final goal is achieved: to obtain the desired change through a scheduled process, according to expectations and times, thus achieving the best possible result and degree of satisfaction for you and those involved in the process.