Patients should inquire about a surgeon's plan for managing complications, their hospital privileges for the procedure, and equipped facilities for serious problems.

“what if something bad happens to me what's the plan where do you have hospital privileges do you have hospital privileges for this procedure you know the majority of plastic surgery in the United States is done in small surgery centers either owned by the plastic surgeon or owned by some other physician where they go and work at and they're not equipped to take care of real serious problems and so you need to know what happens if there's a problem do you have privileges to take care of someone who has bleeding after a tummy tuck”