 [ Symptoms ] should i pay for a cosmetic surgery consultation [ Disease ] i think you get what you pay for in life and you get what you pay for in cosmetic surgeon is office a consultation i do not think a free consultation is a good idea first of all it implies that you do not think it is worth paying for in other words if the patient does not want to pay for service the patient should want to pay for service it is very important service because the answer may be that it is not a good idea to have cosmetic surgery for x y and z reasons and you are going to get an honest opinion because you are paying for the doctor is time otherwise often it is kind of like a little bit of a come on frankly in some practices particularly practices that are high marketing high advertising more of a clinic different atmosphere than other practices it makes it attractive to patients that say oh yeah it is free what do i have to lose but often they come in and then they are taken down a little road that they may not want to go to because sometimes there is some pretty sophisticated marketing by the way some of these clinics are owned by businessmen doctors are employees they just see this as another business and they hire a doctor just like a factory hires a line worker so often it is kind of a it is a little bit unclear hang on a second… it is an opening into what turns out to be too much of a slick operation medical consultation should be professional and it should not be a hustle it should not be slick and you should not feel pressured and sometimes people are because frankly if everyone came in and consulted at no charge how could the clinic stay in business if it did not do surgery now it is now likely certainly a fair percentage need something but i think it is healthier to pay for it and frankly for many practices that 200 or 150 or whatever the number is they apply it to the procedure anyway if you are comfortable or the doctor is comfortable doing it so at least in that practice it really has not cost you any more to consult if you are going to do consulting with 3 or 4 practices yes you could say wow 150 or 200 i am going to be investing a fair amount of money but you know you are also talking about a procedure that may be is thousands of dollars they are thousands most of the time certainly the bigger procedures like face lifting breast reduction tummy tucks it is still a good investment because you are going to learn in my experience the practices that charge you for the consultation give you a lot more education the practices that do not charge you give you a lot more selling but i do not think