Since plastic surgeons are in many ways "psychiatrists with a knife," they are supposed to try to have an understanding of the patient's motives, profession and family back-ground. In particular, they need to make a factual report about the possible complications and undesirable after effects of a treatment.
照理說，美容醫生既是「拿刀的心理醫生」，對上門求助者的心理動機、職業、家庭背景等理應多加瞭解，尤其要將術後可能產生的種種不良後果及併發症據實相告。