6 Reasons Plastic Surgeons Will Reject You as a Patient

Part of what makes elective plastic surgery such a perennial discussion topic is that it is, in fact, elective. No one has to get their Ozempic butt filled and lifted. No one has to get Botox. These, and the myriad of other fascinating transformations available, are things you can choose to undergo. And millions do! But just as you can walk into a plastic surgeon’s office and sign up for a surgery, so too can the professionals themselves decide who they want to take on as a patient and wheel into the operating room—and who they don’t. Whether it’s due to underlying medical issues, unrealistic expectations, or just a bad attitude, we asked a handful of plastic surgeons the most common reasons they turn patients down.

1. You’re a bad medical candidate.

This is perhaps the most obvious reas