Planning your care
Patient Guides
Practical reading to help you prepare for consultation, understand costs, and plan for recovery or a visit to New York.
Use these guides to prepare questions for your consultation; your individual care plan comes from Dr. Smith and his team.
Planning your care
Prepare for your consultation and explore the choices you may discuss.
Preparing for plastic surgery
A practical guide to choosing a surgeon, preparing for consultation, arranging support and getting ready at home.
Read guideBMI Calculator & Surgery Planning
Calculate adult BMI and learn how health conditions, procedure choice and recovery planning affect the conversation about plastic surgery.
Open calculatorBreast implant options
Explore implant fill, shape, profile, surface, placement and incision choices before your consultation.
Read guideJ-Plasma and Renuvion: Uses, Limits and Questions to Ask
Costs and quotes
Understand the factors and line items that shape a surgical quote.
Understanding liposuction costs
Learn how a liposuction quote is itemized and which case details affect surgeon, facility and anesthesia fees.
Read guideMommy makeover costs
See how the combination of procedures, extent of correction and operating time shape a mommy makeover quote.
Read guideBreast implant costs
Understand the four parts of a breast augmentation quote and how implant choices and surgical planning affect the total.
Read guideThigh liposuction costs
Review the treatment areas, operating time, anesthesia and facility fees that influence thigh liposuction costs.
Read guideLipo 360 costs
Read about Lipo 360 cost factors and the components of a personalized treatment plan.
Read guideFinancing
Breast procedure costs
Find cost resources for augmentation, lift, reduction, fat transfer and revision, and prepare questions about your quote.
Recovery and support
Explore practical recovery topics before making arrangements for help, work and daily life.
Mommy makeover recovery
Plan questions about childcare, help at home, work, activity and follow-up around your operation and everyday life.
Read guideBreast augmentation recovery
Review recovery stages after breast augmentation, including activity, work, surgical bras and follow-up.
Read guideArm liposuction recovery
Explore the stages of arm liposuction recovery and questions about compression, activity and aftercare.
Read guideLipo 360 recovery
Read about the stages of Lipo 360 recovery, swelling, activity and expectations during healing.
Read guideChin liposuction recovery
Find answers to common questions about chin liposuction recovery, bruising, activity and aftercare.
Read guideForearm Pain After Brachioplasty: When to Seek Advice
Traveling to New York
Coordinate consultation, scheduling and your stay.