General Information Disclaimer

• Disclaimer: The information on our website is general in nature. It will not apply to each and every patient and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. It is general in nature and subject to change. Please read the below disclaimers.
• Important Notice: CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE, NOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
  
• Consultation Advice: You are advised to see a Surgeon in person to assess what surgery may or may not accomplish for you. It’s also important to keep your expectations realistic and to understand that plastic surgery has risks and should never be taken lightly.

Results Disclaimer

• Variable Results: PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY RESULTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN PATIENTS AND ALL SURGERY CARRIES RISKS, SOME MINOR, SOME SERIOUS.
• General Idea:You can view before and after photos from your surgeon to get a GENERAL idea of other patient experiences. There is no guarantee of results.  individual results vary as there are multiple factors that may impact your results.
  
• Unique Procedures: NO TWO SURGICAL procedures or treatments will get the exact same results. Even if patients are fairly similar and even if the procedures are performed by the same Plastic Surgeon. In terms of results and expectations, there are numerous variables with; every patient, each surgery, every recovery and healing period.

General Information Disclaimer

• Disclaimer: As you read our pages, please understand this information is general in nature. The information on this site does not constitute medical advice. Nor does it imply a relationship of any kind with any of our medical professionals or team members.

Risks and Complications

• Surgical Risks: RISKS, POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS AND PERMANENT SCARS ARE GOING TO BE AN INEVITABLE PART OF ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE.
• Precautions: You and your Surgeon can both take extra precautions to help prevent complications. However, there is ALWAYS the risk of experiencing potential complications. Especially common ones no matter what extra risk-prevention measures you and your Surgeon take in relation to your procedure.
• Commitment to Surgery: Before you commit to surgery, understand that RISKS are ALWAYS going to be part of any surgery experience.

Photo Disclaimer

• Photo Results:  BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS ARE NOT GUARANTEES THAT YOUR RESULTS WILL BE THE SAME OR EVEN SIMILAR. EACH INDIVIDUAL PATIENT’S RESULTS WILL BE DIFFERENT.
• Variability: YOUR results may VARY SIGNIFICANTLY from others’ results. This is quite important to understand. EVEN if you feel that you look similar to another patient in their BEFORE images, your results may vary significantly because you are a unique person.
• Unique Physique: Every individual has a unique physique and individualistic body healing capacities, scarring tendencies, and recovery processes. Some of which are unpredictable even in very-healthy patients who rest adequately and follow patient instructions before and after their procedure.

Expertise and Patient Care

• Expertise: OUR PLASTIC SURGEON OFFERS YOU DECADES OF EXPERTISE IN COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES.
• High Standards: Dr.Meegan Gruber has extensive surgical experience. We strive to make numerous, precise measurements and use high-quality surgical skills and refinement techniques. She also strives for excellent outcomes and high rates of patient satisfaction.
• Ethics:  Dr.Meegan Gruber takes great pride in patient care ethics, precise surgical measurements, custom planning, and advanced surgical techniques. She also has revisional and corrective surgery expertise and has helped many patients overcome disappointing results from other clinics.
• No Guarantees: Even the BEST trained Specialist Surgeons — using the most-fastidious surgical planning possible — cannot prevent all potential complications.

Complications and Scarring

• Inherent Risks: COMPLICATIONS, RISKS AND SCARRING ARE inherent with surgical procedures. Some risks can be controlled for better than others, but some risks simply cannot be abated.
• Smoking: You should NEVER smoke, and you need to tell your Surgeon even if you have one cigarette before or after your surgery. Smoking can increase your surgery risks substantially.
• Post-Op Care:  If you should experience a complication, however, you’ll likely be able to take comfort in knowing that you are in the expert care of a  highly-experienced Plastic Surgeon and Patient Care Team

Complications and Scarring

• Qualified Surgeons: Only SPECIALIST PLASTIC SURGEONS have the credentials and experience to perform complex surgical procedures. Compare YOUR board-certified plastic surgeon to others such as General Surgeons, General Practitioners (GPs) or Dermatologists who never attained equivalent qualifications.

Realistic Expectations

• Realistic Goals: DR. MEEGAN GRUBER IS DEVOTED TO HELPING PATIENTS HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS about what surgery can and cannot accomplish.
• Information Gathering: Many surgery candidates want to try to get a lot of information via the internet or phone before they book an initial consultation with a Surgeon. We aim to provide a great deal of general information about plastic surgery procedures and do our best to keep it current, recognizing that information can change over time.

Information and Research Disclaimer

• Rapidly Changing Field: Cosmetic plastic surgery and non-surgical rejuvenation are rapidly changing fields of medicine. Please validate any information that you read on our pages OR have read in the past during your consultation with your Specialist Plastic Surgeon.
• Patient Care Team: Our Clinic Nurses are also happy to meet with you to answer your pre-consultation questions if you are contemplating which Surgeon to schedule your surgery with, or have preliminary questions you’d like answered by a Nurse, and want to meet some of our Patient Care Team.

Procedure and Results Information

• Procedure Longevity: Results can be quite long-lasting, but people continue to age. Everything changes overtime, including your surgery results. Some procedures will require updates from time to time.
• Breast Implants: For example, breast implants will need to be examined regularly and likely replaced or taken out at approximately the 10-year mark, sometimes earlier for some patients. If you get implants, expect future surgery at some stage including potential replacement of breast implants or removal.
• Asymmetry: Everyone has breast asymmetry, for example – but a skilled Surgeon can reduce this in some operations to a certain extent. It’s important to keep your expectations realistic.
• Scar Management: We offer patients a lot of high-level help to reduce scars after surgery, such as scar management for most large incision line procedures. Surgery is serious and carries risks.

Non-Surgical Options

• Alternative Options: OTHER OPTIONS TO SURGERY MAY BE AVAILABLE AND WE RECOMMEND INVESTIGATING ALL OF YOUR OPTIONS BEFORE MAKING ANY SURGERY DECISIONS.
• Non-Surgical Methods: Some appearance changes that are sought by patients could be achieved via other means, such as non-surgical methods.
• Temporary Solutions: For example, you may achieve the appearance of larger breasts by using temporary bra-fillers or padded push-up bras. The appearance of a tighter stomach might be achievable through either exercise and nutrition. If abdominal muscles have been damaged during pregnancy, you may still end up with a slightly-protruding abdomen.

Risks and Alternatives

• Informed Consent: SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO READ DISCLAIMERS AND TO KNOW YOUR SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL OPTIONS BEFORE YOU UNDERTAKE A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. NO SURGERY SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN LIGHTLY.
• Understanding Risks: All surgeries have risks, even when performed by a Specialist Plastic Surgeon in an accredited Hospital. Complications are not always uncommon. So, it is important that you go into a surgery procedure choice with an awareness of all of your potential alternatives, as well as potential risks you’ll be consenting to by undergoing a surgical procedure and even a non-surgical rejuvenation procedure such as injectables or fillers.

Specifics to Your Surgery

• Individual Results: GENERAL INFORMATION only is often found on the web. Information on procedures and results that are provided via our online and printed materials is often of a general nature. BEFORE &AFTER PHOTOS of patients depict actual patient results by our Plastic Surgeon; however, it is important to remember that individual patient results can vary significantly.
• Consultation Importance: Information you view online or in a brochure, including BEFORE & AFTER Surgery images, should be discussed in detail with our Plastic Surgeon. Please clarify the information you read during your Consultation our leading Specialist Plastic Surgeon and DO NOT HESITATE to ask ANY and EVERY question you have before consenting to a surgical or non-surgical procedure.

Personalized Consultation

• Personalized Advice: Information on our website, brochures, newsletters, and other materials IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE for a personalized, individual consultation, that includes:
• A physical examination
• History taking
• A discussion of the potential risks including potential common complications.
• Pros and cons of various procedural options
• The likely outcome (OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS) of your surgical procedure.
• Scar Awareness: Remember that ALL surgery is likely to produce a lasting, permanent scar. It is likely this scar will fade over approximately 12 to 15 months or longer. However, some scars are unpredictable, and some skin types are prone to quite pronounced scarring.

Risks and Complications

• Unpredictable Components:  It’s important to also understand that there are still unpredictable components to all surgery procedures, including exposure to experiencing potential complications (some of which could be life-threatening), unwanted appearance or scarring outcomes, and other risks associated with your surgical procedure or non-surgical rejuvenation treatments.
• Comfort with Risks:  Be sure you are comfortable with ANY and ALL of the potential risks before consenting to Surgery. Be sure you follow your Surgeon’s pre-op and post-op recommendations for the best recovery and procedure outcomes.

Surgeon Qualifications

• Qualifed Surgeon:  Do check your Plastic Surgeon’s qualifications so that you feel comfortable with your Surgeon’s choice. Our Plastic Surgeon is fully qualified to operate in accredited Hospitals. Dr. Meegan Gruber has decades of expertise in cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures. If you are looking at other types of Surgeons, it’s important to understand their training and experience might vary significantly.
• Informed Decisions:  Be certain to ask your Specialist Plastic Surgeon about what YOU can expect from YOUR procedure and your procedure choices. Discuss in full the possible risks. Decide, for yourself, if you’re actually ready to risk the potential complications and risks inherent with these types of procedures.

Realistic Goals

• Expectation Management:  Clarify with your Surgeon whether WHAT YOU WANT or EXPECT from your procedure(s) is:
• Realistic
• Achievable
• Suitablefor your body type or health conditions

Other Considerations

• Smoking:  It is very important for Surgery patients that you are a definite NON SMOKER — not even a social smoker.
• Family Planning:  It is also quite helpful for Surgery Patients who are still growing their families to have a clear understanding of how any surgery can potentially impact them. For example, future breast feeding or the abdominal area.
• Preparation:  Plan well for your surgery, healing, and recovery time, as well as your surgery payment methods. We feel it’s important to offer Quality Surgery experiences and outcomes rather than discounted, production line types of surgery.

Personalized Care

• General Information:  GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THERE ARE MANY VARIABLES TO SURGERY PROCEDURES AND NO TWO PATIENTS OR SURGERIES, ARE PRECISELY THE SAME.
• Consultation:  Information of a general nature, such as is on this website, does not take into account personal medical history or individual circumstances. As such, this website is not a substitute for, and cannot replace, the advice you receive in a professional consultation with a Plastic Surgeon.

Personalized Care

• Risks Pages:  Read our Cosmetic Surgery RISKS pages and ask for details specific to your Surgery during a consultation. There may be other risks to consider
• Qualified Surgeons:  Choosing a good Plastic Surgeon is still not a guarantee everything will go to plan. Surgery responses and healing capacities are inherently individualistic and can vary from patient to patient.
• Medical Advice:  The information on this site does not constitute medical advice. Furthermore, it implies NO relationship with any of our medical professionals or team members.
• In-Person Consultation:  Prior to making a decision on plastic, reconstructive, or cosmetic surgery procedures, an in-person consultation with our Surgeon is absolutely essential. During the consultation, you and your surgeon will discuss YOUR specific needs, your choices in relation to a specific procedure as well as alternative treatments. She will also discuss the surgical risks including possible complications of the procedure of interest.

Visualizing Outcomes

• Outcome Visualization:  We try to help patients visualize their potential outcomes using diagrams where possible. But visualizing outcomes still has challenges.
• Before &After Photos:  All BEFORE & AFTER photos of our patients, which tend to have a watermark of the Surgeon's name on them, are still of a general type of nature. We have aimed to include a variety of patients and results in examples.
• In-Clinic Photos:  Some patients prefer we show their Before & After images in our Clinic rather than on a globally available website. If you are wanting to see more images of a certain procedure, ask your Surgeon during your consultation (or his Nurse via a Patient Care Coordinator) – they are happy to show you more Before & After surgery images, but we want to reaffirm that patient results CAN and DO often vary quite significantly.

Healing and Complications

• Healing Process:  Healing is an imprecise and sometimes unpredictable process. Even with our leading Plastic Surgeon prioritizing post-op patient care excellence and scar minimization techniques.
• Honesty:  Some people are more prone to noticeable scar formation than others. Sometimes people smoke and are not honest with their Surgeons. Smoking and other unhealthy habits WILL compromise your result. DO be honest with our Surgeon and follow instructions carefully before and after your surgical procedure.
• Quality Surgical Skills:  Due to the unpredictable nature of healing and the uniqueness of each patient, our Surgeon cannot guarantee specific surgical results. However, with her extensive experience, quality surgical skills, and devotion to attention to detail,  Dr. Meegan Gruber is highly adept at getting patients excellent results.

External Website Links Disclaimer

• Hyperlinks:  Please note that any hyperlinks found on our web pages, brochures, e-Newsletters, or other materials, which link to external websites, are NOT endorsements of those websites nor of the content on those websites. External websites are well beyond our control and were provided only in that as of that time. The information or website may have been helpful or interesting to potential patients at the time.

Contact Information

• Questions and Clarifications:  If you have any questions about our Disclaimer, Procedures, Recovery Protocols, Before & After Photos, Plastic Surgeon, or Dermal Clinicians, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
• Contact Us:  We look forward to assisting you with your surgical and appearance rejuvenation choices.

This disclaimer is provided for informational purposes to ensure patients and visitors understand the terms and conditions, limitations, and risks associated with the information on our www.drmeegangruber.com and the procedures performed at Gruber Plastic Surgery.
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