Can patients really rely on YouTube for accurate Plastic Surgery information? In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discusses a new study of more than 500 cosmetic plastic surgery YouTube videos that were evaluated and rated for their quality of information.
Read the February 2020 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Can You Trust What You Watch? An Assessment of the Quality of Information in Aesthetic Surgery Videos on YouTube" by Gray, Gemmiti, Ata, Jun, Johnson, Ricci, and Patel.
For consumer information on plastic surgery, and to find a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area visit http://plasticsurgery.org
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