Latinoamerica is one of the leading continents in the plastic surgery market. But bad practices in this profession constantly increase the number of victims. Interventions of aesthetic character for some people who claim to be "professional" are conceived only as a business; It is for this reason that increasingly arise in the market "beauticians", "surgeons" or "clinical" claiming to be certified, when the only thing providing illegal services are. Some tips that I recommend to my patients and people who are interested in making a surgical or aesthetic procedures are:

1. To identify an illegal plastic surgeon, the first step is that you have academic titles that support it and have the proper certification by a society of plastic surgery for your country or international.
2. You must have clear plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery are not the same; plastic surgeons have the power to perform surgical procedures invasive as liposculpture or liposuction, breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, among others. Cosmetic surgeons are dedicated to performing procedures not simpler invasive as botox injection, collagen or hialouronico acid treatment with laser, among others.
3. Beauty centers, beauty parlors, and "specialized" rooms are not operating. In many of these places are where performed cleanings, massages or treatments of this type, illegal procedures are conducted. For the safety and well-being of people's health, it is better to not run any risk and not to undergo procedures in facilities that do not comply with the sanitary conditions for its operation.
4. According to Colombian law “only practise medicine and surgery: who have acquired title of physician and surgeon, issued by any of the faculties or colleges recognized by the State and that work or have worked legally in the country”