How do we know if a surgeon who is not a member of BAAPS is fully trained?
All 173 members of BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) are also members of BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic, Reconstrucitve and Aesthetic Surgeons ). There are some members of BAPRAS who are not members of BAAPS who are nevertheless fully trained in cosmetic surgery, but either choose not to perform cosmetic surgery or simply do not wish to be a member of BAAPS.
BAAPS members cover the whole range of cosmetic surgery and are on the General Medical Council Specialist Register in Plastic Surgery. There will be specific areas within our field which are also covered by other specialists. Thus some Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeons on the Specialist Register of ENT Surgery will be trained to carry out cosmetic operations on the nose. It is unlikely that physicians and surgeons in other fields would be trained in plastic surgery even though they were on the Specialist Register in their own field.