April 7, 2026
Facts And Fallacies: Series Introduction
There’s no shortage of plastic surgery advice online, but not all of it is rooted in fact.
Dr. Lawrence Bass introduces his “Facts and Fallacies” series designed to help you separate what’s true from what just sounds convincing.
He explains why misinformation spreads so easily, from attention-driven media to the complexity of medical topics, and decodes the difference between evidence-based facts and personal opinion.
The goal is to help you think more critically and make decisions based on real, reliable information—not internet noise.
About Dr. Lawrence Bass
Innovator. Industry veteran. In-demand Park Avenue board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Lawrence Bass is a true master of his craft, not only in the OR but as an industry pioneer in the development and evaluation of new aesthetic technologies. With locations in both Manhattan (on Park Avenue between 62nd and 63rd Streets) and in Great Neck, Long Island, Dr. Bass has earned his reputation as the plastic surgeon for the most discerning patients in NYC and beyond.
To learn more, visit the Bass Plastic Surgery website or follow the team on Instagram @drbassnyc
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Welcome to Park Avenue
Plastic Surgery Class,
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the podcast where we explore controversies
in breaking issues in plastic
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surgery. I'm your co-host, Summer Hardy,
a medical student in New York City.
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I'm excited to be here with Dr. Lawrence
Bass, Park Avenue plastic surgeon,
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educator, and technology innovator.
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Today's episode is the start of a new
series, our Facts and Fallacies series.
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What motivated this new series, Dr. Bass?
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Well,
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there's so much information out there
about plastic surgery from so many
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different sources with
all kinds of backgrounds,
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all kinds of actual
knowledge of the field.
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There's very little priority in
a lot of what's out there for
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truth,
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and it's harder still to
determine how much truth,
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how much actual research
and fact-based presentation
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is going on. And in media,
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whether it's social media
or more traditional media,
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just information on the internet,
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it's very hard to understand how they're
putting the information together and
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the priority of generating ratings,
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the spiral of posting and presenting more
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and more extreme things
to attract attention.
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This certainly happens in social
media and that spills over into
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mainstream media.
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So that was the initial
motivation. Basically,
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when I hear things that don't
match my opinion because
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we're entitled to have a range
of opinions about things,
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but things that are
pretty factually incorrect
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and I hear that repeatedly,
then I start to say, "Okay,
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maybe we need an episode about this."
And I've seen that for a number of topics,
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so I thought that could actually
form the basis for a whole series.
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Thank you for sharing. So how does this
complicate getting useful information?
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Well, plastic surgery
is a technical topic.
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It's a complex topic.
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Most lay people don't have
a background in medicine,
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so they can understand it on
a certain level, of course,
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being smart people,
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but the ability to understand
all of the technical background
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is very, very difficult.
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And it's hard to learn fields like that in
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the kind of reality distortion
field that's taking place on the
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internet.
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And it's also very hard to discern,
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as I said on the internet,
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not only how much research
was done or what the factual
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basis is,
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but people are not very good at
expressing whether something's
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an opinion or a fact.
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And a lot of what I discuss
on the podcast is my
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professional opinion
based on 30 plus years of
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practice. However,
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some of that has a very strong
factual basis and everything
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that I say is in line with
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consensus opinion at professional medical
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societies.
In other words,
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things that most of the people in
the field would acknowledge are
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accepted. Some things are
my individual opinion,
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but I try to make it clear this is
how I choose to do it or how I've
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selected versus the
informational component where I'm
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explaining how something works.
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Isn't this kind of a gray
zone with a range of opinions?
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Well,
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there are different opinions
about whether something
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is a fact, so there is to
some extent a gray zone here.
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However,
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there are some things that
are not really opinions.
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They simply fly in the face
of all of the objective data
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that's out there,
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or they're simply incorrect
as a matter of definition.
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And so it's very hard to represent
those things as opinions in
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any rational way.
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They're errors of fact,
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and therefore that's a
fallacy and it needs to be
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corrected.
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Can you be a bit more specific, Dr. Bass?
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So just going back to basic definitions,
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a fact is something that's
known or proved to be true.
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And there's a certain way in
medicine that we prove things
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by doing research, and that's
called evidence-based medicine.
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It's a certain way of conducting
clinical research studies
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to prove that a question,
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a proposition about how something
works or what the effect
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of something is, is true or is not true.
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And evidence-based medicine is
conducted in plastic surgery.
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I've been involved in many,
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many of these research
studies over the past decades,
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but it's hard to do in plastic
surgery for a couple of reasons.
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The number of cases is relatively small.
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If you study cancer or
you study heart disease,
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there are millions of
Americans that are afflicted.
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And aesthetic plastic surgery is in
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hundreds of thousands of cases
and less in a given year.
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And in a given setting, it's in
much smaller numbers of cases,
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hundreds. So it's much harder
to do a study and measuring the
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outcome when the goal is
a change in subjective
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appearance is, again, a
difficult thing to measure.
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So this has hampered the
ability to do evidence-based
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medicine in plastics. It's not impossible,
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but it means that less has been
done than could have been, and
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it empowers people to express
a range of opinions with
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no basis in data, fact, proof,
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because it suits their purposes.
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That makes sense. So what
will you cover in the series?
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Well,
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a range of different topics of high
interest in plastic surgery and
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that are showing a lot in the media.
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I'd like to point out things that are
common misconceptions that lots of
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folks think about different
plastic surgery treatments or
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things that are really showing up in
social media or on the internet over and
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over with some fallacy or misconception,
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basically a mistaken belief or
faulty reasoning or some kind of
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unsound argument. So where I see that,
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I'd like to set the record straight,
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provide a little more
reality-based information,
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which allows for better decision-making.
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That sounds really interesting
and important useful
information to hear called
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out as a factor fallacy. So how should
the listeners use these episodes?
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So we'll present a number of statements
that are either present on the internet
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or that have been discussed
in articles in media or
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that patients often think about
related to a certain plastic surgery
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treatment. And with each statement,
the listeners can ask themselves,
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"Do you think this is a
fact or a fallacy?" And see
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how accurate your
knowledge and judgment are,
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but don't feel bad if you get a few
wrong. You're not really to blame.
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It's the massive amount of
misinformation on the internet
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that's responsible for a lot of the
misconceptions or fallacies that
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we're all walking around with.
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So these episodes will be a chance to
set the record straight. As I said,
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make sure you're not using any
pivotal information in your
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decision making that is not real,
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because obviously it's hard to make a
good decision if you're not basing it on
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truth or real facts.
This will allow you to have a little more
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confidence in decision making and
confidence in your understanding
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of areas in plastic surgery
that you are considering having
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performed or that are of interest to you.
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Got it. And any final
takeaways for our listeners?
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Well, your
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parents and grandparents would tell
you use common sense and common sense
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helps a lot when consuming social
media or any kind of information.
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If it sounds too good to
be true, it likely is.
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Is the source promoting
themselves or are they providing
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education?
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Is the source authoritative
or have some basis in data or
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did they just throw together a
little bit of commentary on a phone
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interview 20 minutes before
a publication deadline?
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Are you hearing both sides of the story,
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the advantages and the disadvantages,
the good, the bad, and the ugly?
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Or is it just the pie in the sky,
everything's great side of things?
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Thank you, Dr. Bass,
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for coaching me and our listeners about
how to separate facts from fallacies.
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I look forward to hearing the specifics
in upcoming episodes in the series.
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Welcome to Park Avenue
Plastic Surgery Class,
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the podcast where we explore controversies
in breaking issues in plastic
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surgery. I'm your co-host, Summer Hardy,
a medical student in New York City.
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I'm excited to be here with Dr. Lawrence
Bass, Park Avenue plastic surgeon,
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educator, and technology innovator.
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Today's episode is the start of a new
series, our Facts and Fallacies series.
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What motivated this new series, Dr. Bass?
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Well,
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there's so much information out there
about plastic surgery from so many
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different sources with
all kinds of backgrounds,
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all kinds of actual
knowledge of the field.
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There's very little priority in
a lot of what's out there for
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truth,
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and it's harder still to
determine how much truth,
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how much actual research
and fact-based presentation
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is going on. And in media,
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whether it's social media
or more traditional media,
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just information on the internet,
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it's very hard to understand how they're
putting the information together and
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the priority of generating ratings,
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the spiral of posting and presenting more
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and more extreme things
to attract attention.
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This certainly happens in social
media and that spills over into
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mainstream media.
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So that was the initial
motivation. Basically,
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when I hear things that don't
match my opinion because
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we're entitled to have a range
of opinions about things,
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but things that are
pretty factually incorrect
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and I hear that repeatedly,
then I start to say, "Okay,
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maybe we need an episode about this."
And I've seen that for a number of topics,
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so I thought that could actually
form the basis for a whole series.
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Thank you for sharing. So how does this
complicate getting useful information?
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Well, plastic surgery
is a technical topic.
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It's a complex topic.
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Most lay people don't have
a background in medicine,
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so they can understand it on
a certain level, of course,
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being smart people,
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but the ability to understand
all of the technical background
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is very, very difficult.
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And it's hard to learn fields like that in
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the kind of reality distortion
field that's taking place on the
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internet.
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And it's also very hard to discern,
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as I said on the internet,
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not only how much research
was done or what the factual
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basis is,
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but people are not very good at
expressing whether something's
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an opinion or a fact.
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And a lot of what I discuss
on the podcast is my
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professional opinion
based on 30 plus years of
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practice. However,
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some of that has a very strong
factual basis and everything
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that I say is in line with
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consensus opinion at professional medical
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societies.
In other words,
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things that most of the people in
the field would acknowledge are
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accepted. Some things are
my individual opinion,
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but I try to make it clear this is
how I choose to do it or how I've
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selected versus the
informational component where I'm
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explaining how something works.
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Isn't this kind of a gray
zone with a range of opinions?
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Well,
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there are different opinions
about whether something
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is a fact, so there is to
some extent a gray zone here.
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However,
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there are some things that
are not really opinions.
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They simply fly in the face
of all of the objective data
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that's out there,
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or they're simply incorrect
as a matter of definition.
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And so it's very hard to represent
those things as opinions in
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any rational way.
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They're errors of fact,
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and therefore that's a
fallacy and it needs to be
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corrected.
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Can you be a bit more specific, Dr. Bass?
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So just going back to basic definitions,
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a fact is something that's
known or proved to be true.
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And there's a certain way in
medicine that we prove things
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by doing research, and that's
called evidence-based medicine.
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It's a certain way of conducting
clinical research studies
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to prove that a question,
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a proposition about how something
works or what the effect
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of something is, is true or is not true.
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And evidence-based medicine is
conducted in plastic surgery.
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I've been involved in many,
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many of these research
studies over the past decades,
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but it's hard to do in plastic
surgery for a couple of reasons.
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The number of cases is relatively small.
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If you study cancer or
you study heart disease,
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there are millions of
Americans that are afflicted.
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And aesthetic plastic surgery is in
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hundreds of thousands of cases
and less in a given year.
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And in a given setting, it's in
much smaller numbers of cases,
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hundreds. So it's much harder
to do a study and measuring the
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outcome when the goal is
a change in subjective
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appearance is, again, a
difficult thing to measure.
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So this has hampered the
ability to do evidence-based
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medicine in plastics. It's not impossible,
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but it means that less has been
done than could have been, and
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it empowers people to express
a range of opinions with
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no basis in data, fact, proof,
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because it suits their purposes.
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That makes sense. So what
will you cover in the series?
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Well,
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a range of different topics of high
interest in plastic surgery and
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that are showing a lot in the media.
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I'd like to point out things that are
common misconceptions that lots of
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folks think about different
plastic surgery treatments or
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things that are really showing up in
social media or on the internet over and
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over with some fallacy or misconception,
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basically a mistaken belief or
faulty reasoning or some kind of
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unsound argument. So where I see that,
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I'd like to set the record straight,
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provide a little more
reality-based information,
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which allows for better decision-making.
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That sounds really interesting
and important useful
information to hear called
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out as a factor fallacy. So how should
the listeners use these episodes?
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So we'll present a number of statements
that are either present on the internet
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or that have been discussed
in articles in media or
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that patients often think about
related to a certain plastic surgery
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treatment. And with each statement,
the listeners can ask themselves,
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"Do you think this is a
fact or a fallacy?" And see
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how accurate your
knowledge and judgment are,
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but don't feel bad if you get a few
wrong. You're not really to blame.
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It's the massive amount of
misinformation on the internet
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that's responsible for a lot of the
misconceptions or fallacies that
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we're all walking around with.
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So these episodes will be a chance to
set the record straight. As I said,
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make sure you're not using any
pivotal information in your
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decision making that is not real,
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because obviously it's hard to make a
good decision if you're not basing it on
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truth or real facts.
This will allow you to have a little more
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confidence in decision making and
confidence in your understanding
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of areas in plastic surgery
that you are considering having
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performed or that are of interest to you.
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Got it. And any final
takeaways for our listeners?
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Well, your
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parents and grandparents would tell
you use common sense and common sense
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helps a lot when consuming social
media or any kind of information.
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If it sounds too good to
be true, it likely is.
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Is the source promoting
themselves or are they providing
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education?
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Is the source authoritative
or have some basis in data or
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did they just throw together a
little bit of commentary on a phone
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interview 20 minutes before
a publication deadline?
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Are you hearing both sides of the story,
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the advantages and the disadvantages,
the good, the bad, and the ugly?
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Or is it just the pie in the sky,
everything's great side of things?
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Thank you, Dr. Bass,
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for coaching me and our listeners about
how to separate facts from fallacies.
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I look forward to hearing the specifics
in upcoming episodes in the series.
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