The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been the economic engine for New England since the seventeenth century.  Today Boston remains an important financial and shipping center, a city with dozens of colleges and universities, and unquestionably the city with more cultural attractions than any other in New England.  It remains a city of old money and established social standards at the cultural level, while at the same time it is teeming with undergraduates (and post-grads) from a remarkable assortment of institutions.

Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) is unlike any public health facility in the nation.  It is the most highly respected facility in the state and works in close partnership with Harvard Medical School.  It operates multiple community clinics and specialty medical clinics throughout the city and beyond.  Massachusetts is the first state to have passed a law making health insurance mandatory for all its citizens, and then developing a state-run health insurance system that is affordable for everyone (except, possibly, the state itself). 

MGH has this to say about plastic surgery:  “The Plastic Surgery division is located within a world-renowned academic medical center. We are uniquely positioned to offer high-quality, state-of-the-art medical care in an institution that prides itself on continuing education and research in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. We’re honored to have some of the best plastic surgeons in the country, most of whom are board-certified and have years of plastic surgery training and experience. Many of our plastic surgeons are former leaders of major plastic surgery professional societies.”

That is the benchmark for plastic surgery in Massachusetts, both cosmetic and reconstructive.  The MGH clinic offers a full range of cosmetic procedures, including breast augmentation; eyelid surgery; body contours; Botox; tummy tucks; fat grafting; facial lifts; liposuction; laser skin treatment and hair removal – and the list goes on.

Boston’s board certified plastic surgeons can be found not only practicing downtown, but in outpatient surgical clinics in the towns surrounding Boston in Eastern Massachusetts as well as in the Cape Cod area and to the west, in Worcester.  In fact Worcester has a large complement of cosmetic plastic surgeons that probably service northern Connecticut as well. 

The entire state has a cosmopolitan feel; you’d expect to find the latest techniques in body sculpting and skin treatment – such as plasma skin regeneration – in use in the quality clinics around the state.  Just be sure that you are shopping first for the doctor who best suits you and secondarily for cost and a quick procedure.