What a practice promises, set beside what its listings say

What a practice promises and what its published material says are often different things. Anyone in Syracuse weighing a few plastic or facial plastic surgeons runs into that gap. The wording on a listing deserves close attention before a consult is booked.

Start with the setting, then read the wording

Readers new to the area can begin with Wikipedia's entries for Syracuse, New York and University Hill, Syracuse. The Onondaga Historical Association is a starting point for local history. For a plain description of what plastic surgeons do, including certification and procedures, see the Cleveland Clinic's article on plastic surgeons.

Where the wording gets read closely

Two ranked lists do the comparing, one for plastic surgery practices and one for facial plastic surgery practices. Both order practices by Google rating, highest first. Each list names that criterion and says where its figures come from. The figures are Google ratings and review counts taken from each practice's Google Maps profile.

The individual reviews go further. Where a listing publishes a line about a practice, the review quotes it, with the publisher named beside the quote. The published rating and review count then sit next to it, so the two can be compared.

The reader behind these pages goes through each listing line by line and quotes it as written. Where a claim needs more than the listing gives, it is flagged so you can ask the practice directly.

Put the practice's description in writing

Ask the practice to put in writing what it described on the phone or on its site. Then lay that next to what its listings and published details say. If the two differ, ask which one the practice stands behind.