Natural Shine Beauty

When you talk about Minneapolis, it's good form to recognize its twin city St. Paul, on the other side of the Missouri River. St. Paul is the capitol of Minnesota after all; and even though St. Paul has always been in the shadow of its neighbor across the river, the area has come to be known as the Twin Cities. With 3.2 million residents in the area, Minneapolis/St. Paul is the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the country.

In a metro area of that size you are going to find quality medical services and certainly quality plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures if you know where to look. While we don't have a specific set of instructions for you, here are some suggestions on how to go about finding the plastic surgeon that will work for you.

1. The most famous name in medicine for Minnesota and perhaps for the country is the Mayo Clinic. Mayo has one of the finest medical schools in the country, opened in 1972. Located in Rochester, Mayo Clinic and its medical school are eighty miles from Minnesota, but many of its graduates gravitate to the Twin Cities area to open practices.

The medical school has a two year graduate program in plastic surgery, described on their web site: "Approved by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, this unique program offers one-on-one training in the outpatient setting, hospital and operating room." One of your options might be seeking out a Mayo trained cosmetic plastic surgeon.

2. The University of Minnesota's medical school has a plastic surgery program that covers the gamut of both reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery. The school is active in research and uses state of the art equipment to teach the fine points of breast augmentation, facial lifts and the other common procedures. One of the University's medical schools is in Minneapolis and many of its graduates practice there. Until 1972, Mayo's staff doctors taught at the school. The state's medical school also graduates its own plastic surgeons.

3. Minneapolis itself has a population of about 370,000, which makes it less than 15% of the metropolitan area. There are a number of affluent suburbs where you'll find well established plastic surgery outpatient clinics. Today, many people find that liposuction or such procedures as a tuck or facial lift work well as outpatient procedures. Many of the clinics have been in operation for twenty years or more. You won't find a lot of clinics offering the array of day spa treatments, which depending on your perspective may (or may not) be a refreshing fact.