plastic/cosmetic surgeon

[miss sixty]

does anyone know what qualifications, how long u have to be in university for and what course you have to take to want to become a plastic/cosmetic surgeon?? also does anyone know the average annual income of a plastic/cosmetic surgeon in the UK? thnx xx

[Buenchico]

It's a long haul to qualify to become a surgeon (irrespective of the specialism):

If you've got an absolute minimum of an A & 2 B's at A-level, including maths and two science subjects, then you might be able to get a place for a degree course in medicine. (In practice, many successful candidates have 4 A-level passes, often all with A-grades). This initial course lasts 5 years.

If you've got good equally good A-level results but not within the specified subjects I've mentioned, you might still be accepted for a place on the degree course but, because you'll have to spend the first year on a pre-medical course, the total duration will be 6 years.

You'll then be paid to work within a hospital, while undertaking a Foundation Programme in surgery. This lasts for 2 years.

After this, there is a further period combining work and training which lasts, initially for 4 years. At this point you can 'officially' become a surgeon as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. (i.e. either 11 or 12 years after first going to university).

Your specialist training will then continue for about a futher 3 years at which point you're awarded your Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training. (i.e. either 14 or 15 years after first going to university).

The pay? When you first strart working in a hospital probably not much more than �20,000p.a. but possibly rising to �35,000.

After this, you can become a registrar and earn up to �50,000p.a. Really successful consultants earn well over �100,000p.a.

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Chris