LETTER TO THE EDITOR Year : 2022  |  Volume : 30  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 88

Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice: Correspondence

Pathum Sookaromdee1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Private Academic, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Date of Submission25-Nov-2021Date of Acceptance25-Mar-2022Date of Web Publication24-Jun-2022

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pathum Sookaromdee
Private Academic Consultant, 111 Bangkok 112, Bangkok 103300
Thailand

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

DOI: 10.4103/tjps.tjps_63_21

How to cite this article:
Sookaromdee P, Wiwanitkit V. Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice: Correspondence. Turk J Plast Surg 2022;30:88

Dear Editor,

We would like to share ideas on “Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice in Turkey.”[1] Emuler and Ayhan concluded that “Social media is an ideal platform for interaction, communication, participation….protected through professional guidelines and supervision.[1]” Using social media is common at present. The present study might help provide information regarding internet users. Several issues are challenging including ethical as well as privacy issues. For privacy, only a few surgeons in a recent survey used social media anonymously.[2] However, it should note that there are still many areas in developing countries that there is no internet accessibility. The behavior in plastic surgery practice might be similar or different. Finally, using social media in plastic surgery practice has to be properly controlled. In future, there might be many legal issues. Using social media during practice might or might not be appropriate and should be further discussed.

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  References 
1.Emuler DS, Ayhan MS. Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice in Turkey. Turk J Plast Surg 2021;29:218-24.  
  [Full text]  2.Wanken ZJ, Barnes JA, Eid MA, Rode JB, Bessen SY, Anderson PB, et al. Comparison of social media utilization among vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists at academic training institutions. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022;81:283-91.