You cut your hand while slicing an avocado.  Your child falls while playing at the playground and now has a big gash on their forehead.  Your leg is cut open by rocks while swimming.  Accidents happen!  If you have sustained a cut that needs stitches, call us right away and have a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon perform an aesthetic, scar-minimizing closure.  All cuts needs to be stitched up within 24 hours so do not delay.  

 

Why not go to the Emergency Room?  

Quality of Repair – A plastic surgeon will give you the best chance of avoiding an unappealing scar.  While emergency room doctors are capable of performing a simple closure, they are not trained in aesthetic, scar-minimizing closures.  Very few emergency rooms will have a plastic surgeon available, and those that do often send a plastic surgery intern to perform the closure.  In the rare chance you actually get a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, you will almost certainly be charged extra.  

Save Time – You can come to Dr. Zhu’s office and immediately have your laceration repaired.  If you go to the emergency room, you will wait for hours before even getting a room and more hours before seeing a doctor and even more hours before your laceration is finally repaired.  

Convenience – Dr. Zhu also performs house calls (within 1 hour drive of the office in Beverly Hills).  Have the laceration closed in the comfort of your own home!

Cost – An emergency room visit can easily cost several thousand dollars even with insurance.  The worst part is you won’t even know the cost until you get a bill months later.  Our price is set and includes all follow-up visits.