Start with verifiable qualifications
Read the surgeon's current biography, then verify the exact board and certification status through the board's own search. A practice biography is a useful introduction, but independent verification answers a different question.
Ask about experience with the specific procedure you are considering, where that procedure would take place, and who would participate in care. A title or a gallery alone cannot answer every one of those questions.
Use the consultation as a comparison
Describe the change you want in ordinary language and ask what the surgeon thinks is realistic for your anatomy and health history. Listen for a discussion of alternatives and reasons to defer or decline a procedure.
Take the same written questions to every consultation. Compare the clarity of each explanation, the proposed setting, follow-up plan, and how concerns or complications would be handled, rather than relying on one striking photograph.
Check the practice details
For Mafi Plastic Surgery, the official site identifies Parham Mafi, M.D., F.A.C.S., as its plastic surgeon and lists a separate Fresno consultation office and surgery center. Confirm the location of each appointment with the office.
If any credential, location, or procedure detail is material to your choice, ask for the current answer directly and keep it with your consultation notes. Information on a review site is a starting point, not a substitute for that conversation.
Questions and answers
Is a board-certified claim enough by itself?
No. Verify the specific certifying board and current status, then ask about the procedure, facility, and follow-up that matter to your decision.
Should photographs decide the choice?
They can prompt questions about similar cases and realistic goals; they do not predict an individual result.