It seems there are at least a few plastic surgeons watching Nip/Tuck. Julian McMahon, the lead actor, says that a few have tried talking shop with him.

“When we first started the show, there was this whole thing about the plastic surgery board being up in arms against us because we weren’t depicting surgery properly. But every surgeon I’ve ever met has done nothing but say positive things. They love the show and they love the way we depict the surgery. Now, it is a TV show and we try to get away with as many things as we can. It’s not going to be a real surgery. That’s all there is to it. We’re trying to make it enjoyable. We’re trying to be shocking. I think the funniest thing I ever heard from a plastic surgeon was when one of them came up to me and said, ‘I think that your character, Christian Troy, was modeled on me.’”