The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has rejected allegations it is failing to protect the public from so-called “cosmetic cowboys” and vowed to take more action
The only way to get the change needed to protect the public from serious injuries is to close down the entire industry for a period of three to six months.
A series of disfigured patients has led to calls for a royal commission into the lucrative cosmetic surgery industry.
Pressure is mounting for the federal government to call a royal commission into health regulation amid new allegations of patient exploitation by cosmetic surgery “cowboys”.
Ella Callis was hospitalised after her cosmetic surgery went horribly wrong.
This retired elite soldier has joined a class action with 540 other patients who had surgeries done by doctors working for Daniel Lanzer.
The dramatic growth of cosmetic surgery into a multibillion-dollar industry provokes differing reactions.
Shocking revelations about botched cosmetic surgery are the tip of the iceberg in a lucrative growth industry that is out of control.
Dr Daniel Aronov has built an audience of nearly 13 million followers,sharing extremely graphic footage of his surgeries which the regulator ordered to be removed.
A 13-year-old girl was left disfigured and psychologically traumatised after a Melbourne cosmetic surgeon removed her labia and clitoral hood.
Regulatory gaps concerning cosmetic surgery in Australia exposes the public to significant undisclosed risks by untrained or inadequately trained practitioners.