A tribunal this week heard ‘breathtaking’ allegations against cosmetic surgeon Daniel Aronov including him throwing human body parts around the theatre.
Many of the doctors are demanding an end to the unfettered use of social media by practitioners and laws to stop rogue medicos calling themselves “cosmetic surgeons”.
Doctors performing breast implant surgery will face new guidelines after decades of complaints about dangerous practices.
An associate of celebrity cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer has been suspended by the national health regulator,charged by the police and embroiled in a class action.
Women in their 20s are told nothing is more beautiful than confidence. Yet friends of mine have already started undergoing cosmetic procedures. This is not entirely surprising.
Cosmetic surgeon is not the only title in medicine that is under scrutiny.
The federal and state governments have launched a landmark review aimed at overhauling laws into who can call themselves a cosmetic surgeon,increasing the penalties for deceptive advertising and social media abuses.
As a GP,I see the horrors of inadequate surgical training. But I also know there is a plastic surgery monopoly and a dangerous shortage of highly qualified surgeons – and that is where we can fix this crisis.
Just over a month after an investigation by this masthead revealed a series of disturbing allegations,celebrity cosmetic surgeon Dr Daniel Lanzer has retired.
Shonky operators use social media to spruik nips and tucks but regulators are not doing enough to protect consumers.
Regulators must take meaningful steps to rein in the Wild West that is Australia’s cosmetic surgery industry.