The one downside to massive weight loss: excess skin
It is one of the outcomes of significant weight loss that rarely gets discussed. It is not the mass health benefits. It is the excess…
Tag: Cosmetic surgery
It’s the world’s deadliest cosmetic procedure yet Brazilian butt lifts are still being done in Australia
The notorious Brazilian butt lift remains a controversial procedure, with its latest version now believed to have resulted in the death of a young woman in the…
HIV and hepatitis B warning after investigators raid cosmetic clinic
Patients are at risk of HIV and hepatitis B due to poor hygiene practices at a cosmetic clinic where unregistered staff allegedly performed cosmetic surgeries,…
‘It’s almost like genital mutilation’: Plastic surgeon tells of his work repairing botched labiaplasties
Professor Mark Ashton says the rise in young women having undergone botched labiaplasties is “nothing short of worryingly spectacular”. The number of women coming to…
Medical board wrongly used registration renewal to impose conditions on doctor, tribunal finds
A doctor has won a two-year battle to practise again after a tribunal found that the Medical Board of Australia wrongly attempted to impose conditions…
‘You did not intend to kill the deceased’: Fake doctor to spend the next two-and-a-half years behind bars
A Chinese national found guilty of performing illegal and fatal breast augmentation surgery will spend the next 30 months behind bars. Jie Shao, 40, arrived…
Good cosmetic surgeons nurture their patients’ mental health – without picking up a scalpel
The global cosmetic surgery market has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years. In 2021, it was valued at US$67 billion ($105 billion), and projections suggest…
Surgeon denies he was ‘reckless’ after performing mentoplasty despite dropping the chin implant on the floor
A plastic surgeon has been reprimanded after he dropped a chin implant on a theatre floor before picking it up and placing it in a…
Why the medical board can’t prevent untrained doctors from doing cosmetic surgery
A highly profitable medical industry is undergoing a rebranding in the aftermath of the new laws banning doctors without the necessary training from describing themselves…
Tip-offs from doctors are helping sideline shonky cosmetic surgeons: AHPRA
Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Anne Tonkin has thanked the doctors who have come forward with information on shonky cosmetic surgery operators, saying they’ve…
