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Silicone Injections Deadly for Bronx Woman
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, Injection Hell on September 1, 2011
NEW YORK (CBS) ― A seemingly harmless cosmetic procedure turned deadly for a Bronx woman. She died one day after receiving silicone injections in her thighs, allegedly administered by someone without a medical license.
Source: wcbstv.com/local/silicone.injections.botched.2.975555.html
Silicone injections are scary. No reputable plastic surgeon offers them to my knowledge. Do not submit to them.
Pichardo was rushed to the hospital but died the next morning of what the medical examiner’s officer said was a silicone pulmonary embolism, caused by so much silicone injected that it was clotting in her lungs.
FDA-approved fillers when used appropriately of course do not do this problem. Silicone injections are not FDA-approved.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
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Dr D’s “Can Just Anyone Do My Cosmetic Surgery?”
Originally posted 2009-04-04 11:00:00.
Madonna "Bad" Plastic Surgery?
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, celebrity plastic surgery on May 13, 2011
Pics Source: yeeeah.com/2008/07/28/madonna-gets-really-bad-plastic-surgery
Yeeeah suggests that Madonna has had “bad” plastic surgery. She has likely had more than her fair share of facial plastic surgery and this might represent much of the problem. In the images they post, she could either be freshly post-op or showing the signs of multiple procedures over time.
Too much facial surgery can contribute to a skeletal appearance that is not exactly attractive. As we have said before, there is a point of diminishing returns when continuing to entertain more surgery or more fillers. Then again, if she is freshly post-op here things will likely improve.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2008-07-29 08:00:00.
Tummy Tuck in Malaysia – Yuck Tuck!
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, Sloppy Plastic Surgery on October 28, 2010
People are going to third world countries for plastic surgery. The reason is cost. It is cheap there. At the minimum, the cost of the hidden price is frequently mediocre (or lower quality) work. Sometimes there is tragedy. This one falls under the category of sloppy work or a “Yuck Tuck.”
A tummy tuck shouldn’t have a deep crease at the closure. This case wasn’t made very tight as the excess on the top hangs over the closure. There is also no dip at the belly button.
Cheap Price = Low Quality.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Reader Laura on a Fake Botox Scam
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery on September 11, 2009
Reader Question:
Source: newsday.com/ny-plastic-surgery-group-fakes-
it-with-bogus-botox-1.1363307Five doctors, a nurse and an administrator pleaded guilty in court to injecting a non FDA approved Botox like substance (Botulinum Toxin Topic A) without telling their patients. They told the patients that it was the FDA approved Botox and charged the full amount for Botox even though the other substance was cheaper. Is there any way for patients to see warning signs for something like this? With the economy being so bad do you predict that this may be happening more than we are told in the news?
This is a good story showing that practice integrity does not necessarily follow from training qualifications or a nice looking office. Apparently the medical staff of this practice told patients they were receiving Botox Cosmetic when they were not. They were dishonest.
I routinely use Myobloc (Botulinum Toxin B) in my practice, but I never tell patients it is Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum Toxin A.) Myobloc is FDA approved (much as Botox TM was originally) for cervical dystonia and has worked well in my patients. It has been particularly useful for patients who have developed resistance to Botox Cosmetic giving many results when Botox Cosmetic did not.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Plastic Surgery Mistakes with Reader Laura’s Comment
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery on August 8, 2009
Kelly Smith’s attempt to go up a bra size when her 15-year-old leaky saline implant needed a repair this winter left has her in a self-imposed house arrest.
Smith said her new size-D implants looked “fantastic” for eight weeks. But then a quarter-sized “bubble” appeared between her breasts.
Sounds like this could be symmastia, an unusual complication in which the breasts appear to have no cleavage. It might also be a tear in the muscular cover of the implant. Complications can be difficult to fix. We can’t be sure of course as the story doesn’t really give these particulars.
We also are not given much info on the doctor. Was she a trained and/or certified plastic surgeon? I am not sure the case is a “mistake,” but poor outcomes should be fixed if possible. Poor outcomes more commonly come from the work of poorly trained or inexperienced surgeons. Did the patient have “much larger implants” placed at her second operation? Maybe she didn’t have the tissue to cover them and this lead to the problems.
Hopefully this lady will have her problem properly addressed.
Reader Laura Adds:
Since plastic surgery seems to be becoming more mainstream, have you seen an increase in patients needing rework done? Have there been more patients with unrealistic expectations?
When patients get into the hands of novice surgeons, problems are more common and redos are as well. Some patients do think they can have anything they want and go to the doctors who promise this leading to more problems. This lady might be just such a case.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Reader Laura’s Question: “Patients need to do their homework first.”
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, plastic surgery news on August 3, 2009
Reader Question:
UK Cosmetic Surgeon Payout Case
This story is a good example of how patients need to do their homework and find a good doctor. This poor woman’s left ear is just horrible. I don’t understand why she would go back to him and let him perform surgery again.
The patient did not realize she was in the hands of a novice until it was too late. Part of that for which you pay in plastic surgery is the training and experience of your surgeon. I wonder what the surgeon’s training involved. Was he a “real” plastic surgeon?
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
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Facial Fillers in The UK – Horror Story
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, soft tissue fillers on March 13, 2009
On a whim, she decided to book in for cheek ‘enhancement’, an injectable water-based filler treatment. It would, she hoped, give her an indefinable, more youthful appearance.
She has been left permanently disfigured – with a sausage-shaped lump under one eye and a series of constantly moving lumps around the other.
Extraordinarily, given testimonies like these, use of cosmetic fillers in Britain is almost entirely unregulated. There are no fewer than 74 different cosmetic ‘plumping agents’ available, and no requirement for specialist training for the doctors or beauty therapists offering them – or insurance if things go wrong.
By contrast, in America, the home of anti-ageing procedures, cosmetic fillers are viewed as medical products. They are closely regulated and have to undergo full testing. As a result, only eight of them have been approved as entirely safe for human use.
I was unaware that facial fillers were so free of regulation in the UK. This woman probably had a non-water soluble agent injected. These are poor choices under thin skin. Injecting near the eyes can be tricky with any substance. Of course the level of experience of the doctor is critical. We don’t regulate that here either.
It is nice to hear we still do something better here in the US.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Silicone Injections Are Not A Good Idea – 2 Injured
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery, Injection Hell on February 11, 2009
Andrea Lee, 30, suffered total kidney failure after receiving the injections at a private home in the community of Town ‘N Country. Her friend Zakiya Teagle, 33, is also in a critical condition.
Sharhonda Lindsay of Tampa is wanted for practicing medicine without a license. A warrant for her arrest was issued Monday, according to the Web site.
Silicone injections are not good medicine and in fact are illegal. You won’t find them in your board certified plastic surgeon’s office. If someone offers you injections in your home, check out those credentials first.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
"10 Crappy Celebrity Plastic Surgeries"
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery on October 13, 2008
Blogging can be an interesting experience as it reminds me that plastic surgery is judged like most other things from a variety of perspectives. This Health & Beauty blog lists the “10 crappy celebrity plastic surgeries” (sic). To be objective in all of this you need to admit that there are examples of “surgery gone bad.” What most people don’t realize in previewing lists like the one at the link is that scary outcomes are frequently the result of many operations performed over a long period of time. These people didn’t have one operation and go from normal to freakish.
As we have said before, there can be a point of diminishing return with cosmetic surgery. Wisdom tells us when to stop, assuming of course that you have good advice and take it.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
A "Dr Quickie" Story
Posted by admin in bad plastic surgery on July 28, 2007
- THIS IS NOT A DR DISAIA PATIENT -
As many of you know, I contribute online at a few forum boards answering some general plastic surgery questions. At a MakemeHeal.com thread today, I ran into a post by the husband of an extreme weight loss patient who had had a tummy tuck and a breast reduction by another surgeon both in 2 1/2 hours. They are both unhappy with how she looks. They did not post pre-op images. A six week post-op is above.
As we have discussed before, extreme weight loss plastic surgery is more extensive than similar operations on a normal patient. 2 1/2 hours is very rapid for surgery of this type. I can safely say I would take much longer on each of these procedures and would likely do them in two different operations.
Another post in the thread indicated the surgeon’s name. I searched it. He is not board-certified by any ABMS board (American Board of Medical Specialists.)
Just looking at the surface, it is really irregular and the closure was with staples. The surgeon appears to not have re-implanted the belly button and a good deal of looseness of the tissues still exists above the closure. I hope she didn’t pay much for this.
STAY AWAY FROM THE DR QUICKIES OUT THERE.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
P.S. I am taking the information I have been provided as true. I will update this if the story changes.
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