Reader Laura on a Free Plastic Surgery
Reader Question:
Las Vegas "Not Plastic Surgeon" Story
This is definitely a story for the buyer beware or that you get what you pay for. It’s great to win something for free but I have to admit that I’d be leery of any medical procedure that I could win in a sweepstakes. Plus the fact that this doctor didn’t even have surgical privileges at a hospital or surgical center should have been a warning sign.
This doctor was a family practitioner. He could not get privileges to do surgery at any facility. This is "free plastic surgery" that will cost big bucks to have fixed. A shame.
It is also one of the clearest cases of malpractice I have seen. If the circumstances are as described here, this doctor had no business doing this surgery.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
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Reader Laura's Question: "Patients need to do their homework first."
DIY Silicone Injection Plastic Surgery Nightmare
In search of an inexpensive, do-it yourself version of a silicone injection she had gotten from a doctor to smooth a scar, the Midwestern mother injected her lips and face with silicone she purchased over the Internet.
Hmmm. We have chatted about silicone injections before. They can kill you. Silicone injections are not good or safe plastic surgery. I'd bet the previous injections that were done by a plastic surgeon to which she refers were collagen or Restylane. No good plastic surgeons of which I know work with silicone injections.
"By the following day it was just completely inflamed my whole face and the area that you can see in the cheek was very raised and very infected," she said. "It expands, it's like rubber and your own collagen is forming scar tissue around it…it just looked like horrible blisters."
When you "do it yourself," you actually can make bad into worse as the areas likely became infected.
Unfortunately, instead of saving thousands, Mary has ended up with massive medical bills and had to turn to a California plastic surgeon when no doctor in her area could help remove the infected silicone.
Another example in which what was done cheaply became really expensive. Just be careful.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Reader Laura’s Question: “Patients need to do their homework first.”
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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