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Reckless: Surgeons warn health ministers that cosmetic cowboy reforms will fail
The changes are dangerous and patients will pay the price, they say. Surgeons say an endorsement model for accrediting cosmetic surgeons will fail to stop unscrupulous doctors from operating on patients. Health ministers last month agreed to the reforms as part of a suite of changes aimed at tightening up the cosmetic surgery industry following …
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‘Legitimises the activities of unscrupulous operators’: Cosmetic surgery safety fears
Doctors will be able to receive an official “endorsement in cosmetic surgery” from the Medical Board of Australia despite not undertaking the training that would make them proper surgeons, after the country’s health ministers agreed to create a special category in an attempt to regulate the controversial industry. The move has alarmed the Royal Australasian …
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The Facts About Facial Ageing
The Facts About Facial Ageing By Dr. Philip Bushell-Guthrie, Specialist Plastic Surgeon and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Brisbane and Mackay A quick glance at a person’s face and neck gives you a good idea of their age but this can be wrong if the person has premature skin ageing. What Causes Skin Ageing? …
Regulator announces cosmetic surgery crackdown but won’t hit pause on $1.4b industry
Doctors without specialist surgical training can keep offering procedures like facelifts, tummy tucks, breast implants and Brazilian butt lifts while the medical regulator works on a multi-year plan to create new accreditation standards. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) will on Thursday release the report of an external review of the troubled industry and …
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The Saline Courier – How Do You Choose a Plastic Surgeon? Gold Coast Doctor Craig Layt, MBBS Offers Advice
Craig Layt, MBBS, FRACS, a Gold Coast plastic surgeon and the head of The Layt Clinic, explains what individuals should look for when considering the doctor they will entrust with their aesthetic enhancement needs. First and foremost, Dr Layt explains, patients should make sure that the plastic surgeon they are considering has the credentials necessary …
Yahoo! News Article on Botched Fox Eye Thread Lift Procedures
An Australian woman ended up with horn-like protrusions on the sides of her forehead after undergoing a fox eye thread lift. Gym receptionist Jessie Carr, 21, underwent a procedure based on a viral TikTok trend in the hopes of looking like Bella Hadid. Carr, who now calls her botched surgery her “biggest regret,” was left …
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SMH Article – Top doctors back calls for crackdown on cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’
Dozens of the country’s top doctors have backed calls for a crackdown on the scandal-tainted cosmetic surgery industry, with hundreds of submissions to the national medical watchdog as part of a landmark inquiry into patient safety. More than 800 responses from doctors and patients were received by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) after the …
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When Social Media Viral Trends go Wrong
In a recent article on news.com.au, Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Naveen Somia, PhD., FRACS, Specialist Plastic Surgeon explains how the easily accessible viral content on social media platforms, slowly but incrementally acts to undermine the risk of cosmetic procedures by distorting facts and blurring boundaries. The cosmetic surgery industry is becoming increasingly defined by …
Thinking of having Cosmetic Surgery overseas? Know your risks.
By Dr Naveen Somia, PhD., FRACS, Specialist Plastic Surgeon Thinking of having cosmetic surgery overseas? Know your risks. Cosmetic surgery overseas is a part of the burgeoning global medical tourism industry. Medical tourism that was heavily restricted during the pandemic will get a boost with the borders opening and restrictions on travel easing. All surgery …
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