Is it a trend? Another cosmetic surgery arrest.

I think we are entering trend territory here. Two women in Tampa are in critical condition after going to a cosmetologist in search of "J-Lo style bottoms." Silicone was injected, and it did not go well.



Here's a writeup in the Daily Mail about it:

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Andrea Lee, 30, suffered total kidney failure after being 'poisoned' with what is believed to be industrial silicone.

Her friend Zakiya Teagle, 33, is also in a critical condition in a Florida hospital after her internal organs stopped functioning.

Police in Tampa, Florida, are now searching for the fake doctor who carried out the cosmetic procedures on both women.

Sharhonda Lindsay, 32, has gone on the run after the two women were rushed to hospital with critical injuries caused by her injections."

There has been a significant uptick in these in the last few months. It's never worth it unless you can go to a board-certified doc.

Dr. Jason Pozner
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center

Dr. David J. Goldberg
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center
Skin Laser Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ

Two more allegations of illegal cosmetic surgery

There's been yet another arrest in cosmetic surgery:

In Chicago: "Med Spa Patients Say Lasers Scarred, Burned Them"
A chain of med-spas is dealing with lawsuits alleging that inexperienced and unqualified practitioners treated them with lasers when they should not have.

From the article:

"Can your skin type tolerate laser treatments? If so, which laser? At what energy level? And for how long? Those are all decisions that need to be made by an experienced practitioner.

For others the treatments can bring great results, but Garden, the past president of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery warns, "These machines can still cause damage. They can still injure the patient."

This is a bad trend that is getting worse and worse with the state of the economy. Expect some big stories in the media about this type of thing soon.

Dr. David J. Goldberg
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center
Skin Laser and Surgery Specialists, NY/NJ

Florida #1 in Cosmetic Surgery Arrests

Last week, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons put out a press release advising patients to avoid seeking deals on cosmetic surgery. The key is to have the procedure done right the first time as corrective procedures can get very expensive.

People have always looked to save money on cosmetic surgery, and we’ve heard and dealt with countless horror stories. We have seen many patients with terrible scarring and swelling from having illegal substances injected into their lips by unlicensed foreign practitioners in their garage. Needless to say they needed to have corrective work done just to look normal again.

Undoubtedly a most bizarre and sad example of a disastrous procedure performed by an unlicensed practitioner occurred in New York several years ago. An unlicensed practitioner advertised that he was a physician who performed a variety of cosmetic laser procedures. Eventually, he was reported to the authorities and was found guilty of practicing medicine without a license. Before he was sentenced for this crime, he fled to Costa Rica. While hiding in Costa Rica, the body of a missing patient who died while undergoing a procedure by this felon was found buried on a property he owned n New Jersey. He was ultimately extradited back to New York not only for practicing medicine without a license, but also for murder. This is an extreme example, but something that can happen when people choose to pay less to have a procedure performed by someone who is clearly not qualified to do the procedure.

Click here to see every publicized arrest for all things cosmetic in the last two years. In the last two years alone, there have been eight high-profile cases in Florida, the most in the country. We're not kidding in saying that we're pretty experienced in dealing with these cases. Every pinprick on the map has some details about each case; the date it happened, and what happened.

California was second with six arrests, Arizona third with three.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Dr. David Goldberg
Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY and NJ
Sanctuary Medial Aesthetic Center

Dr. Jason Pozner
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center