Another arrest in cosmetic surgery...

Another arrest in plastic surgery today... from the article:


"A dermatologist was arrested Thursday after being indicted on charges that he injected patients at his West Hollywood clinic with fake Botox that could have caused a muscle-paralyzing condition.

Dr. David Cary Hansen, who works out of a Sunset Boulevard clinic called Skinsation, is accused of buying a dozen vials of a form of botulinum toxin type A, which was not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use on people, the U.S. attorney's office said."

It's never a bad idea to ask to see the actual vial of Botox or filler before it gets injected. If a product is too cheap to be true, then it's probably fake. Only go to a reputable doctor, you really get what you pay for.

Dr. Jason Pozner
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center

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

Weighing in on Korean Cooking Oil Filler

Everyone is talking about Hang Mioku, the Korean woman who became addicted to cosmetic surgery to the point of injecting her face with cooking oil when no real doctor would see her.

It's not as far-fetched as it sounds, especially with today's economy. Every city in America has several arrests a year involving illegal practitioners, doing all kinds of back-alley liposuction, breast implants, fillers, and anything else you can think of. Patients looking to cut costs often end up risking their health, tens of thousands of dollars of corrective surgery, and if they're lucky, merely a disappointing result.

Always do your homework and go to a respectable board-certified doctor. If we say no, and we sometimes have to, then we really mean it. If we say yes, we have FDA-approved procedures and fillers that won't make you the 5 o clock news.

One of my patients spoke to ABCNews.com about her own plastic surgery nightmare, and was kind enough to mention the work I did in correcting it. You can find it here.

Dr. Jason Pozner
SMAC