Author: Staff Reports

(Surgical Times) — Women dominated in this year’s broadest search for the nation’s best plastic surgeons. Of the 379 plastic surgeons ranked best by peers, 54 are women (14.25%). That’s higher in number and percent than in any previous year since the poll began in 2021. The poll, conducted by Newsweek magazine and data collection firm Statista, Inc., is currently the industry’s most comprehensive. YearSurgeons Rated America’s BestMale Surgeons Voted BestFemale Surgeons Voted Best2021387337 (87.08%)50 (12.92%)2022349314 (89.97%)35 (10.03%)2023358310 (86.59%)48 (13.41%)2024379325 (85.75%)54 (14.25%) Invited by email, plastic surgeons and medical colleagues self-originate providers by name who they believe qualify as among the…

“He called us a money grabber, an exaggerator, and a blackmailer. And he also implied that if I was to ever speak out about what had happened, that he has lawyers…. I have now been blocked by Dr Serkan Balta.” Surgical Times reached out to Dr Serkan Balta for comment or clarification August 30 and September 2. “Woman, 20, ‘nearly died’ after flying to Turkey for secret surgery,” – iTV.com, 23 Aug. 2024 “Woman, 20, reveals how ‘mummy makeover’ in Turkey nearly killed her,” – DailyMail.co.uk, 23 Aug. 2024

“This is Dr. Falter, who is a DNP [Doctor of Nursing Practice], so he is not a physician. And he is calling himself a board-certified, fellowship-trained cosmetic surgeon. And this person is in Las Vegas, I think the website was vegaspsurgery and he goes by DrHansomeLV.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kelly Killeen, MD, FACS (@klkilleen) —//— Remaining context by Staff Reports, Surgical Times — Internet archive, vegaspsurgery.com, April 23, 2024: “Dr Bayink Falter, a DNP – Board Certified, Fellowship Trained Plastic Surgeon with a passion for sculpting beauty and restoring confidence. With advanced training and…

“We had actually put the checks in the mailbox outside of our office and just kind of didn’t think about it,” Dr. Garrett Harper, a plastic surgeon with Graper Harper Cosmetic Surgery, said. A week later, Dr. Harper was scrolling through his business’ online banking when he noticed something that was off. “I just kind of casually texted our accountant and said, ‘hey, did you end up writing this check to a patient for whatever reason?’” he said. “She said ‘no, but I did write that exact amount to the North Carolina Department of Revenue.’”

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is now the first major American medical body to oppose gender-affirming surgeries for minors. ASPS’s decision sets it apart from other medical bodies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, which support the procedures as medically necessary and safe.

Companies will use my likeness to sell their products without my authorization. I don’t even know what this company is, and they’ve created an AI video using my voice to sell their products. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anthony Youn, MD, FACS (@tonyyounmd)

Stitch with Gina Maccarone I do lots of education on this page about how to check credentials, but I have never encountered someone calling themselves a specialty they did not train in or take boards for. I asked yesterday why she was calling herself a plastic surgeon and she took the post down, she had many still up still stating this. Patients deserve accurate info to make decisions for their bodies and we should all be upfront and honest with our qualifications and training IMO…. “What do you all think? Should I call myself a neurosurgeon and start removing GBMs?”…

**Achieving the Golden Ratio: Rhinoplasty, Lower Eyelid Rejuvenation, & Jawline Correction** ✨ The beauty of your face lies in its harmony, and the golden ratio is key to achieving that perfect balance. 🧑‍⚕️✨ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Facial Plastic Surgery, Dental Treatment and Cosmetic Products (@esteistanbultr) Updated, 1:09 PM PST: Following publication of this story, the clinic restricted this post and disallowed embedding for reasons unknown. The images below depict the post as of 8:23 AM PST today. The clinic blocked Surgical Times’ primary means of contact, following our inquires regarding three earlier sets of…

Kaydell Brown had just celebrated her 38th birthday. After a tough few years, she had started rebuilding her life and hoped cosmetic surgery would help. Instead, it killed her. The mother of two from Sheffield made initial enquiries about procedures to Clinic Expert in Istanbul who swiftly suggested a “Mummy MOT” – multiple procedures including a tummy tuck, liposuction and a Brazilian butt lift.

The 40 most notable public figures in cosmetic surgery content creation this year on TikTok. Rated according to follower count, industry influence, and, very rarely, notoriety.

When Roiann Marrelli made the decision to go under the knife for a breast lift and augmentation in 2021, she hoped the surgery would improve her self-esteem. … All surgeries pose risk. But in a lawsuit Marrelli filed last year, she alleged that the infection was caused by malpractice on the part of Christopher Kelly, the surgeon who performed her original procedure. That lawsuit was settled out of court recently — after her interview with FOX 13 News — for an undisclosed amount and with no admission of malpractice or liability.

At only seven weeks old, Persana is hardly a household name, but the peer-vetted doctors on this glossy platform are among the most famous in the fields of plastic surgery and dermatology. If you’re even a casual follower of aesthetics—and happen to have been scrolling Instagram on July 10, when the site debuted—you likely thumbed past at least a few black-and-white posts from newly “Persana verified” derms and surgeons. They were all announcing the launch of what they describe as the “first and only aesthetic health services platform that connects you with best-in-class physicians.” Dubbed “Your Aesthetic Concierge,” the site features doctor…

“Alright, y’all wouldn’t drink water out of a water bottle that’d been roasting in 106 degrees like it is in Austin all the time here. Because it would leach microplastics out of the water bottle, into your system when you drank the fluids. Similarly, when you’ve been in a sauna—ones that really go high in temperature up to like 200, 220, they will leach chemicals out of the shell into your system. I’ve seen this in my patients, so I want you to be careful.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD (@breastimplantillnessexpert)

A Miami plastic surgeon accused of sub-standard surgical practices and pre-signing blank prescription forms will have to come out of his pocket with $26,000 as part of his punishment from the state Board of Medicine. Nothing in Tuesday’s final order from the board settling three of the four Florida Department of Health administrative complaints against Dr. Julio Clavijo-Alvarez affects his day-to-day business. The settlement agreement involved no suspension or probation of the American Board of Plastic Surgery board-certified doctor. All it demanded of Clavijo-Alvarez is his time and money — the time involved in four continuing medical education courses (liposuction,…

A man accused of posing as a doctor and performing cosmetic surgery on a woman in Los Angeles is now facing criminal charges, the LA County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Cristian Adrian Perez Latorre, 53, has been charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery with serious injury and six counts of practicing medicine without a certification. Prosecutors have also filed a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury, which carries a sentencing enhancement. According to prosecutors, he was impersonating a doctor and had no medical license when he carried out the surgery…

A controversial chain of cut-rate plastic surgery clinics whose doctors have been accused of horribly botched procedures and sexually exploiting patients on the operating table is blaming a rogue staffer for leaking its dirty laundry to the media. In a $5 million lawsuit obtained by The Independent, Goals Aesthetics & Plastic Surgery accuses onetime office manager Ashley Baldwin of violating federal law by exposing alleged wrongdoing by its surgeons without the affected patients’ permission. The suit says Baldwin breached “trade secret and medical records laws” by offering sensitive medical records and photos she said showed grave malpractice by Goals, to “no…

Do we need a new option for breast augmentations?  According to The Aesthetic Society’s recent report, breast augmentations are down by 2.2% since the previous year. While this is a small dip, it reflects a decline in the desire to enhance breasts using traditional implants. As more patients seek alternatives, options like fat transfer, breast lift, and reduction are gaining popularity. Additionally, the Motiva brand, known for its innovative breast implant technology, is introducing a new contender: the Mia Femtech procedure. Unlike traditional breast implants, this procedure aims to “harmonize” the breasts and offers a modest boost in volume without leaving a scar. … The term “injectable” can…

A Turkish facial plastic surgeon known for hyper-viral social media content is being sued by a featured patient who says the images of him that went viral last week are altered and inauthentic. That’s according to a live, on-the-ground interview conducted in Turkey on Sunday, where the alleged surgeries are said to have taken place. First to find and speak to the patient featured on social media was Ekol TV, a Turkish news station, who broke this news early Monday, June 3, 2024. Clinic’s Claim, Now Deleted: “We performed facelift, necklift, lower eyelid blepharoplasty, upper blepharoplasty, buccal fat removal, rhinoplasty,…

A 41-year-old mother of four has died of procedural complications following a trip to Matamoros, Mexico, for cosmetic surgery, early information indicates. Early available information confirms Sherry Jo Linney-Gilmore, 41, perished, and suggests that she experienced abdominal pain shortly after surgery. Nurses attributed it to routine discomfort, such as can occur after anesthesia, rather than the severe and life-threatening complication it was. Gilmore was transported to a hospital in Brownsville, Texas. There, doctors said Gilmore’s intestines had been perforated during liposuction surgery, causing sepsis and her demise, according to an online note attributed to family, first reported and shared by…

A woman who got a Brazilian butt lift surgery and other cosmetic work during COVID is now sharing what she wish she knew beforehand. Tips, Regrets, Warnings TikTok user @damxoxo8 says she wish she knew the following about Brazilian butt lift surgery, in summary: @damxoxo8 What YOU should know before getting a BBL! #fypage #fypシ゚viral #bbl #bbltruth #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp ♬ MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS) – Tommy Richman

A 30-year-old New York beauty technician, botched in a 2022 tummy tuck procedure by an unnamed surgeon who she says “almost killed” her, has had pro bono revision and repair work at the hands of Philadelphia plastic surgeon Christian Subbio, M.D. It’s a bright spot on a 200lb weight loss and skin removal surgery journey that has attracted the support and attention of nearly 70,000 followers and friends across social media. Victoria Michaels (@nulleigh) was “botched, neglected and abused,” two years ago, after losing almost 200 pounds. She says she awoke from that surgery and “looked horrendous,” and was then…

The results of a cross-sectional study suggest that social media empowers plastic surgery patients. The study, accepted April 24, 2023 and published in April 2024 in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery concluded: Social media use appears to have a positive impact on PRS patient empowerment, which may reflect better patient decision-making and autonomy when consulting with their plastic surgeon. “Our study suggests that connecting to social media is associated with meaningful increases in empowerment for PRS patients, and may have positive effects on patient-centered decision-making.” Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, ASPS Member Surgeon of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center…

A woman whose ruptured breast implants were filled with industrial-grade silicone experienced severe breast pain and autoimmune diseases, says the surgeon who successfully removed them while preventing their toxic content from seeping into her body. Explant surgeon Joshua Lampert, MD, says the patient, who flew from Virginia to Miami for surgery, had been given a brand of breast implants in Columbia that are no longer produced or available worldwide. Their manufacturer, PIP (Poly Implant Prothèse), was liquidated in 2010, and its founder sentenced to four years in prison in 2013. PIP was found to be using industrial-grade silicone in its…

A new book by sociologist and author Sarah Thornton, “Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts,” is set to be released May 7, published by W.W. Norton & Company. A pre-release essay adapted from Tits Up appeared Saturday in The Wall Street Journal titled, “I Used to Judge Women Who Got Boob Jobs. Then I Got One.” “During training we were told that if women wanted to go flat, it was a sign of poor mental health. It was assumed that she didn’t care about her body,” said [Austin, Tx.,…

A beloved Chilean influencer is feeling brand-new and better than ever after having her breast implants removed. In four videos of her explant experience and early outcome—seen 9.978 million times in under a week—Bramty Juliette, 29, is bright, vibrant, and ‘feeling better than ever.’ Bramty had her breast implants removed on Wednesday, April 24, undergoing the procedure with Dr. David Rankin, a board-certified surgeon and explant specialist in Florida. “How could I be living such a healthy, holistic, natural life with two foreign objects in my chest?,” Bramty writes in a caption. Bramty says her body—her temple—was “fighting” the presence…