Cheap medical corporates blamed for rise in ‘cosmetic cowboy’ doctorsÂ
Dr Anoop Rastogi, president of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine, backs a proposed endorsement model to clean up the profession’s image
Some cosmetic surgeons are about to have their world turned upside down by regulators after a spate of media investigations into shonky, ill-trained practitioners.Â
In an industry apparently worth $1.4 billion a year, is banning non-fellowship surgeons from using the title ‘surgeon’ the answer? And just how many bad cosmetic doctors are there?