Cheap medical corporates blamed for rise in ‘cosmetic cowboy’ doctors 

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
Dr Anoop Rastogi.

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. 

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?