RACGP says ‘cosmeticians’ should be banned from ‘surgeon’ title
Without additional training, doctors should not be calling themselves 'cosmetic surgeons', it argues
GPs who have completed advanced surgical training beyond their fellowship should be allowed to adopt the title of ‘GP surgeon’, but untrained cosmetic doctors should be banned from using the surgeon term altogether, the RACGP says.
The college has suggested that doctors who call themselves cosmetic surgeons but don’t have the additional training should call themselves ‘cosmeticians’ — or just doctors.
