Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Buyer of Beauty Beware - The Four Corners Report



"As Australians queue for breast enhancements, tummy tucks, nose jobs and liposuction, Jonathan Holmes asks if safety lags behind profits in the booming and sparsely regulated business of cosmetic surgery."

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Dr Cynthia Weinstein - Cosmetic Doctor


Dr Cynthia Weinstein seems to know how to find trouble.

She's been in the 'bad books' with authorities, over and again.

She's a member of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS).

Have a read about her!

Dodgy Doc's Bubble Bursts in Plastic World

Dr Skin Accused of Botched Operations

A Blemished Career

Pioneer Cosmetic Surgeon Faces New Peer Probe

Dr Daniel Lanzer - Cosmetic Surgeon


Back in 2006 Today Tonight got a drubbing from Media Watch for a credulous story it ran on a procedure that was being offered by Dr Daniel Lanzer.

Dr Lanzer is a member of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS)

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Pamela Noon - Cosmetic Surgery Consultant


Pamela Noon is a cosmetic surgery consultant.

She was recently featured on two Channel 9 programs.

So... should we believe the good news we saw on the 'Kerrie-Anne Show' or the bad news we saw on A Current Affair? And to what extent should we rely on media representations at all to derive our information about cosmetic surgery?

Check out the Media Watch story by Jonathan Holmes and enter into your own deliberations!


Pamela Noon has been getting a pretty bad wrap (she says its a bum wrap) from Channel 9's A Current Affair (ACA) concerning the way she runs her cosmetic surgery cosultancy business, for the last 10 years or so.


But paid advertorial on Channel 9's, Mornings with Kerrie-Anne paints a different, more alluring picture.


Pamela Noon with Ros Switzer on the Kerrie-Anne Show.
She reckons "good facial surgery will have you looking as young as you feel".

Click here to view the Media Watch story