Dr Michael Zacharia - Authorities Take Action!

For the protection of patients the Queensland and NSW medical boards have imposed a range of conditions and restrictions on the registration of Dr Michael Zacharia, celebrity surgeon. These relate to the possession and administration of 'anti-aging' medications.

Dr Zac as he likes to be known, is familiar to viewers of the 'Kerri Anne Show'.

Dr Zac is a qualified ENT specialist and a self styled cosmetic surgeon, not to mention a very active businessman, who regards himself as a leader in anti-aging medicine.

Amongst other things, he is associated with the Esteem cosmetic clinics in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, the About Face studio in Sydney and the Bondi Junction Private Hospital. Dr Zac is also immediate past president of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and is its current secretary.

To check any up to date details of Dr Zacharia's conditional registration, contact the Queensland and NSW medical boards.

Call to Stop the GP Infiltration of Cosmetic Surgery- Dr Gordon Moyes MLC

In the wake of the disturbing findings of the recent CHOICE report on the practices of 30 Sydney and Brisbane cosmetic surgeons,The Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes MLC has called for GP's to be excluded from the practice of cosmetic surgery, and stated his view that Plastic Surgeons are the medics who are best placed to perform this kind of surgery.

It is legal albeit highly controversial for GP's to describe themselves as cosmetic surgeons, and wield the knife in the practice of cosmetic surgery and in a lucrative industry, many do!

Plastic Surgeons have 7 to 10 years of properly accredited specialist training further to their basic GP qualification.

Dr Moyes says that problems in cosmetic surgery are further compounded by false and misleading advertising in the industry which is under regulated, and that women and girls are being placed tragically at risk in these circumstances.

Bravo Dr Moyes!

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'Deidre Nolan v Dr Anoop Rastogi' in the Media.

The Sydney Morning Herald has picked up on Dr Anoop Rastogi's Supreme Court proceedings against me. Now we're both famous!

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Ongoing Activism Despite Injunction!

Dr Anoop Rastogi's legal actions against me are an ongoing strain, and I've been as sick as! But a bit of an injunction and an illness doesn't keep a good woman down!

I'm still blogging as you can see and I now have the deidrenolan YouTube channel.

Click now to get informed about issues in cosmetic surgery.

And another thing don't forget to tell me your stories! I answer all emails and I'm happy to hear about your complaints and make representations on your behalf to parliaments or other entities in respect of concerns either about particular surgeons or issues in cosmetic surgery generally speaking. That's what I do, so don't be shy to ask!

Regards Deidre

Cosmetic Underbelly! Appalling Practices Exposed in Secret CHOICE Survey!

Do we have a dangerous breed of quacks on the loose in cosmetic surgery?

The utterly irregulated state of the industry would certainly seem to favour the liklihood.

Read the disturbing findings of a recent undercover investigation of 'cosmetic surgeons' practising in Brisbane and Sydney, which has been conducted by the highly respected CHOICE consumer group, in conjunction with the assistance of Plastic Surgeons from the highly respected Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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The Ups and Downs of Dr Martyn Mendelsohn- Another Colourful Identity in the Annals of Cosmetic Surgery!

Dr Martyn Mendelsohn

High profile medic Dr Martyn Mendelsohn 50, has told the NSW Medical Tribunal that he has allowed a 22 year old patient to perform oral sex on him his Sydney rooms, during the course of an after hours appointment where he gave her a 'nose job' without the presence or assistance of other personnel.

Oddly enough, now its his turn to go down!

Dr Mendelsohn has been struck from the medical register for the next 2 years, not only for being too sexy for his scalpel, but also for failing to properly assess and monitor the health of the woman concerned.

Dr Mendelsohn has a not unimpressive medical resume, and originally came to public prominence for his TV appearances on Good Medicine and RPA.

Unfortunately this is not the first time the good doctor's been in a spot of bother over allegations about his penis finding its way into the mouth of a patient under his care.

However allegations of sexual assault which have been made to police, have been denied by Mendelsohn, and have not resulted in successful criminal prosecutions.

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Celebrity Doctor on Rape Charge. By Natasha Wallace

Celeb Doctor Sex Assault Charge Dropped

Celebrity Doctor Tells of Oral Sex in Surgery. By Harriet Alexander

A Blowjob for a Nose Job

Doctor Had Oral Sex With Nose-Job Patient. By Lauren Wilson

RPA TV Doctor 'crossed boundary'. By Kim Arlington

Doctor Struck Off After Oral Sex with Patient

Cosmetic Surgery Regulation

Every now and then, the NSW Government makes a show of itself giving lip service to the idea of strict regulation in cosmetic surgery. I for one really object to this as it is not sincere as far as I can see, and tends to give prospective consumers a false sense of security when venturing into this field.

Recently, the NSW Government has been banging on about the need for truth in advertising in cosmetic surgery. And if you were to take the lip service to heart you might think that regulation was so stringent that no doctor would dare to indulge in the practice of false and misleading advertising to pump up his/her business prospects

You might think that fundamentally, we do have truth in advertising where cosmetic surgery is concerned, when in fact that is far from the truth of the matter, with examples of advertising and promotions that flout the ‘stringent regulations’ being plentiful and easy to find,when you know what to look for.

Basically the ‘stringent rules’ appear to be a government showpiece designed to cover up for the lack of any real and effective regulation in this area. That's certainly my view.

I’m not ‘buying it’ and neither should you! The ‘stringent rules’ are not there to protect you and me they’re there to protect the government’s backside.

That's a disgrace in and of itself ofcourse, and all the more so, because it tends to give prospective consumers the very false idea that they can relax because they are already safe and protected, and dealing with practitioners in a heavily scrutinised industry, and therefore their existence, actually seems to contribute further to the possibility or likelihood that consumers will come to harm, due to the promotion of an unwarranted sense of security, which is a dangerous thing to have, in what is in fact an essentially unregulated industry.

Consumers cannot afford to take a relaxed and trusting approach in this industry, a list of regulations without constant monitoring and scrutiny of actual activity in the industry, along with unfailing enforcement of penalties for breaches, doesn’t protect consumers from anything, and this cynical, irresponsible government knows it!

I think the government will probably continue to obfuscate in this area unless more pressure can be brought to bear upon it, and that means that media support is required, to give victims of this industry a voice.

Fortunately a few politicians in the NSW Parliament are conscious of the problems and dangers in cosmetic surgery and are willing to help.

I urge anyone, especially any victim of any kind of abuse, or other unsatisfactory treatment in cosmetic surgery, who believes that women and girls should be protected from danger and exploitation in this industry to write to media and the following politicians to give them your support and encouragement in this matter.


Ms Lee Rhiannon
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
The Greens
Phone (02) 9230 3551 Fax (02) 9230 3550 lee.rhiannon@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) member
Phone (02) 9230 3340 Fax (02) 9230 2132 gordon.moyes@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) Assistant President
Phone (02) 9230 2478 Fax (02) 9230 2098 F.Nile@parliament.nsw.gov.au


The Hon. Michael Veitch
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Deputy Government Whip in the Legislative Council Australian
Labor Party member
Phone (02) 9230 2111 Fax (02) 9233 3661 mailto:mmick.veitch@parliament.nsw.gov.au


The Hon. Catherine Cusack
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Shadow Minister for Fair Trading
Shadow Minister for Volunteering
Liberal Party member
Phone (02) 9230 2915 Fax (02) 9230 2385 catherine.cusack@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Mrs Judy Hopwood
Suite 5 The Madison, 25-29 Hunter Street, HORNSBY NSW 2077
In her capacity as Member for Hornsby
Liberal Party member
Phone (02) 9476 3411 Fax (02) 9476 2965 hornsby@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Ms Clover Moore
58 Oxford Street, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
Independent memberIn her capacity as Member for Sydney:
Phone (02) 9360 3053 Fax (02) 9331 6963 sydney@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Ms Virginia Judge
Minister for Fair Trading
Minister for Citizenship
and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts
In her capacity as Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Citizenship, and Minister Assisting the
Premier on the Arts:
Australian Labor Party member
Phone (02) 9228 5900 Fax (02) 9228 5899 office@judge.minister.nsw.gov.au
In her capacity as Member for Strathfield:
Phone (02) 9747 1711 Fax (02) 9747 6054 strathfield@parliament.nsw.gov.au


Mrs Jillian Skinner
Suite 3, 40 Yeo Street, NEUTRAL BAY NSW 2089
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Minister for Health
Liberal Party member
In her capacity as Member for North Shore:
Phone (02) 9909 2594 Fax (02) 9909 2654 northshore@parliament.nsw.gov.au