What's the big difference? They all do boob jobs don't they?
They sure do, but there's a little more to consider than just that!
Actually 'plastics v cosmetics' is one of the most controversial issues in cosmetic surgery, and if you're thinking about having cosmetic surgery of any kind, it's an issue you need to get your head around before you take the big leap.
Another thing you need to get your head around is that this industry is not well regulated, in fact it's barely regulated at all, and this may be hard for some to believe.
Many consumers assume wrongly I'm afraid, that because it's surgery, the regulators must be right across it. That's the way it should be of course, but unfortunately that's not the way that it is.
Did you know that anyone with a basic medical degree is legally, albeit to many, controversially entitled to perform complex, invasive cosmetic surgery procedures, and describe themselves as cosmetic surgeons?
Its a matter which has most Plastic Surgeons fuming- they have 7 to 10, and often 12 years, of formal Australian Medical Council (AMC) accredited specialist training further to their basic GP qualification.
Click on the following links to learn more about your surgeon choices in this industry.
Buyer of Beauty, Beware - The Four Corners Report
"It’s plastic surgeons versus cosmetic surgeons, scalpels drawn. The plastic surgeons deride cosmetic surgeons as lacking qualifications and breadth of"... By Jonathan Holmes
Patients at Risk in Ugly Cosmetic Surgery Wars - "A turf war between plastic surgeons and self-styled "cosmetic surgeons" has left the industry dangerously unregulated, despite a damning report calling for change seven years ago." By Louise Hall
Cosmetic Surgery Regulations Lag in NSW -Nearly10 years after the State Government commissioned a report on cosmetic surgery, most of its main recommendations have not been implemented. By Valerie Lawson
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- Deidre Nolan
- deidre.nolan@yahoo.com.au Advocating for justice, safety and tranparency in the ill regulated field of cosmetic surgery.
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Supreme Court Action: Deidre Nolan vs Dr Anoop Rastogi
I am currently being sued for defamation with malice (which I deny) by high profile GP cosmetic surgeon, Dr Anoop Rastogi, who is well known to viewers of Mornings with Kerri-Anne.
Dr Rastogi is a member of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS).
Like Dr Rastogi most members of the ACCS are GP's.
Some may be dermatologists, ENT's or other. A few are plastic surgeons.
The ACCS, in and of itself, is not accredited with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) although its indivdual constituents will be, whether as GP's, dermatologists and so on.
The AMC is the only body nationally which is authorised to accredit medical training on behalf of the Federal Government.
Medical training and accreditation provided by the ACCS is not accredited by the AMC; it is not recognised specialist training.
Dr Rastogi sues me, amongst other things, for comments I have published in relation to certain documents in the public domain, including comments I have made in relation to the remarks of the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes MLC speaking on Dr Rastogi and Cosmetic Surgery Regulation in the NSW Parliament.
In a move which I support, Dr Moyes has also recently called for the exclusion of GP's from the practice of cosmetic surgery, and stated his view that Plastic Surgeons are best placed to undertake cosmetic surgery.
Controversially to many, GP's and other non-Plastic Surgeon medics are legally entitled to describe themselves as cosmetic surgeons and perform invasive cosmetic procedures such as breast implantation and liposuction, which the CHOICE consumer group has recently identified as one of the most dangerous forms of cosmetic surgery.
The ACCS disputes the idea that Plastic Surgeons are best placed to perform cosmetic surgery, and claims that its training programs and codes of practice are high quality, denying any inferiority, as practitioners of cosmetic surgery, where its members are concerned.
The ACCS currently seeks endorsements with the AMC, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
I am subject to an interim injunction whilst Dr Rastogi's complaints about my publications are processed by the Court.
I am defending my publications.
None of the above should be taken to express any opinion whatsoever, concerning Dr Rastogi's individual competence as a practitioner of cosmetic surgery.
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Dr Rastogi is a member of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS).
Like Dr Rastogi most members of the ACCS are GP's.
Some may be dermatologists, ENT's or other. A few are plastic surgeons.
The ACCS, in and of itself, is not accredited with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) although its indivdual constituents will be, whether as GP's, dermatologists and so on.
The AMC is the only body nationally which is authorised to accredit medical training on behalf of the Federal Government.
Medical training and accreditation provided by the ACCS is not accredited by the AMC; it is not recognised specialist training.
Dr Rastogi sues me, amongst other things, for comments I have published in relation to certain documents in the public domain, including comments I have made in relation to the remarks of the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes MLC speaking on Dr Rastogi and Cosmetic Surgery Regulation in the NSW Parliament.
In a move which I support, Dr Moyes has also recently called for the exclusion of GP's from the practice of cosmetic surgery, and stated his view that Plastic Surgeons are best placed to undertake cosmetic surgery.
Controversially to many, GP's and other non-Plastic Surgeon medics are legally entitled to describe themselves as cosmetic surgeons and perform invasive cosmetic procedures such as breast implantation and liposuction, which the CHOICE consumer group has recently identified as one of the most dangerous forms of cosmetic surgery.
The ACCS disputes the idea that Plastic Surgeons are best placed to perform cosmetic surgery, and claims that its training programs and codes of practice are high quality, denying any inferiority, as practitioners of cosmetic surgery, where its members are concerned.
The ACCS currently seeks endorsements with the AMC, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
I am subject to an interim injunction whilst Dr Rastogi's complaints about my publications are processed by the Court.
I am defending my publications.
None of the above should be taken to express any opinion whatsoever, concerning Dr Rastogi's individual competence as a practitioner of cosmetic surgery.
Click here to view video
Blog List
Links
- The Bloody Pursuit of Perfection (liposuction)
- Pioneer Cosmetic Surgeon Faces New Peer Probe - The Age
- Blood, Passion and Botched Jobs to Rival Nip/Tuck - SMH
- They Call that Journalism - Media Watch
- Ad or Cad? - Media Watch
- Breast Implants Triple Rate of Suicide - The Daily Telegraph
- Study: Breast Implants Up Suicide Risk - Fox News
- Excessive Liposuction - At Smart Lipo
- Excessive Liposuction - Liposuction.com
- Cosmetic Surgery Regulations Lag in NSW - SMH
- The Cosmetic Surgery Report - By Dr Merrilyn Walton
- Patients at Risk in Ugly Cosmetic Surgery Wars - SMH
- Choice Magazine - Cosmetic Surgery
- Call to Halt the Cowboy Surgeons - The Australian
- Paula's Choice Australia - Cosmetic Surgery
- Buyer of Beauty Beware - Four Corners Report