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Secrets of a Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgeon

with Robert Kotler, MD, FACS

Are you thinking about cosmetic surgery and wondering what to expect? Dr. Robert Kotler is a board certified cosmetic facial surgeon in Beverly Hills. He's here to discuss how to select a cosmetic surgeon, computer imaging, celebrities makeovers, and much more.

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Priscilla Presley and Silicone

“Priscilla Presley is the victim of botched cosmetic procedures.”

From (TMZ):

Priscilla, whose face looks … strange on “Dancing with the Stars,” went to Dr. Daniel Serrano around 2003. Serrano was a good-looking doc from Argentina who hooked into Hollywood’s social A-list and started giving them what he claimed were miracle injections that worked better than Botox.

In fact, Serrano was injecting industrial, low-grade silicone similar to what’s used to lubricate auto parts in Argentina into the faces of these women.

Another celebrity falls into the hands of the wrong doctor for cosmetic surgery. So much for fame and fortune immunizing against bad selection of professionals.

If these people – presumably with savvy connections – and living in the world’s epicenter of cosmetic surgery, Beverly Hills, can’t pick the right doctor, or at least one with a CA medical license, what about the less sophisticated of America?

My latest book, The Essential Cosmetic Surgery Companion, a unique workbook, really makes it easy to avoid doing dumb things. It even has links to the Federation of State Medical Boards to facilitate checking that the doctor working out of his patients’ homes (a huge RED FLAG) has a valid medical license.

It’s sad that the great accomplishments of modern cosmetic surgery are tainted by crooks, charlatans and grifters. But, in this world, medical or otherwise, it is “Buyer Beware!”

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