The company behind the Lifestyle Lift was penalized $300,000 for “cynical, manipulative, and illegal” activites in the state of New York. Seems they were engaging in a practice called “astroturfing”, whereby employees of the company were posing as satisfied patients on chatrooms and Plastic Surgery forums. According to the report, these were not simply overzealous »
Archive for the ‘General Plastic Surgery’ Category
Why does the world need another Plastic Surgery Blog?
If you google “plastic surgery blog”, you will get more than 3 million hits. How do we expect to make a difference with one more blog? Let me count the ways: 1- Honesty Dr. Vath and I are well known for a no-nonsense approach to Plastic Surgery and all the hype that surrounds it. If something works, »
Market-Driven Plastic Surgery: Trend or Tragedy?
Patients sometimes come to our Denver plastic surgery practice asking for a “quickie face lift” or a particular kind of lipo like “Smart” lipo that they have heard about on TV or the internet or at another physician’s office. It’s normal to want the newest thing, because technology has brought us great things. I was one »
