BAAPS Annual Audit cited in The Mail Onlines piece on #cosmeticsurgery and regret. BAAPS internal survey from 2013 showed that patients were often dangerously misinformed by salespeople. BAAPS President Rajiv Grover concluded: “Essentially what our survey shows, is that at the very least one in five patients (on average) is unsuitable for surgery – but surgeons are trained and qualified to spot this and advise them appropriately. The accepted concept of Informed Consent is severely compromised when the patient doesn’t even meet their surgeon until the day of their operation. It’s little wonder that we constantly hear horror stories of bad outcomes and dissatisfied patients when many of them shouldn’t have undergone the procedure in the first place! The reality is that, in the right circumstances, aesthetic plastic surgery can have a positive impact on a person’s life. Under the wrong conditions – particularly in a sales-driven, ‘stack em high’ environment – the results can be no less than catastrophic. We’re handing the Government the scalpel: it’s time to cut out bad practice.”
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:51:06 +0000
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