Archive for March, 2010:
Is Smart Lipo Really Smart?
Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon Dr. Paul Wigoda talks about the differences between “smart lipo” and ultrasonic liposuction. For more information on liposuction at The Aesthetics Institute visit Dr. Wigoda’s Web site: www.drwigoda.com
Orange County woman gets 6 months for fake breasts heist
Orange County woman gets 6 months for fake breasts heist
WESTMINSTER — An Orange County woman’s new breasts cost her six months in jail. Yvonne Jean Pampellonne was sentenced Monday in Westminster for using a fraudulent line of credit to obtain $12,000 in cosmetic surgery, including breast implants and liposuction.
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Woman Left Brain Dead After Having Laser Lipo!!!
A mother of three is in a coma after having a routine laser liposuction procedure at Weston Med Spa in Weston, Fla. Her devastated family is asking what went wrong. According to CBS News correspondent Michelle Gielan, laser liposuction is practiced in many plastic surgery offices across the country. “It’s a procedure that’s so safe that the government allows us to do in an office setting under local anesthesia, without all the regulatory equipment that an anesthesiologist would require,” said Dr. Jason Shapiro, an aesthetic doctor. Then how did Rohi Kah-Orukotan, a 37-year-old mother of three end, up on life support after this minimally invasive procedure? Brian Bieber, attorney for Dr. J. Omar Brito, who performed the liposuction on Kah-Orukotan at his Florida medical spa, said in a statement, “All pre-op procedures were followed. The surgery ran smoothly until the end when there was a complication. The doctor did nothing wrong and we are cooperating fully with the investigation.” But her family wants answers as to how this could have gone so wrong. “We just want the whole world to know that Rohi is a very sweet lady and we just hate to lose her and for those kids to be without their mother,” said Oking Habib, the victim’s uncle. The family has hired an attorney amid allegations that the Weston Med Spa is not licensed to perform liposuction. “Something went horribly wrong, because a 37-year-old healthy woman doesn’t go in for these types of procedures that were …
Liposuction?
I’ve heard adds on the radio here in Michigan for some place that does liposuction using some ultrasonic vibrations or something of that sort. Anyone know what I’m talking about? What’s the name of the place that does it?
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