Plastic surgery addiction

[Debbie]

Does a plastic surgeon hold any medical responsibility when a patient comes in time and time again for plastic surgery that is not medically necessary nor for aesthetic reasons?

As in the patient comes in 10, 15, 20 or more times and clearly is either mentally unwell or has body dysmorphic disorder.

Sure I bet someone will say it is the fame that comes with it that drives the person to want more bizarre or unrealistic features.

I read stories like this and just feel sadness for this man and there are quite a few of them in the world with plastic surgery addiction.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11920204

 

[Matthew Craig]

I'm glad Michael Jackson is dead.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Does a plastic surgeon hold any medical responsibility when a patient comes in time and time again for plastic surgery that is not medically necessary nor for aesthetic reasons?

As in the patient comes in 10, 15, 20 or more times and clearly is either mentally unwell or has body dysmorphic disorder.

Sure I bet someone will say it is the fame that comes with it that drives the person to want more bizarre or unrealistic features.

I read stories like this and just feel sadness for this man and there are quite a few of them in the world with plastic surgery addiction.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11920204

Imagine that. Little Johnny decides to become little Suy and because it can, the medical profession obliges because the psycho doctors have decided to normalize mental illness...

I pointed this out a month or two ago featuring the woman who packed her legs in dry ice to get the amputations that would make her feel more comfortable with her self-identification as an amputee.

 

[Hypoxia]

Medical technology evolves rapidly. The impossible a decade ago is now common. We can be sure that body modifications will become easier, cheaper, more automated, eventually automatic.

Soon you'll pick your perfect face and body from holo displays, then float in a bubble as lasers lovingly sculpt you. Next week, another body. Soon, another gender, or species, or biology. You wanna be a hermaphroditic badger or an intelligent group-mind of sulphur-eating primordial slime molds? No problem.

Recurrent plastic surgeries are more habituation than addiction. Is repainting your finger or toe nails an addiction? Are tats and piercings a bad habit? Do new pube-decorating styles demand psychiatric intervention?

Bottom line: People are nutz and do many nutzy things. Hey, trim my nose!

 

[Hypoxia]

My understanding is that in USA, once one possesses an MD degree, one can hang just about any shingle desired in a high-paid specialty. You may train in radiology but call yourself a plastic surgeon or whatever. Sure, you won't have board certification plaques on your wall, but you can print all sorts of official-looking crap. You might want to hire new surgical graduates to do the actual work so you don't kill people.

 

[lickitandstickit]

Interesting article. A permanent stiff one huh? Ahhh,, to be 18 again...

 

[Amoebah]

"Croat goes to Iran for nose job, comes home with a boner."

And you believe him.

 

[RocketLauncher]

Interesting article, a bit misleading though. It seems it's the anesthetic that caused the priapism. No parasympathetic nerves by the nose have any correlation to the penis. It's unfair to blame the plastic surgeon for his permanent boner, it would be the douchebag's reaction to the anesthesia. As to the question should plastic surgeon's be held responsible for people's addictions, of course, to a degree. If a doctor becomes aware that a patient is suffering from any addiction the doctor should direct that patient to seek counselling. If the patient refuses then the doctor has fulfilled their obligation. Btw anyone who thinks tattoos and body modifications can't be addictive has never had a tattoo (spoken from personal experience lol). I agree plastic surgery can be addictive and that addiction can be the resultant cause of a root mental health issue. Anyone that so desperately needs to undergo multiple surgeries to alter their looks has some deep self loathing issues. Going once or twice to improve what one may see as slight fault or on occasion to appear more youthful in this youth driven society is not addicted or mentally ill. But seriously? This man looks frightening, as does the woman who calls herself the living Barbie. I'd feel sad for him if I wasn't so horrified by his appearance. Coffee and priapisms, ahhh gotta love Monday mornings