Thanks for posting about your experience with Lifestyle Lift. You said that "So I have been requested to comment on the lifestyle lift I had done last July 2011". Did Lifestyle Lift request that you do this, and if so, did they pay you to do so or offer you a discount on another procedure? Thank you.
As pointed out by another member and in your Real Self bio, you are only board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, so you are an ENT and not a board certified plastic surgeon or facial plastic surgeon. It also appears that most of the Lifestyle Lift doctors are ENTs and I don't know why you are allowed to do facelifts...or even able to post as a plastic surgeon on this site..?
With regard to the unlicensed aide removing this patient's sutures at their house, you said this was done "under the direction" of a doctor. So were you in your car out-front or in the patient's garage (ie- on site) when you directed an unlicensed person to remove this patient's sutures?
According to the Texas Medical Board, "permitting, aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to perform activities requiring a license" constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Tasks that cannot be performed by medical assistants or unlicensed persons include:
* triage,
* administering medications through any route,
* administering contrast dyes or injections of any kind,
* placing or removing sutures,
* taking x-rays or independently positioning patients for x-rays,
* applying casts,
* first assisting in surgical procedures.
So you are admitting guilt related to the 4th one - how many others?
What is amazing to me is that "an aide came to my house to remove the bandages and stitches".
To have an unlicensed person remove your stitches, at your house no less, sounds like practicing medicine without a license. Speak with an attorney and the local media. Above all, you should report your doctor and the whole Dallas center to the Texas Medical Board. That office should be investigated.
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Posted to LifeStyle Lift - Ontario, CA on 18 Feb 2012
Posted to Don't Do It - Dallas, TX on 13 Feb 2012
As pointed out by another member and in your Real Self bio, you are only board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, so you are an ENT and not a board certified plastic surgeon or facial plastic surgeon. It also appears that most of the Lifestyle Lift doctors are ENTs and I don't know why you are allowed to do facelifts...or even able to post as a plastic surgeon on this site..?
With regard to the unlicensed aide removing this patient's sutures at their house, you said this was done "under the direction" of a doctor. So were you in your car out-front or in the patient's garage (ie- on site) when you directed an unlicensed person to remove this patient's sutures?
According to the Texas Medical Board, "permitting, aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to perform activities requiring a license" constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Tasks that cannot be performed by medical assistants or unlicensed persons include:
* triage,
* administering medications through any route,
* administering contrast dyes or injections of any kind,
* placing or removing sutures,
* taking x-rays or independently positioning patients for x-rays,
* applying casts,
* first assisting in surgical procedures.
So you are admitting guilt related to the 4th one - how many others?
Posted to Don't Do It - Dallas, TX on 4 Feb 2012
What is amazing to me is that "an aide came to my house to remove the bandages and stitches".
To have an unlicensed person remove your stitches, at your house no less, sounds like practicing medicine without a license. Speak with an attorney and the local media. Above all, you should report your doctor and the whole Dallas center to the Texas Medical Board. That office should be investigated.