Inside the cutthroat combination of plastic surgery and social media

Richard Bradbury | Freda Liu | Arvindh Yuvaraj

27-Mar-19 12:30

Inside the cutthroat combination of plastic surgery and social media

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Plastic surgeons are blogging, posting on Instagram, and creating stories for Snapchat that often show real patients undergoing procedures in real time. These surgeons – who practice under a variety of titles – are exposing each other's mistakes, battling negative patient reviews, swiping each other's before and after photos and pushing the line between appropriate and vulgar.

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Categories: Health Policy, Diseases and Conditions, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Fitness, Science, Personal Development, Entrepreneurship, Medical Innovation and Technology, SME

Tags: plastic surgery, social media, competition,

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