‘Glute master’ influencer banned by healthcare watchdog

Khadije Dandachli is accused of posing as a nurse and injecting unknown substances into the buttocks of patients, allegations she denies.

• May 8, 2024
• by Angus Thomson

Aylin was told she’d wake up beautiful. Instead, she feels deformed

The mother of five is one of more than 1000 former patients registered as part of a class action against celebrity surgeon Daniel Lanzer.

• September 24, 2023
• by Aisha Dow

Botox and other injectables the focus of cosmetic industry crackdown

Peak health regulatory bodies will review non-surgical cosmetic procedures by doctors, nurses, dentists and other practitioners.

• September 5, 2023
• by Laura Banks

Crackdown on deceptive social media posts by cosmetic doctors

Simone Williams was left deformed after she fell prey to a cosmetic doctor’s photoshopped social media posts.

• April 4, 2023
• by Kate Aubusson

‘Legitimises the activities of unscrupulous operators’: Cosmetic surgery safety fears

Doctors say a new endorsement model, backed by the country’s health ministers, will give a green light for practitioners to undertake invasive surgery without a surgical qualification.

• March 20, 2023
• by Natassia Chrysanthos

Prominent cosmetic surgeon facing avalanche of lockdown charges and civil lawsuits

Before Taylor underwent a common cosmetic surgical procedure, Dr Reza Ahmadi assured her everything would be fine. But she claims in a Supreme Court writ that the procedure left her disfigured and in pain.

• February 12, 2023
• by David Estcourt

Health regulator lowering safety standards for cosmetic surgery, specialists say

A new system to allow medical practitioners who are not specialists to perform cosmetic operations would put patients at risk of more harm, senior specialists warn as they call for a royal commission.

• February 5, 2023
• by Wendy Tuohy

Slow, unaccountable and riven: Is the national healthcare watchdog sick?

Insiders, doctors, patients and experts all warn the national health regulator AHPRA may not be fit for purpose.

• January 22, 2023
• by Charlotte Grieve

Cosmetic Cowboys

We take you inside one of the country’s best-known clinics and uncover a litany of poor practices.

Strict new rules on who can call themselves a cosmetic ‘surgeon’

Doctors without suitable qualifications will be banned from calling themselves cosmetic surgeons.

• December 15, 2022
• by Adele Ferguson and James Massola