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South Korean surgery company cancels Sydney event after questions
South Korean cosmetic surgery company Restory Plastic Surgery cancelled a two-day event planned for Sydney after questions were raised about it.
The event had been advertised as a chance for prospective patients to meet two doctors who are not registered to practise in Australia.
Australian law bars doctors without local registration from providing medical consultations or services in the country.
The company said the doctors would not travel to Sydney and acknowledged its advertising may have given a different impression.
Meanwhile, a woman from Queensland and her mother travelled to South Korea for face and neck lifts, saying the cost was about half what they expected to pay in Australia.
The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons says wound infections and blood collecting under the skin are among the most common facelift complications requiring surgery.
The society has warned about the risks of overseas procedures and the rules for advertising medical services.
South Korean cosmetic surgery company Restory Plastic Surgery cancelled a planned Sydney event after the ABC asked questions about it.
The two-day event was advertised as a chance for prospective patients to meet two Korean doctors who are not registered to practise in Australia.
The company said the doctors would not travel to Australia or attend the event, and acknowledged its promotional material may have suggested otherwise.
The cancellation came amid warnings from Australia’s peak plastic surgery body about overseas surgery risks and rules for medical advertising.
- Who
- Restory Plastic Surgery cancelled the event. Two South Korean doctors had been advertised as attending.
- What
- The company cancelled a two-day event for prospective patients to meet Korean doctors.
- When
- The event’s date is not stated. The company cancelled it after the ABC raised questions.
- Where
- Sydney, Australia.
- Why
- The company pulled down its advertising after questions about the event and the laws on foreign doctors providing medical consultations in Australia.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Pia Marshall met a different Korean cosmetic surgery company at an expo in Melbourne.
Pia Marshall and her mother travelled to Incheon for face and neck lift procedures.
Restory Plastic Surgery took down its advertising and cancelled the planned Sydney event.
- Company
- Restory Plastic Surgery
- Planned event
- Two days in Sydney
- Doctors advertised
- Dr. I Yung Moon and Dr. Myung Joon Lee
- Australian registration
- Neither doctor was registered to practise in Australia
- Pia Marshall’s quoted price
- $36,000, including accommodation and 14 days in South Korea
What people are saying
Dr. I Yung Moon and Dr. Myung Joon Lee will not be travelling to Australia and will not be attending the Sydney event.
We acknowledge that the presentation of the promotional material may have created the impression that the doctors themselves would be travelling to Sydney, and we would like to clarify that this is not the case.
Going to Korea is about half the price of surgery here in Australia.
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