Plastic surgeon warns Australians about risks of overseas cosmetic surgery amid rising complications [Video]

A plastic surgeon is warning Australians to reconsider having cosmetic surgery overseas, as he revealed how many patients were returning with complications requiring further surgery.

Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons president Dr David Morgan said about six to 10 of his patients a year had experienced complications as a result of an overseas plastic surgery.

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“Our members would be seeing them every week … I’m one of about 450 surgeons in the country,” he said.

His advice comes as an Adelaide social media influencer has been appearing in advertisements for a Korean medical tourism agency to promote her plastic surgery.

However, Morgan said going overseas was fraught with risk.

“They’re in a health system they’re unfamiliar with, often with a language barrier that they can’t broach either (so) they’re putting themselves at significant risk,” Morgan said.

For some patients, …