Regulators have suspended a Medicine Hat family physician following a pair of botched cosmetic procedures.

Dr. Adriaan Kriel has been barred from practising medicine as of Aug. 10 after unprofessionally performing an eyelid revision and a liposuction that resulted in poor outcomes for two women.

A tribunal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta also found Kriel, a family doctor “with an interest in cosmetic procedures,” conducted 610 of the operations in his office, which was an unaccredited and unapproved setting, from 2005 to 2019.

“Dr. Kriel was accused of displaying a lack of skill and judgment in his medical practice after performing a cosmetic blepharoplasty (eyelid revision surgery) and liposuction on two patients. Both patients experienced complications, which Dr. Kriel failed to treat appropriately,” the college said in a news release.

“He performed these procedures over a number of years in unaccredited, non-hospital surgical facilities.”

A month after a blepharoplasty performed in June 2018, a specialist examined Kriel’s patient and found she “presented with a generalized deformed appearance, an inability to completely close her eyes, generalized discomfort, facial swelling and mildly blurred vision.”

Another specialist noted that six months after an October 2018 liposuction, the patient “presented with a significant number blotchy scars, several areas of redness and a buried suture beneath her skin,” stated the tribunal decision.

“Protruding from several of the scars was some brown material. (The patient) subsequently underwent four operations with the specialist to have at least 12 scars revised by excising the scars.”

The tribunal also concluded Kriel failed to adequately address the surgeries’ complications and had inaccurately reported to the CPSA that he had stopped performing blepharoplasties.

But they also noted the physician has generally served his communities well for many years, that he hadn’t been previously disciplined and he fully accepted responsibility for his actions.

Kriel has been ordered to pay the $19,252 cost of the investigation into his case and its hearing, and that he provide the CPSA written assurance he will not perform any procedure that must be provided in an accredited facility.

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Working as a superyacht hostess around the Mediterranean, Nicole Reed started having body image issues. Images of Instagram models added to Reed’s feeling of inadequacy. After a recommendation from a friend, Reed went to Turkey for multiple cosmetic surgeries at unbelievably low prices. However, the cheap surgeries proved harmful when her breast lift surgery did not heal according to plan.

Because she had to spend most of her time in a bikini surrounded by other bikini-clad women, Reed started feeling that her body was inadequate. She claimed that after losing some weight, she felt that her breasts had started to sag.

Reed, who already had lip fillers, wanted to get breast implants to enlarge her breasts. A friend suggested that getting the surgery done overseas could save her thousands. Contacting a clinic in Turkey, Reed got her breast implant surgery done for £2,800.

Excited by the results and the cost, Reed decided to return to the clinic for more body-transforming surgeries. The 30-year-old woman, originally from Auckland, New Zealand, scheduled another trip to Turkey in 2017.

Reed spoke to the doctor at the clinic about getting a breast lift, face graft, liposuction, and a Brazilian butt lift. Speaking to The Sun, Reed described her surgery wish list as a shopping list which she wanted to tick items off of.

When she discussed the surgeries she wanted to get done, the doctor suggested she get them done all at once. He claimed that the surgeries could be dealt with as a single surgery which would cost her less money.

After getting multiple procedures done together during a seven-hour surgery, Reed awoke to tremendous pain. She could not lie on her back nor her front due to surgeries to her buttocks as well as her breasts. Even though she complained of pain to the nurse and the doctors, she was released from the hospital after two days.

Spending a week alone in a hotel in Istanbul, Reed decided to fly to Thailand to recover there. After a painful flight, Reed was left in a horrible physical condition.

In Thailand, she noticed that the wounds had opened up and were secreting pus. Doctors there removed her stitches and prescribed antibiotics. The phone number of the clinic in Turkey remained uncontactable. Reed decided to return to New Zealand.

In New Zealand, nurses and doctors were shocked at the condition of Reed’s breasts. Her doctor informed her that her breasts had become infected by bacteria. She needed to give her breast time to heal while diligently cleaning the dressing.

Reed shared the trauma she undergoes every time she has to look at her mutilated breasts. Her doctor informed her that she came close to losing her implants and once her breasts healed, she could get corrective surgery done.

Warning against getting cheap cosmetic surgeries done, Reed laments the mental and physical trauma she faced due to her own bad decision.

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Tiffany “New York” Pollard made her return to “Botched” on Monday night’s Season Six premiere, where she went back under the knife to get her breast implants removed for good.

Back in 2015, the reality TV star first appeared on the show to get a nose job and reduction of her then-massive implants. 4 years later, she was back with new problems.

“I’m back to talk about the troubles I’ve been having with my titties. I love that word,” Pollard exclaimed on Monday’s premiere. “When I currently look at my breasts now, they literally remind me of Snoopy’s ears on my chest.”

he explained that in the months after her initial surgery from Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif, her implants began sliding and drooping again. She also believed that her implants were making her sick — as she details feeling light headed, having a hard time concentrating and suffering from diarrhea.

Dubrow explained that the “most rapidly expanding” procedure of his practice is taking breast implants out, as more and more women believe they have breast implant illness. He also said that it appeared Pollard may have a “genetic predisposition towards stretching of the skin,” leading to the drooping and sliding.

Agreeing to have her implants removed, Pollard said she wanted to be sure she would still “feel feminine and full-busted” after her procedure, warning, “I just don’t wanna look flat.” She joked, “My boyfriend does like pancakes but I don’t think he’s gonna want to butter these up and eat them.”

Ever the soundbite machine, Tiffany added that she was “so excited to embark on this new healthy phase in my life,” exclaiming she was ready to “feel beautiful and confident and go in there and get my titties cut out.”

Dubrow explained that they removed her implants, excised any extra skin and created new breasts with the remaining tissue. They also gave her a breast lift. Even when she was coming out of anesthesia, Pollard was thrilled — and hilarious as ever.

“When your tits don’t sag anymore, you recognize your womanhood in a whole new way,” said the slightly loopy star. “I’ve never woken up from a surgery and felt this beautiful. You did not make me a part of the itty bitty titty committee. I still feel a little bit of Dolly Parton in my blood! I’m ready to go clubbin’.”

In a followup visit, Pollard showed off the results of her surgery and said she now feels “so alive.” Regarding her new breasts, she said, “I love them so much. I feel lighter, more energetic and more feminine with the smaller breasts than I do with the bigger ones.”

“I no longer feel sick and I’m naturally abundant,” she added. “Turns out, you can be natural and still be the HBIC.”

On Instagram earlier today, Tiffany revealed it’s been about six months since the operation. The right photo above was taken earlier this month in Los Angeles.

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