The California Medical Board has accused two Orange County doctors of botching plastic surgeries, with one patient claiming she received unwanted liposuction and a facelift when she only agreed to a tummy tuck.

The board filed accusations of gross negligence and incompetence this month against Dr. Harrell Robinson of Anaheim Hills and Dr. Shir Miskinyar of Santa Ana.

One woman claims Robinson performed abdominal surgery on her but she woke up to find he also gave her a face lift and liposuction, according to medical board documents. The head and neck surgeon is also accused of borrowing $15,000 from the woman and forcibly kissing her.

Another patient who had her breast implants replaced was later admitted to the hospital after Robinson failed to remove an implant that was visible in an open wound.

Robinson could not be located for comment.

The medical board documents said Miskinyar, who works at All Beauty Plastic Surgery in Santa Ana, performed breast augmentation on two women who developed infections and had to have their implants removed.

Miskinyar told the Orange County Register one patient already had an infection before surgery and the other did not heal properly because she smoked.

“I have the best record in the whole community of Southern California,” Miskinyar said.

Both doctors could lose their licenses or be reprimanded if a review of evidence substantiates the allegations.

“For the first time in the twelve years these statistics
have been collected, liposuction is a runner up in popularity to
breast augmentation. There is no doubt that this turnabout will
generate discussions in the medical community and the public at
large,” Alan Gold, MD, Aesthetic Society president,
reflected. “Changes in fashion, i.e. decolletage baring
styles, might be a factor behind this change.”

ASAPS, working with an independent research firm, compiled the
12-year national data for procedures performed 1997-2008. A paper-based
questionnaire was mailed to 16,000 Board-Certified physicians (6,000
Dermatologists, 6,000 Otolaryngologists, and 4,000 Plastic
Surgeons). A total of 894 completed and valid responses (461
Plastic Surgeons, 277 Dermatologists, and 156 Otolaryngologists)
were received in time for tabulation.

Final figures have been projected to reflect nationwide
statistics and are based exclusively on the Board-Certified
Plastic Surgeons; Otolaryngologists; and Dermatologists. The
findings have been aggregated and extrapolated to the known
population of 23,600 physicians who are Board Certified in these
specialties. Though the confidence intervals change by procedure,
depending on the grouping’s sample size and the response
variance, the overall survey portion of this research has a
standard error of +/- 3.21% at a 95% level of confidence.

The top five surgical procedures in 2008: Breast Augmentation

• Liposuction
• Eyelid Surgery
• Rhinoplasty
• Abdominoplasty

The top five non-surgical procedures in 2008:

• Botox
• Laser Hair Removal
• Hyaluronic acid wrinkle fillers (Juvederm, Restylane)
• Chemical Peel
• Laser Skin Resurfacing

Find  liposuction doctors or breast augmentation doctors in the United States and Canada

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