Fly-in, fly-out doctors. What are the risks?
It may sound glamorous when a surgeon jets in from Monaco to do your breast op or face lift, but what happens when he goes home? Heather Stephen examines the issue of ‘fly-in, fly-out’ doctors. ‘Marco may fly in from Milan to do a breast op but what happens if the patient has complications and Marco is not around to sort it out?’ That was the question posed by Dr Paul Charlson, President of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine, when asked his honest opinion of ‘fly in, fly out’ cosmetic surgeons. While you would assume that the doctor employed by the medi-spa or hospital your…