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Docs Pay Patients to Post Surgeries on YouTube

Posted Jun 26, 08 8:41 AM CDT in Science & Health,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – When her doctor offered her a $100 discount to post her Lasek surgery on YouTube, Michelle Wilder was perplexed. “I was wondering, ‘Who wants to see my surgery?’” she says. But the money talked, and now you can see Wilder, and thousands of others, go under the knife online, the New York Times reports. More and more cosmetic surgeons are rewarding patients for such exhibitionism.

But consumer advocates and medical ethicists worry that paying patients off is skewing the testimonials. “When we’re talking about a plumber, the worst that can happen is that you’ll end up with a basement full of water,” said one consumer advocate, “But when it’s about a plastic surgeon, you could spend the rest of your life as the Elephant Man.”

Source New York Times

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LASEK surgery at Park Avenue Laser Vision:www.parkavenuelaser.com   (Kevmaninc)
LASEK part 1:This is the video of my LASEK eye surgery that I had on 6/19/08. My eyes are actually blue; I don't know why they are green in the video.   (CeiyneFFXI)
LASEK part 2:This is the video of my LASEK eye surgery that I had on 6/19/08. This is part 2. If you watched part 1 there really isn't much new here.My eyes are actually blue; I don't know why they...   (CeiyneFFXI)
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This video shows a lasek eye surgery being performed. The patient writes: "Everything was quick and painless. I didn't feel a thing. My vision the day after was already 20/30! "   (SaiYeNz)
A patient raves about her botox and liposuction treatments.   (DocShopvideo)

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