We noted not too long ago that there were laws being considered in California that were designed to strengthen the requierments of professionals working in cosmetic surgery. The law in question was dubbed The Donda West Law in honor of celebrity Kanye West's mother who died last year as a result of plastic surgery complications. A news report from Illinois indicates that it's another state considering tighter regulations similar to the Donda West Law.
The main focus of these laws is that the people who are performing medical procedures, including non-invasive procedures such as dermal filler injections, should be required to be certified. A reputable doctor's office will already be engaging in this practice but there are places out there that let medical assistants and others without proper qualifications do some of the plastic surgery work that the doctor should be doing himself. The laws are designed to heighten punishments for these types of situations in order to deter problems with bad plastic surgery.
The fact of the matter with Donda West is that she ignored the advice of her first doctor and went to a less reputable doctor in order to get a plastic surgery procedure that wasn't a good idea in the first place. In addition to changing the laws, we need to be working on educating consumers about the seriousness of plastic surgery and the fact that we need to listen to our doctors' advice when it comes to getting cosmetic work done.
Question of the Day: Should legislators be using the Donda West name to change plastic surgery legislation?
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