Facebook live bust: Rogue doctor injects trouble with counterfeit cosmetics in Thailand

[webfact]

 

A rogue doctor has been apprehended in action during a live Facebook session, following allegations of injecting counterfeit substances that caused severe facial damage to victims.

 

The arrest operation was conducted by authorities, led by Bunlue Pudngtun, the Deputy Chief of Police, alongside Sravut Jantawong, the Commander 2nd Division, and Pratch Manadech, the Director of the 2nd Division, on October 5. The suspect, 41 year old Thanyathip, was captured under a warrant issued by the Phol Provincial Court on September 26.

 

The rogue practitioner was charged with “recklessly causing serious injury to others, practising medicine without a licence, and operating a medical facility without permission.”

Thanyathip was apprehended at a hotel on Sudbat Road, Pak Phriao Subdistrict, Mueang District, Saraburi Province.

The arrest operation was triggered by a victim, who was convinced by Thanyathip’s claims of being an experienced beautician with over ten years of experience and offering affordable facial enhancement treatments, including fillers and Botox, without the need to visit a clinic.

 

by Nattapong Westwood 

Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-06

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The rogue practitioner was charged with “recklessly causing serious injury to others, practising medicine without a licence, and operating a medical facility without permission.”

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest operation was triggered by a victim, who was convinced by Thanyathip’s claims of being an experienced beautician with over ten years of experience and offering affordable facial enhancement treatments, including fillers and Botox, without the need to visit a clinic.

Trust me I'm a doctor.... 

[TheFishman1]

Any real doctor that is doing this in a hotel room should be a big red flag TIT

[Bangkok Barry]

I have little doubt, from my own experiences, that there are doctors in Thailand who qualify by purchasing a white coat. One told me I had bronchitis when it turned out I had a severe stomach bug that a real doctor said would have killed me within another couple of days. There are good ones of course, but they aren't the problem.

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

 

Trust me I'm a doctor.... 

Yes, what could possibly go wrong ?

[brianthainess]

So not a Doctor then. 

[Bobthegimp]

Doctors screw up too, they've just got the media machine behind them. A Thai nurse I knew in Canada went back to Bangkok for a visit and attended a botox party run by an accredited doctor.  The nurse came back to Canada looking like she'd had a stroke.  I was horrified to see her mungaloid smile and asked what the hell had happened.  Her bf had a more practical response and teased her for the 3 months that the effects lasted.   

 

Justin Bieber has been out with the same thing, but from a more virtuous set of injections. That mistake cost him millions in lost income.