Plastic surgeon accused of 'Chop-Shop' horrors. Know in detail
California. Now he is facing multiple malpractice lawsuits. The Los Angeles Times has reported that Dr. Arian Mowlavi, known as Dr. Laguna, demanded his patients get completely naked for a test and touched their bodies without permission. He asked unlicensed technicians to perform some of the tests.
Posted pictures without consent
The plastic surgeon, who has 80,000 social media followers, also posted pictures and videos of their bodies online without their consent. Dr. Robert Kachenmeister, a California-based doctor who treated some of Mowlavi’s patients post-surgeries, said, «Dr. Mowlavi is a danger to the community and his plastic surgery patients.»
According to the Los Angeles Times, Mowlavi would brag about his craft in numerous videos posted on social media. In a video clip, he said,«We’re making some beautiful butts, so come with me.» He showed an unconscious patient face down on the operating table with her butt out in the open. He cheerfully said, «This butt has volume, pop. This what we’re talking about guys.”
Mowlavi denies charges
But Mowlavi is nonchalant and he has denied allegations of wrongdoing, arguing in court filings that patients were aware of and assumed the risks from the surgeries.
The California Medical Board suspended his license for 90 days and slapped him with a 10-year probation in 2021 after a formal accusation against Mowlavi was submitted to it.
Mowlavi sued
The Los Angeles Times has reported that a patient died in 2018 days after undergoing surgery for liposuction, breast implants and other work. Her family sued the doctor in 2019 and Mowlavi reached a $1 million settlement with her family.
More than 20 patients
