February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
“It’s definitely a trend,” said Wendy Lewis, a plastic surgery consultant dubbed “The Knife Coach.” She has traveled to both the UK and Ireland to consult with what she called a growing number of Irish women interested in cosmetic surgery.
One such woman who made the trip to the U.S. was Kay Kelly Cregan. The 42-year-old mother of two came to New York earlier this month for a facelift and rhinoplasty (nose-job) with a New York, only to never make it home.
Cregan went into cardiac arrest while in the recovery room of Dr. Michael Evan Sachs’s clinic after a three-hour surgery. Two days later, on St. Patrick’s Day, she was taken off a respirator with her shocked husband and two sisters at her side.
A New York Daily News probe into Sachs, who is 52, uncovered that he was actually prohibited to perform the type of “revisionist” rhinoplasty that he pioneered (though did not perform it on Cregan) by the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct. Sachs has also made 33 malpractice payments within the last decade, the News discovered.
Having already pioneered the modern boom in plastic surgery, the U.S. is now in the position to offer top-rate surgeons’ work at a deep discount to Irish prices.
Liposuction, the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in both countries, costs on average