Usha Rajagopal, MD

The popularity of plastic surgery today is no secret; 13.8 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2011 alone. Unfortunately, however, an increasing (and unsettling) number of people in the United States are undergoing procedures conducted by unlicensed, so-called “underground,” individuals these days—individuals who have no business billing themselves as plastic surgeons. The primary factor leading people to the doors of these backdoor doctors is, of course, cost. There’s no way around ...

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