NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The bad economy is driving more doctors into plastic surgery, leading to more botched procedures, the head of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says.
Dr. Malcolm Z. Roth, head of plastic surgery at Albany Medical Center in New York, told MSNBC unskilled doctors are performing plastic surgery on patients not really qualified for the procedures. He said any licensed physician can describe himself as a plastic surgeon and can say he is board-certified, even if the certification is in pediatrics.