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"Israelis continue to complain about Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Yoel Shachar's negligence"

Last week Mor Glisko's tragic death was brought to light in many newspapers. They endlessly explained how Mor had gone to get a nose-job procedure performed by Dr. Yoel Shachar, when she unfortunately died on the operating table. It was a heartbreaking story about an eighteen-year-old girl who only wished for a more perfected nose; a healthy teenager whose heart ceased to beat twenty minutes into the operation due to an irresponsible mal-practice.
This unfortunate occurrence has caused a major drop in patients visiting Israeli Plastic Surgeons, as well as a drop in Israelis who've been getting plastic surgeries done in general. This simply shows that Mor's case created quite a panic amongst certain people; people who now think twice about the simple procedures they were once so sure about.

Esther Schwartz investigated and reported of other unfortunate cases of people who too, went for surgeries performed by infamous Dr. Shachar:

Rivkah Azouli of Brooklyn had undergone a nose-job procedure with Dr. Shachar roughly ten years ago. Two weeks after the operation, she realized that her nose looked deformed and ruined. She explains: "The new nose shape that he created didn't even match my face! I asked him to fix it, but he just promised that it would take a whole year for my nose to fully heal. I waited a year, and consulted him again. He charged me, and re-operated on my nose. Just as I had finally got my hopes up, they were crushed and shot down even lower than the previous time; my nose looked dreadful! To top it all off, a different plastic surgeon said my nose was far too damaged to get a new fixation, but moreover, that it shouldn't have been operated at all for a second time. Till this day, my husband is furious with Dr. Shachar, and regrets the fact that he never sued him. Dr. Shachar promised me a beautiful nose, one I would be so confident with. I curse him every time I look at the mirror, even after all these years."

Judith Cohen sent Esther Schwartz pictures of her scarred stomach after undergoing a tummy-tuck procedure performed by Dr. Shachar. Judith clarified: "It's been three years now, since my horrible episode with Dr. Shachar. I wanted to get a stomach procedure done, after giving birth for the second time. Honestly, I was very impressed by Dr. Shachar; he showed me many pictures from his past successful operations. His price was also a lot cheaper than many other places, and I thought that I would feel more comfortable with an Israeli doctor. I was never warned about Dr. Shachar, and wasn't told that the operation would be difficult. During the operation, I was under full anesthesia for two hours. When I woke up, tubes were connected to my stomach, and I kept feeling terrible pains. As a result, I had to take antibiotics for a full month. Upon calling Dr. Shachar to complain about the common pains, bleeding, and puss, he convinced me that all this was perfectly normal. I visited him again, and had to undergo yet another small surgery. This time he promised that the recovery stage would only take a week to complete, and that I would soon be able to start working again. I cannot even begin to describe the excruciating pain I endured. Soon enough, I developed an infection within the cut that was done during the operation. It took months upon months for my cut to fully heal, and to be honest, it looks much worse than it did in the first place. So over all, what did I actually accomplish? I paid for a procedure that I painfully suffered through, but above all, I put my life in serious danger. However, when I read the devastating article about Mor's tragic death, I knew I actually had to thank G-d that I fortunately walked out alive.

The most disturbing of them all, however, is the story of Kfir Baron, of Fairlawn NJ. Ten years ago, family-friend, Dr. Shachar performed a nose job on young Kfir, risking his life, and nearing him almost to death itself. After Kfirs's surgery was over, he failed to wake up. He had to be transferred to an intense care unit in Beth Israel Hospital, where was immediately hooked up to life-support. Now that Kfir is better, he promised Uzi, Mor's father, that he is willing to help Mor's family in any ways possible regarding lawsuits against Dr. Shachar.

Mazal, Kfir's mother, says that she never wanted Kfir to get the nose job, but Dr. Shachar and his smooth talking ways had already persuaded, if not manipulated her son. Kfir retells his story: "A half-hour into the surgery, Dr. Shachar went out to the waiting room to talk with my brother. He apologized by saying that something had gone wrong, and that I would have to be transferred to a hospital so they could try to save my life." At the hospital, Dr. Yoel Shachar blamed his anesthesiologist, saying that he pulled out Kfir's breathing tube before he would be able to breathe on his own, inevitably sending anesthesia chemicals and much of the blood into Kfir's lungs.

Kfir was in critical condition for ten days until his lungs were completely cleared of blood and chemicals; only then did he miraculously awake. As Kfir recovered over time, he firmly decided to sue the doctor who had almost taken his life. However, his parents didn't push for it; after all, this doctor was their friend. Years later, after recently reading Mor's tragic article, Kfir's family regrets not going about the lawsuit they tried avoiding.

Translated courtesy of: Elinor Akrab