Eminent plastic surgeon denies links with ‘Face Off’ services
WELL-KNOWN PLASTIC surgeon Dr Kamol Pansrithum has denied any role in Sudarat “Dr Xeping” Chaiyasan’s allegedly exaggerated and much-publicised claim of the “Face Off” service, a senior official said yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) said it will consider setting up a committee to protect consumers in relation to health and beauty products.
Following their inspection of Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, where Sudarat had taken former singer Surachai Sombatcharoen for a “Face Off” surgery, Health Service Support Department chief Boonreung Traireungworarat said yesterday that Kamol had told the inspection team that he was not involved in advertising such services.
Following their inspection of Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, where Sudarat had taken former singer Surachai Sombatcharoen for a “Face Off” surgery, Health Service Support Department chief Boonreung Traireungworarat said yesterday that Kamol had told the inspection team that he was not involved in advertising such services.
Boonreung said the department was still gathering evidence and would check if any hospital personnel were involved in Sudarat’s claim. The department’s sub-panel on advertisement will consider the next move. If doctors or hospitals are found involved, they can face a fine of Bt20,000 and the suspension of their licence.
“This alleged faulty claim will be considered if the person is a doctor and if he or she cites a hospital. If that is the case, then the department can act immediately. The problem is we can’t pinpoint that. Dr Xeping, who came up with the allegations, was found to be no doctor,” he said. He added that the claims of drastic rejuvenation and restoration of youth in itself was a violation of the consumer protection law, and the advertisement of this claim via social media is also a violation of the Computer Crimes Act.
Air Vice Marshal Dr It tiporn Khanacharoen said OCPB would look into this case and will soon set up a panel to protect consumers in relation to health and beauty products.
Meanwhile, Bangkok’s Somdej Chao Phraya Police Station investigator Pol Colonel Pavena Ekkachat said police couldn’t summon Sudarat because a search on Thai household data didn’t yield a result and the Sudarat who was pictured in the database does not match the Dr Xeping pictured on social media.
She also clarified that Dr Cholatis Sinratchatanan, president of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society of Thailand, had filed a complaint against Sudarat as she claimed to be related to him in an alleged move to boost her credibility. She said the complaint wasn’t against the “Face Off” service, but stemmed from some customers contacting Cholatis to confirm if he was indeed related to Sudarat. Fearing this faulty citation aims to reap benefits from his position, he filed a complaint on Monday, she said. “It has nothing to do with the former singer’s plastic surgery,” she affirmed adding that police was still probing this case.
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