Posted by SylG in Injections, Medi-Spa, Spa Treatments, SpaBlog | 3 Comments
Faux-Tox @ Skinsation Sunset Strip
Is Dr. David Cary Hansen from Skinsation on the Sunset Strip your dermatologist?? If so, you might want to check out this article, or if you live in the LA area, just turn on your local news.
“Hansen, who was arrested early Thursday, is accused of purchasing at least a dozen vials of Botulinum Type A from a company in Arizona in 2003 and 2004. The vials were marked “For Research Purposes Only,” according to prosecutors.” from LATimes.com
I would offer some sort of suggestion or something at this point, but with the economy going south, products being made in China and with who knows what, it’s kind of hard to tell what is going where. I really don’t know what to say. I’ve got friends who have been going to Dr. Hansen for botox with no bad results, I’ve got friends who have heard Dr. Marks uses faux-tox, I’ve got friends who have the BOMB breast augmentations from Dr. Jan Adams, and I have a friend who got scammed from NeoSkin. What is one to do? Hope for the best, I suppose. I mean it’s not like Dr. Hansen was offering bootleg botox at the nail shop, or a tire center – AND he is a medical doctor, a dermatologist at that! Want even more validation? Skinsation was even nominated for a MyFoxLA Hotlist!! Rick Dickert and Jillian wouldn’t send us to a shady Botox injector would they??? It’s a sad day when Good Day LA features back alley botox shops.
I’ve heard of cosmetic dental centers buying their Zoom! Teeth whitening machines off of ebay to offset the cost of the competition (remember when a Zoom! treatment used to cost $700 and now it’s less than $200) and I’ve heard of massage therapists being treated like sweat shop workers and double booking at Burke Williams in Sherman Oaks.
Again, I don’t really have any advice to offer at this point – I mean, do you just say forgetaboutit and just not go? Perhaps.
I was a patient of this very Doctor for many years, he got his license put on “probation” around 1997, should have been suspended. That was for insurance fraud, he would bill even if you werent there, How on earth he was able to continue as a Doctor is a shame. He overcharged insurance for dermotological procedures that weren’t even done. I went there for Acne treatment, not Botix but just thought I’d put in my comment. I only heard of this after picking up an LA weekly, I hope he is charged, not out of what I went through but if the charges are true,this does not come as a suprise at all. Who knows what he put on my face??? Or countless others, that was glycolic acid back then, makes you wonder where he purchased that.
whoa thats pretty scary!
It is time to set the record straight. Malicious lies and rumors (such as above) resulted in charges against me which were proven to be completely false. After a thorough investigation ALL CHARGES WERE COMPLETELY DISMISSED!!!!!!!! Allergan has always and still does promote me on their referal list of prefered physician injectors of Botox. I am a board certified Dermatologist who loves what I do. We would not have such a successful practice if it weren’t for our wonderful patients. Our celebrity patients come to me because I give them the results they require and demand.
Sincerely,
David Hansen,MD