Plastic surgery disaster
Fashion editor Nott Krittin has joined the plastic surgery wars,
speaking out against a city clinic which he says deceived him into
thinking the effects of a recent face job would be life-long.
The fashion editor of Maxim magazine says he is disappointed with the results of his so-called "Face Lock" surgery, as his skin has started to sag just a month after treatment.
Known jokingly as a doyen of plastic surgery, Nott said he is upset with staff at the Thon Buri clinic where he had the work done late last year.
Discussing his plight before the media last week, Nott said the
clinic's head, Cholatis Sinratchatanan, had sold him on the treatment.
Dr Cholatis, who is also chairman of the Facial Plastic Surgery Association of Thailand, had told him he would do the surgery himself. However, Nott said he had since learned the work was actually delegated to a nurse.
He said the clinic filmed him for promotional purposes as he underwent the surgery.
A rival plastic surgery promoter, Xeping Chaiyasan, who is involved in a legal spat with Dr Cholatis over a technique she backs known as Face Off surgery, had told him the person in the clip was not in fact Dr Cholatis, but a nurse.
"I was shocked because when I entered the operating theatre I saw Dr Cholatis there. However, I don't know who did the work once I went under. I am lucky I didn't die. The clinic should show better ethics," he said.
"During the first week, my face was as tight as a drum, and I was delighted. I looked in the mirror all day. They had claimed my new face would 'lock in' for my whole life. However, after a month it started to sag."
Nott was last week accompanied Dr Xeping, who describes herself as a plastic surgery consultant, as she laid a complaint about the clinic with Samre police.
She also visited the Department of Health Services Support to alert officials about Nott's case and that of a woman who had an eye job done.
Dr Cholatis last month laid a complaint with Dr Xeping about her Face Off campaign, claiming she made exaggerated claims about its benefits. The campaign came to prominence when country singer Surachai Sombatcharoen went in for Face Off surgery last month.
Surachai, 60, who was promised the face lift would take 30 years off his life, says he is pleased with the results and backs Dr Xeping.
Denying her rival's claims, Dr Xeping has denied publicising the Face Off campaign, saying information on the techniques including the names of the surgeons and the hospital which did the work on the singer has never been disclosed.
Dr Xeping, who used to work for Dr Cholatis, said she had found the cameraman to film the promotional video of Nott's Face Lock operation. When she viewed it she was surprised to see the person shown performing the work was a nurse she knows, who is also named in her police complaint.
"In fact, I have known for ages that the clinic asks nurses to stand in for surgeons, even though they shouldn't, but I was too scared to speak out," she said, denying she was engaged in a tit-for-tat battle with Dr Cholatis over plastic surgery techniques. Authorities are investigating. -
2. Jazz sorry for 'insulting' video
Dr Cholatis, who is also chairman of the Facial Plastic Surgery Association of Thailand, had told him he would do the surgery himself. However, Nott said he had since learned the work was actually delegated to a nurse.
He said the clinic filmed him for promotional purposes as he underwent the surgery.
A rival plastic surgery promoter, Xeping Chaiyasan, who is involved in a legal spat with Dr Cholatis over a technique she backs known as Face Off surgery, had told him the person in the clip was not in fact Dr Cholatis, but a nurse.
"I was shocked because when I entered the operating theatre I saw Dr Cholatis there. However, I don't know who did the work once I went under. I am lucky I didn't die. The clinic should show better ethics," he said.
"During the first week, my face was as tight as a drum, and I was delighted. I looked in the mirror all day. They had claimed my new face would 'lock in' for my whole life. However, after a month it started to sag."
Nott was last week accompanied Dr Xeping, who describes herself as a plastic surgery consultant, as she laid a complaint about the clinic with Samre police.
She also visited the Department of Health Services Support to alert officials about Nott's case and that of a woman who had an eye job done.
Dr Cholatis last month laid a complaint with Dr Xeping about her Face Off campaign, claiming she made exaggerated claims about its benefits. The campaign came to prominence when country singer Surachai Sombatcharoen went in for Face Off surgery last month.
Surachai, 60, who was promised the face lift would take 30 years off his life, says he is pleased with the results and backs Dr Xeping.
Denying her rival's claims, Dr Xeping has denied publicising the Face Off campaign, saying information on the techniques including the names of the surgeons and the hospital which did the work on the singer has never been disclosed.
Dr Xeping, who used to work for Dr Cholatis, said she had found the cameraman to film the promotional video of Nott's Face Lock operation. When she viewed it she was surprised to see the person shown performing the work was a nurse she knows, who is also named in her police complaint.
"In fact, I have known for ages that the clinic asks nurses to stand in for surgeons, even though they shouldn't, but I was too scared to speak out," she said, denying she was engaged in a tit-for-tat battle with Dr Cholatis over plastic surgery techniques. Authorities are investigating. -
2. Jazz sorry for 'insulting' video
Actor and singer Jazz Chuanchuen is apologising for upsetting the citizens of Pattaya after filming a racy music video at a revered spot.
Jazz, also known as Padung Songsaeng, 31, visited Pattaya last week to make amends for the saga, in which municipal authorities accused him of performing an indecent act in a public place.
Jazz and a team of musicians filmed his racy music video, Yap Mae, in the city in January after obtaining permission from the municipal office.
However, rather than filming the video on Pattaya's walking street as agreed in their permit, Jazz and his musicians travelled to the beachfront in Pattaya instead.
The clip shows a team of dancers cavorting on top of a monument erected to mark a visit to the city by the King and Queen in 1967.
Pattaya residents, who hold the monument in high esteem, said the dancers cheapened it. As deputy mayor Ronakit Ekasingh sent lawyers to complain to Pattaya police over the incident, a repentant Jazz visited to the city to perform a ritual of apology.
Laying flowers and lighting joss sticks at the monument before a large crowd of onlookers, Jazz said he was sorry for hurting locals' feelings. On social media, he said he chose to film the video in Pattaya as it is his favourite city.
He wasn't aware he would upset anyone when he filmed at the monument, and asked to take all the blame alone.
Dancers are shown pulling up their dresses, while Jazz appears bare-chested. The name of the song, which is taken from a vulgar expression, has also come under fire, along with the kindergarten setting for some of the scenes, which critics say is improper for a song filled with sexual innuendo.
Jazz said he was not sitting idly by in the face of the criticism, and had cancelled his music videos as a show of responsibility. Earlier, Thai Rath newspaper reported his father, veteran comedian Udom Songsaeng, had called the deputy mayor to apologise for his son's actions. -
3. Fake image riles Pel
Outspoken model and actress Irin "Pel" Srikaew has forgiven an
internet warrior who doctored a picture of her in a revealing dress
which supposedly shows her "seaweed".
Pel turned up at Phahon Yothin police station last week only to change her mind against laying a complaint, saying the culprit had made contact to offer an apology.
She said the cheeky netizen digitally altered a picture of her at the recent Dara Daily awards, where she wore a racy dress cut up to the waist, to make it look as if her private parts were visible.
He sent her the picture with the label "indecent!" and also tagged it to others on social media, inviting them to heap abuse on the voluptuous model.
While admitting she wore no underwear for the occasion, Pel said the dress contained an inner liner almost as good as the real thing.
"When I saw the picture I was shocked, and wondered if such a thing was possible," she said.
Her internet critic has inserted a digital image of pubic hair ("seaweed") peeking beneath as she hoists up her dress, but Pel said it was too perfect to look real. "I blew it up and am sure it couldn't appear like that ... it was too square shaped," she joked.
"We contacted him to warn him off. In response, he said his father was a lawyer and he'd see me in court," she said.
While initially eager to teach the young man a lesson, Pel said she had second thoughts when she noticed he was wearing what appears to be a medical student's gown on his social media account. The night before she was due to lodge her complaint, he also offered an apology, saying he was just getting carried away.
"I want him to have a future. As a doctor, he will help many people. Now, he's still just a student. I doubt if he can take responsibility for what he has done," she said.
Pel said she had read her fortunes, and they told her to expect some embarrassing incident if she carried on wearing racy attire to industry functions. While she has forgiven the culprit, she would still like him to offer a public apology to the media, as the saga had hurt her reputation.
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