TikTok plastic surgeon Dr Roxy has license suspended in Ohio trends now
A famous TikTok plastic surgeon has had her license suspended over allegations she botched surgeries and put patients' private information on her social media.
Dr Roxanne Grawe, who went by Dr Roxy and posted goofy videos dancing in her scrubs, is accused of livestreaming operations and focusing on the camera instead of patient care. She even livestreamed operations and interacted with viewers in the middle of the procedure.
The social media star who has 846,000 followers and 14.6million likes on her TikTok account is now being sued by three former patients. But some of her patients have been left with debilitating post-surgery injuries, putting them out-of-work and leaving them unable to stand.
Dr Grawe, whose social presence also includes followings on Snapchat, Twitter and BeReal, owns Roxy Plastic Surgery in Powell, Ohio, just outside of Columbus. The State Medical Board suspended her license on November 18.
It comes as officials globally warn against women taking part in surgery tourism, where they travel to foreign nations like Turkey to receive cheaper procedures - that often end up botched.
Dr Roxanne Grawe (pictured), or Dr Roxy, has had her medical license suspended by the Ohio State Medical Board over concerns about botched surgeries and patient privacy
Dr Roxy had a TikTok following over over 800,000, where she discussed plastic surgery topics, spoke to patients and showed the results of her operations. The State Medical Board has expressed concerns about Dr Roxy's social media usage as early as 2018
Dr Roxy is being sued by three patients after they suffered severe complications after being operated on in her practice
State officials were concerned about Dr Grawe's social media use, botched surgeries and failures to properly take care of patients post-discharge.
The board first sent Dr Grawe a warning on October 9, 2018, 'regarding the need to maintain patient privacy when sharing photos or video via social media'.
She received a second warning on September 28, 2021 where the board expressed concerns about patient privacy and ethics with her social media use.
It also cited 'avoidable complications' the required additional surgeries for some patients.
Dr Grawe was made to do education courses in professionalism, ethics and to retrain procedures where her patients previously suffered complications.
Even after these course, the medical board claims that she still failed to protect patient privacy.
It claims that she pre-operation interviews, post-operation images of patients in the OR, livestreaming procedures and even interacting with live chatters while in the midst of a surgery.
Three patient cases were cited by the medical board. All are also filing lawsuits against Dr Grawe.
In one, which took place on March 21, she performed a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) - which takes fat from the abdomen and injects it into a patient's but - on an unnamed patient while live-streaming on social media.
The medical board accuses her of looking at the camera and talking to viewers while carrying out a liposuction.
The board says the procedure should have required her full attention - meaning her live streaming was putting the patient at risk.
