Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr Michael Zacharia, who prescribed human growth hormones to combat ageing, has been fined by the NSW Medical Tribunal.

Zacharia was found guilty of professional misconduct by the NSW Medical Tribunal.

From Dailytelegraph.com.au:

But the 47-year-old medic - fined $15,000 for illegally prescribing steroids, growth hormones and testosterone — defended his controversial treatment and said he had become a scapegoat for a practice used by doctors worldwide.

“I have had this issue placed against me but really there are lots of other doctors who are performing exactly what I was doing - thousands of other doctors both here and over in America - and it is something that for some reason I have been singled out.”

The former president of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons was prosecuted in the Medical Tribunal after an investigation by the Health Care Complaints Commission found his cure for wrinkles was “grossly improper” and inappropriate.”

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