An Arizona woman has sued a plastic surgeon for botching a surgery and causing her pain while under the influence of alcohol, according to local reports.
Dr. Bradley Becker is a “double board certified plastic surgeon who has been practicing in Arizona for 21 years, specializing in breasts and the body,” according to his Instagram profile.
“I don't think you can go out when you're feeling like Frankenstein,” former patient Wendy Ellsworth said in an interview with the Phoenix New Times on Friday. Ellsworth said she underwent a tummy tuck and breast reduction surgery with Dr. Becker.
Ellsworth sued Becker in Maricopa County Superior Court in September, accusing the Glendale plastic and reconstructive surgeon of “medical negligence,” “abuse,” and “intentionally inflicting emotional distress,” according to the report. filed a complaint as
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Ellsworth said she thought she smelled alcohol when Dr. Becker came to visit her before the surgery began.
“I had left money with him, and the way he behaved, there was no way he was going to give it back to me,” she said in an interview with Phoenix New Times. “So I just kept going.”
When Ellsworth finally saw the results, she said her concerns were justified. Her complaint says she had excess skin hanging from her body that she believed should have been removed during her surgery.
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“I didn't go to family parties. I didn't want to go anywhere. I didn't want to dress up. When I went somewhere, I'd wear really tight underwear and try to tuck in all the extra skin.” “The whole point of a tummy tuck is not to do it,” she told Phoenix New Times.
Ellsworth said she believed there was something fishy before the surgery.
“I knew something was wrong when he just said, 'Okay, let's go to the operating room,' and he didn't mark me,” Ellsworth said.
The doctor prepares the operating room for the start of the surgery. (St. Petersburg)
The first surgery cost him $16,000, but he had to pay an additional $25,000 for corrective surgery by another surgeon, according to local reports.
To pay for the corrective treatment, Ellsworth's husband took a second job and worked day and night.
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Ellsworth claimed that she developed debilitating depression, which affected her marriage.
“Dr. Becker destroyed my wife. He destroyed her as a person,” Tyler Ellsworth wrote in a letter to the Arizona State Board of Osteopathy. “Words cannot describe the overwhelming depression and pain she experienced. His cuts didn't just peel the skin off her stomach and chest, they literally scarred her for the rest of her life. Ta.”
“Dr. Becker destroyed my wife. He destroyed who she is,” said the patient's husband. (Fox News Digital)
In his response to the first complaint, Dr. Becker denied drinking alcohol before the surgery. He also said the procedure was in line with the standard of care, the Phoenix New Times reported.
A lawsuit filed in October by another of Dr. Becker's patients made similar claims, which the plastic surgeon denied.
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“plaintiff [Alicia Armijo] “Defendant has suffered extreme emotional distress not only from the results of the surgery, but also from the fact that Defendant was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the surgery and should not have begun the surgery in an altered state,” the lawsuit states. Ta. In the weeks and months following defendant's surgery, plaintiff cried constantly, was deeply shaken by the results, and was in a state of despair. ”
Armijo will need corrective surgery and said additional surgery will cost $12,000, according to the Phoenix New Times.
When asked for comment, Dr. Becker's attorney would not comment on pending litigation and said, “This case will be heard in court, not in the press.”
