Man sues after plastic surgery leaves him without a nose
An Oklahoma man who underwent more than 20 nose job procedures is now suing the plastic surgeon.
OKLAHOMA (Web Desk) - Vishal Thakkar decided to get a nose job in 2006 and enlisted the services of Dr. Lawrence Angelo Cuzalina, a recognized Tulsa plastic surgeon, according to Fox affiliate KOKI.
Thakkar allegedly had difficulty breathing after the first nose job, so he went back for another surgery, then another and another until the number topped 21.
During one of the surgeries, Thakker says Cuzalina cut off his nose.
"He told me that there was an infection in there and since I was on the operating table and unconscious he had to make the decision," he explained to KOKI. Later adding, "By the time I am able to breathe without pain and have a human-looking nose, I will have had 30 surgeries on my face thanks to Angelo Cuzalina."
An outside expert in the field told the plaintiff that the defendants were "negligent in his treatment and care," the complaint, obtained by The Huffington Post, states.
"By the time that the defendants were through mutilating the plaintiff under the guise of twenty-two plastic surgeries, Mr. Thakkar was left grossly deformed, with his nose amputated, and breathing from a straw in the middle of his face, where his nose once was," the complaint states.
"Plaintiff has now undergone and will suffer through many more future reconstructive surgeries for the purpose of nasal reconstruction, and has suffered indescribable, intolerable physical pain and suffering."
In the lawsuit filed in Tulsa County Court against Tulsa Surgical Arts and the Oklahoma Cosmetic Surgery Center, Thakker alleges Cuzalina tried to intimidate and blackmail him after realizing the mistakes he made.
He is now seeking damages for medical malpractice, malicious prosecution, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy and fraud.
