Posted October 27, 2008 in Blog, Botox and Facial Fillers, Uncategorized
And here is another story of trying to find that inexpensive botox fix, only it is not FDA approved Botox, it is a very dangerous bogus botulinium toxin: A Texas-based anesthesiologist convicted last year of injecting unsuspecting patients with a Botox substitute on Friday started serving a 2-year federal sentence. Gayle Rothenberg reported to a minimum security women’s facility about 100 miles northwest of Houston.
Her lawyer, Joel Androphy, had hoped to keep her free pending the outcome of an appeal, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that request.
A jury found Rothenberg, 56, guilty of conspiracy, nine counts of mail fraud, misbranding a drug for sale, and lying to federal agents. At sentencing in June, she called using the fake injections “a mistake.” Androphy said his client maintains her innocence. “We’re going to fight this thing all the way through,” he said last Monday.
Rothenberg and her husband, Saul Gower, were accused of using botulinium toxin Type A as a cheaper alternative to Botox. Gower, a 57-year-old lawyer who served as office manager of the Houston-based Center for Image Enhancement, pleaded guilty to misbranding a drug for sale and lying to a federal agent about it. He received probation.
There have been 68 arrests and 29 convictions of practioners injecting imposter non-FDA approved Botox and fillers. Over 1000 patients have been treated with these illegal injections. Please choose your physician most carefully.
