A Glasgow doctor has been struck off after it was discovered that he put hair transplant patients at risk.
Dr Ruiz Alconero was found to have carried out treatments on four patients that fell 'far below' the standard expected of him while working at KSL Hair Ltd.
He was hauled before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service after his patients raised concerns over their treatment to the General Medical Council.
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Following an investigation, it transpired that Alconero had carried out hair transplants at the Glasgow clinic without a licence. Four patients came forward with similar stories regarding their treatment at the hands of Alconero. It was alleged that he failed to offer a face-to-face consultation or cooling-off period, failed to explain the procedure to patients, and failed to obtain fully informed consent.
On one occasion, the patient's transplanted hair grew 90 degrees from their scalp after the surgery. On another, he allowed a technician to extract hair follicles and implant them without direct supervision.
For one patient, he failed to supervise the implantation of the hair follicles, didn't inform the person of how many follicles were implanted, and made slits in their head while they were standing up.
It was also alleged that he used the room he was using for one patient's surgery to treat another patient in between phases of the surgery and risked cross-contamination of wounds and could have mixed up their grafts.
One patient claimed that he allowed an assistant to perform invasive aspects of the surgery and left the operating theatre while this was happening and didn't assess the patient postoperatively.
The Tribunal found that his behaviour amounted to 'serious misconduct' and that he abused his position of trust and put his own interest above those of his patients.
It has now been ruled that Alconero should be removed from the medical register. An immediate order of suspension was placed on his ability to work.
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