A Melbourne cosmetic surgeon has settled a lawsuit filed by a former patient, then 13, after he removed her labia and clitoral hood.
Dr Asarjahu Granot was served with a Supreme Court writ in June 2021 that accused him of several counts of negligence, including a claim the operation was inconsistent with the procedure consented to by the girl’s mother.Eddie Morton The girl’s mother took her to see Granot because the teenager had concerns about the appearance of her vagina. They were advised by Granot that there was an abnormailty with her labia minor, which could be corrected by a surgical procedure known as labiaplasty.that her body was irreparably damaged by the surgery at a Malvern East clinic in 2008. She said the financial settlement could never compensate her for the harm done.“I don’t have proper anatomy any more,” she said.
The 72-year-old cosmetic surgeon continues to practice from the same Malvern East clinic, which spruiks his 35 years of experience and extensive training on its website.According to a statement of defence filed by his lawyers in August last year, Granot denied he had acted negligently and claimed the operation had been performed to fix a physical abnormality. He also denied removing the girl’s clitoral hood.
“How can any doctor believe this is reasonable and how can any regulator consider this to be acceptable surgical practice?” he said. A spokeswoman for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency declined to comment on its investigation of the labiaplasty by Granot in 2008.
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