A woman is suing her south suburban plastic surgeons after they allegedly posted before-and-after photos of her breast augmentation surgery on their website without her consent.
In her lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, the woman says she has a “highly distinctive freckle pattern on her chest which is highly recognizable by friends and family” and has been “humiliated” by the release of the photos, suffering “intense fear that her close family members” would discover them.
The defendant is identified only as “Jane Doe.” Her attorney, Kevin O’Brien, said the woman, a mother in her mid-40s who lives in the Chicago area, was “shocked” to find her photos online after she “specifically refused” permission for Dr. Rajendra Shah and his son Dr. Samir Shah to use the images for marketing purposes.
The surgeons removed the images from their A New You Plastic Surgery website after O’Brien and his client reached out, O’Brien said. Like many plastic surgeons, the two use before-and-after photos on their website as a promotional tool.
