An aesthetic doctor who used actress Fann Wong as a case study in bad face jobs said today that he鈥檚 lawyered up in response to legal threats from her handlers.
The doctor, Siew Tuck Wah, told 黑料社 that he鈥檚 engaged a lawyer due to unspecified threats by Wong鈥檚 media company over his article about the 50-year-old performer鈥檚 appearance.
鈥淔ann Wong鈥檚 media company brought in the lawyers, so I had to engage one too, to act for me,” he said in a Friday afternoon message.
Wong鈥檚 agency, Catwalk Asia, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Siew said he was therefore not at liberty to discuss the article, which used her recent Star Awards appearance to dispense advice on cheek fillers, noting that he鈥檇 already taken it down a week ago around the same time the star鈥檚 BFF and hairstylist trashed him as 鈥渋nsensitive.鈥
鈥淟awyers are involved now, so I should not comment too much or circulate the article,鈥 the medical director of Radium Medical Aesthetics said last night when contacted for comment.
In the article, Siew used the celeb鈥檚 appearance to dispense tips to patients who don鈥檛 want to look 鈥渉eavy.鈥 Siew said in the article that he鈥檇 written it in response to patients putting forward concerns about cheek fillers and Wong鈥檚 appearance:
“Firstly, Fann Wong was singled out amongst all the other artistes present. Secondly, my patients diagnosed by themselves that Fann had undergone (too much) filler treatments, when I had never mentioned it to them.”聽 He also pointed out that lighting and styling may have contributed to the star鈥檚 appearance.聽
On May 14, he removed the article on the same day Wong鈥檚 hairstylist, David Gan, called him out for using Wong to promote his business.
Siew, whose site indicates he鈥檚 been working with injectables for over a decade, alleged in the article that Wong went for cheek fillers. The article even compared the actress鈥檚 appearance at last months鈥 award show with her appearance in the 鈥90s. Siew did praise Wong for looking 鈥渇lawless鈥 at her age.聽
Gan, who is close to Wong and other celebrities in the local Chinese-language entertainment industry, slammed Siew as 鈥渋nsensitive.鈥 Gan has not responded to 颁辞肠辞苍耻迟蝉鈥 messages seeking comment.
鈥淗ave you met Fann before? I feel it鈥檚 [a little] insensitive on your part to pass judgement on someone you鈥檝e never met in person?鈥 Gan online on May 14. Wong, and actor hubby Christopher Lee, reacted in the comments with heart emoticons.
Correction: Dr Siew Tuck Wah is an aesthetic doctor and not a cosmetic surgeon.
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