A plastic surgeon was stripped of her medical license after livestreaming procedures on TikTok

• A plastic surgeon who streamed procedures on TikTok had her medical license permanently revoked.
• The Ohio Medical Board said Katharine Grawe sometimes answered viewers' questions while operating.

A plastic surgeon who livestreamed procedures on TikTok had her medical license permanently revoked on Wednesday.

The Ohio Medical Board voted to ban Katharine Grawe, who is also known as Dr. Roxy of "Roxy Plastic Surgery" to her patients and TikTok followers, from ever practicing in the state again, according to the Associated Press.

A docket of letters made public by the medical board detailed how Grawe produced and livestreamed medical procedures on patients mid-surgery.

Grawe initially had her license temporarily suspended in November.

"During some videos/live-streams, you engage in dialogue to respond to viewers' while the surgical procedure remains actively ongoing," the board said in a November 18 notice of Grawe's suspension.

In one March 2022 incident, which led to Grawe's suspension, the board said that she livestreamed while performing a skin-tightening procedure, a Brazilian butt lift, and liposuction on a patient.

The board stated that liposuction procedures require a doctor to be aware of the tip of the cannula to avoid injuring the patient, adding that Grawe's focus on livestreaming made it appear that she was not.

"Your attention to the camera meant at those moments you were not looking at the patient or palpating the location of the tip of the cannula," the board said in the letter.

Grawe also failed to provide the patient with written discharge instructions, with the patient later suffering from severe complications.

That patient was treated for a perforated intestine and necrotizing soft tissue infection, which required surgeries and skin grafting, the board said. They also had hepatic encephalopathy — a decline in brain function when toxins that are normally cleared from the body accumulate in the blood.

The files also list two other patients who suffered from complications after surgeries with Grawe.

CBS News reported that a former patient who went to Grawe for breast reconstructive surgery, Mary Jenkins, spoke at the board meeting on Wednesday.

"It's finally over," she told CBS Austin. "That chapter in my life is finally over, but I will never forget it."

While the Ohio Medical Board decision only affects Grawe's ability to practice in the state, the disciplinary actions are public and the National Practitioner Data Bank will be notified, according to CBS News.

Grawe and her surgery practice did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.