Plastic Surgeon Dr. Miami Offers To Fix David Dao’s Nose For Free After United Airlines Injuries

Michael Salzhauer, the celebrity plastic surgeon from Snapchat who's best known as Dr. Miami, offered to fix Dr. David Dao’s nose for free. Dao suffered a broken nose, concussion, injuries to his sinuses and lost two front teeth Sunday after he was brutally dragged from a United Airlines flight after it was “overbooked.” Dao’s lawyer, Thomas A. Demetrio, said in a press conference Thursday he would need reconstructive surgery — and Dr. Miami wants to perform that service.

While on vacation, Dr. Miami reenacted the event on Snapchat and Instagram. His sister-in-law, Rosie, pretended to be a United Airlines flight attendant.

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“Thank you for flying with United Airlines today. Unfortunately, we have overbooked. We need four people to give up their seats,” she starts. “If no one volunteers, we will have to randomly select four people. Any volunteers?”

That’s when Dr. Miami is randomly selected and two people drag him off the beach and into the water.

“So, we’re sorry this happened to you, Dr. David Dao. United is ridiculous and we want to fix your nose for you,” Rosie, who works at Dr. Miami’s office, says. “We’ll send the bill to United,” Dr. Miami adds.

Dao’s daughter, Crystal Pepper, said her father was on a connecting flight to Louisville after a vacation in California. “What happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being regardless of the circumstances,” she said.

United originally defended the airline’s policies, but later apologized, offering a refund to everyone who was on the plane. “This horrible situation has provided a harsh learning experience from which we will take immediate, concrete action,” the company said in a statement Thursday. “We have committed to our customers and our employees that we are going to fix what’s broken so this never happens again.”

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