Other conditions relate to social media and include the removal of published material or information relating to cosmetic or surgical procedures on his social media accounts. Dr Aronov did not respond to requests for comment.

Dr Aronov is the world’s most followed cosmetic surgeon on TikTok, with 13.4 million followers. He also had more than 500,000 Instagram followers which contained videos of patients being operated on, hundreds of photos of near nude women and explicit lyrics. He has taken down his TikTok account, Instagram account and Only Fans account.

Consumer research advocates Michael Fraser and Maddison Johnstone spent more than a year monitoring 100 cosmetic surgery Instagram accounts and found that Dr Lanzer and Dr Aronov were the most active. They said the latest move by AHPRA to clamp down on social media is unprecedented and should put other doctors on notice about the responsible use of these platforms.

Dr Lanzer’s clinics stopped taking new patients within days of the revelations of the joint media investigation, then quietly reopened for business.

In Sydney, one of those patients, a 42-year-old woman, was found by her partner in a critical condition on November 16 and was rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital hours after undergoing a tummy tuck and liposuction procedure by Dr Aronov at the Surry Hills Day Hospital.

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David Faktor, a spokesman for St Vincent’s Hospital said the hospital was “very concerned about key aspects of the patient’s care provided by the cosmetic clinic.” He said the hospital would report its concerns to the appropriate governing authorities.

The patient’s procedures, including a tummy tuck and liposuction of 5 litres of fat, cost her $30,000. Her treatment in the public hospital over 11 days cost the hospital at least $50,000.

Medical expert Professor Mark Ashton, who was shown the patient’s vitals on arrival, said it was a miracle she was alive.

Dr Aronov is a GP, who, like many others in his field, moved into the lucrative field of cosmetic surgery. Under Australian regulations anyone with a basic medical degree, including GPs or dermatologists, can call themselves cosmetic surgeons, even though they aren’t registered specialist surgeons, who receive eight to 12 years of postgraduate surgical training like plastic surgeons.

Since the stories broke in late September, more than 140 patients have come forward with harrowing stories of their experiences at the clinics.

The latest medical emergency at St Vincent’s Hospital comes two weeks after the joint investigation revealed Dr Aronov had filmed a mock re-enactment of a separate medical emergency involving another patient, Suzanne Steward. Ms Steward was rushed to hospital with punctured lungs following a liposuction procedure earlier this year in Dr Lanzer’s Melbourne clinic. (Dr Aronov said he had no involvement in her liposuction procedure and that the mock video was a “self-mocking” video “aimed at boosting staff morale.“)

Dr Lanzer tried to stop the stories by taking urgent action in the Federal Court action, but was not successful.