Posing as a patient and using hidden camera, an undercover reporter captured the duplicitous consultation. Instead of warning the patient that the sympathetic nerves go to almost every body system, and that ETS surgery has a list of side effects a mile long, Garza says . . .

"You'll find that people will notice something different about you, but they don't know what it is. Like that Viagra commercial, you know."

"There may be risks patients don't hear about" said news anchor Bill Balleza introducing the segment, which includes interviews with an ETS victim, attorney Spencer Markle, and dermatologist Dr. Adelaide Hebert.

The only side-effect mentioned in the piece was compensatory sweating, and Markle does a good job of explaining that ETS can leave a person with a worse sweating problem than before, far from the advertised "cure". Dr. Hebert correctly points out that ETS is not reversable, despite Garza's claims.

However, there is no mention made of heart problems, thermoregulation failure, blood pressure difficulties, or of many other side-effects proven to be caused by ETS surgery. Though the viewer gets a glimpse into the soulless, greedy nature of Garza, the report is tame compared to what it could and should have been.

The deepest, truest statement of all was provided by the lamenting ETS victim himself, who posts as "Pangola" on ETS & Reversals .

Dr. Jim Garza has reached a confidential out-of-court settlement with a patient after some 4 years of litigating a medical malpractice suit, in which the patient said he was not warned of the possible side effects from ETS surgery.

Dr. Garza, who has a long history of malpractice actions against him, was sent reeling from the stinging undercover news piece by CBS-2, and this may have influenced his decision to settle.

Also devastating to Garza's defense were the statements of his own expert witness, Dr. Rafael Reisfeld of Beverly Hills. Reisfeld, another very prominent ETS surgeon, gave a sworn deposition that was critical of irregularities in Dr. Garza's record keeping practices.

Due to the nature of the agreement, the disabled patient was unable to comment on the record.

- Songboy1234