Terry Dubrow teases more 'impossible' surgeries in 'Botched' season 8
Season 8 of Failed is Dr. Terry Dubrow's “favorite” so far, despite having to deal with some “impossible” scenarios on screen.
“The producers changed the show. It's a lot funnier, but there are also a lot more tears,” he said We weekly exclusively while promoting the upcoming episodes. “This was the scariest season. I actually thought we were going to have a lot more complications than we did.”
Dubrow, 64, explained that he and Dr. Paul Nassif “took on these impossible cases” expecting to “suffer complications” in the operating room.
'There must be something wrong with the Failed doctors this season, which is so scary when you think about it,” he continued. 'I think you should look. I think we had a great season and it went very well.”
Failed debuted in 2014, but longtime viewers will notice that the new season is “different” from the rest.
“All the patients that we passed on that we thought were just too risky, too complicated and not worth it — we took them on this season,” he explained. “It is the practice of plastic surgery after doing it for ten years Failed. … We said, 'Let's take these skills and apply them to the patients we passed on.' That's what the season is all about.”
Dubrow teased that fans will see a woman who was “born with her intestines outside her stomach” – and became his most challenging surgery.
“Everyone passed it on, as you probably should. I took her to the operating room and opened everything up,” he said. “The problem is that there are intestines in the abdominal wall, and the last thing you want to do to solve a cosmetic problem is get into the intestines and give her a functional disaster that could land her in the hospital or worse .”
Because he is also “certified in general surgery,” Dubrow noted that he felt “comfortable” operating on the patient.
“It was really scary and challenging, and I think you have to see how it turned out,” he added, calling the case “difficult” and “interesting.”
After filming Failed For 10 years, Dubrow said cases involving children stir up the most emotions.
“We are very sensitive to when they have a deformity and they come in with their parents,” Dubrow explains. “You sit there and their parents tell you the stories of their children growing up, because we have children. … You can really empathize with children who grow up with problems. So if they have any physical cosmetic issues, we try to sit there and film.
Dubrow noted that he and Nassif both try to remind themselves not to cry.
'You can feel the camera, they're zooming in. You say, 'Don't lose him.' Don't lose it. Be a professional,” he said. “But there were a few [that were hard].”
Failed airs on E! Thursday at 10pm ET.