HIRAM, Ga. — A musician in Los Angeles who is outspoken about body image issues says Hiram-based Doctor Jay Goldklang picked her bathroom selfie to post in his office in a weight loss success story.
"The problem is anyone who goes into that office for a consultation or to find out what that product is seeing my face and is seeing a story that is not about me," musician Meghan Tonjes said.
She's never been to the SnapThin office.
It just so happened that one of the people who follow her online walked in and spotted her picture on the wall.
Tonjes posted a video calling out the clinic.
It has over 100,000 views.
Channel 2's Carl Willis took concerns to the doctor.
"Any of these success stories real stories?" Willis asked.
"Yes," Goldklang replied.
Goldklang claims that the patient's story and results are real.
Only the picture that he swiped is bogus.
"I didn't have an image of that person so I did Google an image," Goldklang said. "It had a positive-looking woman and I used her image here in the waiting room. It never went beyond that."
"It doesn't change how much of an issue that is," Tonjes said.
Consumer adviser Clark Howard agrees that this is an issue, especially for people like Tonjes with a large social media presence.
"Social media is tough because once you post something on social media people look at it as fair game even if it's not," Howard said.
The doctor apologized but downplayed the controversy.
"I don't think there's really anything I misrepresented,"Goldklang said.
"I think it's a misrepresentation of what you're claiming your product does (or what your business does) if you can't even get before and after photos of people who are actually using it," Tonjes said.
Woman says weight loss program stole her picture
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