Dr. Bruce Nadler was well-known to amateur and professional bodybuilders alike in New York. He was an avid bodybuilder as well and billed himself as the “World’s Strongest Plastic Surgeon.” Nadler was known to have performed over 700 gynecomastia surgeries to correct the overdevelopment of breasts in male bodybuilders who use steroids. It is quite unusual for a physician to have a favorable view of steroid use like he did. He would say that he was his own test laboratory and felt certain that he could come up with the right combinations and dosages to avoid side effects.
He was eventually investigated by the New York State Board of Professional Medical Conduct and forced to surrender his medical license after being charged with misconduct. The charges stemmed mainly from the fact that he was prescribing anabolic steroids, growth hormones, and other medications that are used by bodybuilders.We can imagine that losing the prestige of being a leading cosmetic surgeon would be pretty difficult. One day, you’re on top of the world, making lots of money, and the next, it’s all taken away.
After his forced retirement, Nadler chose to regroup and fall back on his second passion. In 2005, he wrote a book called The Nip Tuck Workout: Exercise through the Eyes of a Plastic Surgeon, moved with his wife Terri to Los Angeles, and opened Nip Tuck Fitness, LA, in Beverly Hills.
This is where the story gets a little murky, as there hasn’t been very much written on what exactly happened on February 2, 2008, and more importantly, why it happened. We do know that Bruce and Terri were found in their home, deceased from gunshot wounds. It would be ruled a murder-suicide that was committed by Bruce. Some speculated that he was depressed because he couldn’t continue doing what he loved most, but we don’t know for sure. He appears to have taken that answer with him
