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Interview with Dr. Andre Aboolian (L.A. plastic surgeon)
Dr. Andre Aboolian is one of Beverly Hills
celebrity plastic surgeons. Renowned for his professional excellence and
numerous TV appearances, he’s best known for his success as the plastic
surgeon who’s helped Erik Chopin, the winner of NBC’s "The Biggest Loser"
by performing on him a full body lift after Eric’s record breaking weight
loss. (Eric Chopin lost more than half of his body weight!) Dr. Aboolian
has earned the respect of his peers who refer to him as the “body expert”
for his mastery in performing post-bariatric surgery procedures. Even more
importantly, his patients rave about his work
Online and off.……. Needless to say, I was intrigued and lucky for us Dr. Aboolian found a moment in his busy schedule to speak with me, the Editor
of Los Angeles Health Directory.
Dr. Aboolian: It’s the attention to
detail that’s required and the fact that each surgery is different unlike
in general surgery, for instance. Another reason is that I work with
healthy patients as opposed to non-healthy patients.
Editor: As opposed to emergency
surgery?
Dr. Aboolian: No, it’s not so much
ab
Editor: Plastic surgery can be
considered a form of art….
Dr. Aboolian: I believe that this is
true in just about any profession. Be it fine art or craftsmanship, both
require certain amount of know-how to get things just right and in both
cases, there is some creativity involved. I like that.
Editor: What would you like to tell
visitors of Los Angeles Health Directory about your work as L.A. plastic surgeon?
Dr. Aboolian: Plastic surgery is not
what the common media portrays it to be. Plastic surgery is about……
Editor: Vanity?
Dr. Aboolian: In a sense yes, but so is
putting on makeup in the morning, coloring hair, applying nail polish and
so on. It’s all about making you look better. It is very subjective.
Editor: Not necessarily, we often read
and see fabulous results produced by skillful plastic surgeons.
Dr. Aboolian: That’s exactly what I
want I want to say: plastic surgery is a good thing. I’ve seen a number of
patients who have come for a follow up visit, today. They are very happy
with the positive changes in themselves. Editor: So are the patients who pay you compliments Online. You have an unparalleled satisfaction rating. Virtually all of your patients are giving you the highest grade. That’s extremely rare for any L.A. plastic surgeon.
Dr. Aboolian: Yes, I have operated on
many patients who have lost significant amounts of weight. These are not
easy cases. Such surgeries often have 7 and 8 hours duration. Not many
plastic surgeons want to perform them and not many have the training to
perform them well. I’ve been fortunate enough to learn from the best and
when I started working on my own I’ve been achieving excellent results for
my patients. From there, there was the liposculpture that got me this
nickname. In patients who have lost massive amounts of weight, there is a
lot of excess skin that has to be removed and body contouring is needed.
Dr. Aboolian: Still that’s just one
area of my practice. I perform a lot of breast surgeries, nose surgeries,
and so on.
Editor: I read that Donda West (Kanye
West’s mother) considered you for her plastic surgery. I know also that
you declined because she didn’t obtain clearance from her physician. She
was able to find another L.A. plastic surgeon who performed the surgery anyway and
as we all know she died
in the aftermath. Do you have any words of wisdom (or caution) for those
of us who are considering plastic surgery?
Dr. Aboolian: The most important thing
to know is that plastic surgery is no different than any other surgery.
There is the misconception that plastic surgery is somehow different
(safer) than a surgery performed in a hospital. It is really no different;
you have to take all the same precautionary measures. The reason plastic
surgery has always been considered safe is because the majority of
patients are a part of the younger and healthier population. The health risks are
therefore much less. But there is an unwritten rule that once you get to
be 40 and above, the body starts undergoing changes and automatically
whenever I see somebody who’s over 40 I ask them to see their internist
(their family doctor) and to have a physical examination from head to toe
to make sure that they’re healthy enough to undergo surgery whether the
surgery is one hour or ten hours.
Editor: I believe that in the case of
Donda West it was an extensive surgery; several procedures performed at
the same time. Am I right?
Dr. Aboolian: Yes, but that’s not so
much the problem. I think that it could have happened to anybody. I don’t
know the exact specifics and I’m not about to point fingers at the
physician. It could have happened even if all the precautions were taken.
It was an individual case, and the individual wasn’t healthy enough to
have plastic surgery, but as said it could have happen to anyone. There is
no such a thing as a risk-free surgery.
Editor: Well, when we women talk about
plastic surgery, we refer to it as “cosmetic surgery” and this is why we
believe that like other “cosmetics” it is perfectly safe and risk-free.
Dr. Aboolian: That’s very true and
again, I blame it on the media. People who are not plastic surgeons
came up with the expression “cosmetic surgery”. I’m no different than any
other doctor, be it a heart doctor, or an urologist. I’m a physician. It’s
about the human body; it’s no different; it’s not risk-free.
Editor: What was your most gratifying
experience as L.A. plastic surgeon?
Dr. Aboolian: This is a card I received
from one of my patients, I’ll read you the last line: “but most
importantly, thank you for helping me feel comfortable in my new body. I
feel like a woman again, attractive and desirable.”
Editor: So it is about helping someone
improve their self-image…
Dr. Aboolian: Yes, you could refer to
it as vanity, but that’s not it. I have a three year old daughter and I
have a six year old son. Females are different than males. My 3 year old
already looks at herself in the mirror whereas my boy doesn’t even care
where the mirror is. My girl asks me if I like the skirt and the shoes
she’s wearing and my boy doesn’t care. So I think that it is very
important for a woman – and not because of a man but for herself – to feel
comfortable in her body and feel attractive. And if it means getting
plastic surgery to get that feeling, than I feel it’s OK to do it.
Editor: In Europe, for instance, plastic
surgery has become quite popular in recent years……..
Dr. Aboolian: That’s true but not to
the same degree as in the United States, or California, or Los Angeles and
Beverly Hills in particular because of the movie industry and the weather.
Here many more women strive for physical perfection. Perhaps because he’s the father of a little girl, he has a rare appreciation of a woman’s psyche. (He’s right; a woman’s appearance is a source of her personal power.) He understands also that his professional contribution as a plastic surgeon is the means to a goal and the ultimate goal of the patient is to gain (or regain, as it may be the case) the sense of a better self. Combine these with his professional excellence and artistic sensibility and you’ll know that his impeccable reputation is well deserved.
Andre Aboolian, MD
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