Blog Article
Posted on February 11th, 2012 in
Body Surgery
Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Andre Aboolian is well known in California for his numerous television appearances, most notably when he performed a full
body lift on “The Biggest Loser” winner Erik Chopin. The
post-bariatric “body expert,” renowned for his skills in
liposuction and body contouring, recently took some time to talk about his profession with an editor of the
Los Angeles Health Directory.
A father of two, Dr. Aboolian is sensitive to the needs of his patients, and feels 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.” Plastic surgery is about vanity, Dr. Aboolian says, “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.”
“I want people to know that there is a lot of GOOD plastic surgery and the good plastic surgery is the one you don’t see and don’t notice because the outcome is so natural and flattering… If you can’t tell that the person’s undergone plastic surgery and looks great, that’s a plastic surgery well done. Unfortunately, the media portrays one bad plastic surgery after another.”
Dr. Aboolian addressed some of the disturbing stories about plastic surgery that have emerged in recent years. He was the doctor who declined to perform body contouring surgery on Donda West, Kanye West’s mother, in 2007 because she had hadn’t obtained clearance from her physician. Mrs. West later died from complications after finding another surgeon who agreed to perform the procedure despite these misgivings.
“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… 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.”
