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Can Plastic Surgery...MELT? | Doctor Vs Google ft. Dr. Youn

- Interestingly enough,
male rhinoplasty patients are the patients I hear are most likely to murder their plastic surgeon. - Wow!
- So, yes. - How did you get out of research? From Snapchat to television, plastic surgery seems to be everywhere. But let's see what Google
has to say about it. For this episode, I brought on my new
friend Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon, to teach you and me everything we need to know
about the surgery of plastics. Be-woo! &amp;quot;Does plastic surgery hurt?&amp;quot; - The answer is yes, it does hurt. - Okay. (laughs)
- I think a better question is is how much does it hurt? And it really does
depend on the operation. There are some surgeries
that I do where literally people say they don't take any pain pills and they say it didn't hurt at all. And then there are other
ones where they come in and they're mad at me. And I know they're gonna be mad at me because it was a big operation. - &amp;quot;Does plastic surgery work?&amp;quot; - I think some plastic surgery works, but actually some don't work. There are procedures that the
FDA clears in cosmetic surgery as being safe, but not
necessarily effective. - &amp;quot;Does plastic surgery
use plastic?&amp;quot; (laughs) I'm sure there's a procedure somewhere that uses a form of plastic. Tell me about it. - Technically, the term
plastic comes from plastic comes from plasticos, which is
a Greek term meaning to mold or to reshape, not actually plastic. - &amp;quot;Does plastic surgery age well?&amp;quot; So, the first question, a lot of people ask if
they're having a facelift is how long does it last? The studies actually show for a facelift, which is a surgery to lift
the lower face and the neck, results can last anywhere
from about 7 1/2 to 15 years. The other thing that's a huge
topic are breast implants. And there is this idea that
somehow breast implants hover after you put them in and that if you have a breast implant that you'll never have to have a lift. That they're never gonna sag. When the reality is the exact opposite! They are like a piston in the breast, there are weight in the breast. And so every time you jump up and down if you have breast implants, it's gonna stretch that skin a little bit. - That doesn't mean you
shouldn't exercise, by the way. That's not what he said.
- No. But you should, if you're
thinking about breast implants, go with the smallest size in general that you know you're gonna be happy with because the bigger you
go, the heavier they are, and size does matter in these situations because weight does matter too. - Yeah, not only does it matter
from an aesthetic appearance in terms of how long
before the sagging occurs, but I oftentimes see my
patients who do go too big and it actually starts
affecting postural muscles, backaches, neck aches. And that's always something
to think about because you know, especially if you're
sitting all day at work, standing, that that can contribute to a lot of musculoskeletal
concerns as well. &amp;quot;Can plastic surgery melt?&amp;quot; How is that the number one search? - I mean, I guess that you
could do like an experiment, take a breast implant,
and see if it melts. But like anything, I guess, you're gonna get it up
to a certain temperature and it's gonna melt.
- Yeah. - Plastic surgery on my... Okay, we got all the usual suspects. Would you say these are in
the order of most common? I would say maybe rhinoplasty
be the most popular procedure probably done in plastic
surgery in the U.S. Would you agree? - So number one is actually lipo because it's thrown in with
so many other procedures. Number two would be breast augmentation. Rhinoplasty would be
number one, amongst men. Rhinoplasty also has the
highest risk of body dysmorphia. Where it's a psychiatric condition where people have a view of themselves that doesn't necessarily
match with reality. Interestingly enough,
male rhinoplasty patients are the patients I hear are most likely to murder
their plastic surgeon. - Wow.
- So, Yes. - How did you get that research? I just typed in one, plastic surgery is, and the first result is,
&amp;quot;Plastic surgery is wrong.&amp;quot; First of all, plastic surgery
is not all cosmetic, right? First things first. Patients get dog bites, car
accidents, horrific traumas, where plastic surgery
can decide whether or not they suffer true mental health effects of their physical injury. So to say that it is all wrong
is too much of a statement and I think it goes too far. What would you say? - No, I agree. And really, I think everybody's
got different morals on it. It's funny 'cause when people
ask me, &amp;quot;Oh, what do you do?&amp;quot; I meet somebody new and I
say, &amp;quot;I'm a plastic surgeon.&amp;quot; I'm met with one of two responses. Either they recoil in horror at who I am or they go, &amp;quot;Wow, that's
really interesting.&amp;quot; (Mike laughs) And a funny thing is, is
when they recoil in horror and I say, &amp;quot;Oh my wife,&amp;quot;
and if I'm with my wife, go, &amp;quot;Oh, my wife's a pediatrician.&amp;quot; Then they go, &amp;quot;Ah, okay.
You're all right then.&amp;quot; (both laughing) For me, the way I look at plastic surgery is it's an avenue to help people feel better about themselves and hopefully improve
their quality of life. - &amp;quot;Cosmetic surgery for dogs.&amp;quot; For dogs? Do dogs get plastic surgery? - There are some animals
that do get plastic surgery. - No way? - The true plastic
surgery is reconstructive and there are some animals that have actually had
reconstructive surgery where plastic surgeons have actually gone and worked with veterinarians to reconstruct cats and dogs' faces. And there is some cosmetic
surgery done for certain dogs when they have so much extra skin, like hound dog types of dogs,
hanging over their eyes, it's actually been done. I've never done it before. I've got three rescue dogs that I love and I would never want to
put them under the knife. - So talk to me about
your everyday practice because I think my viewers... I mean, a lot of them know you because when I had you on my
thumbnail and I didn't realize that you were such a
mega presence on YouTube, that you actually are. People told me very quickly. So you have a big fan base.
- (laughs) I saw that. - But for those of us who don't know or aren't familiar with
the work that you do, tell us about it. - So I'm a board-certified
plastic surgeon. I've actually written three
books, three bestselling books. I've been on, I can't
tell you how many shows. I was kind of like you
before you hit the scene. Now I'm like the old version
of Mr. Mike, I guess. (laughs) As a plastic surgeon. My practice actually, it's
primarily all cosmetic surgery. I operate three days of the week, I see patients two days a week. I take emergency room call
for people who get bit by dogs and car accidents. And I've been in practice
now, gosh, 15 years. So, 15 years ago, I was like the young guy and now I swear to God, I feel like I'm the old guy. (laughs) - Well, I tell you, you still look great. So you could've fooled me. 15 years of practice.
That's really impressive. So you have this moniker that you go by, the Holistic Plastic Surgeon. Take me through that because
I'm a big fan of holistic care. It's something that is important to me as a family medicine physician, as a D.O. So walk me through that. What does that mean in
the field of plastic? - Yeah, so I went through
traditional medical training. I did, gosh, four years of medical school. I did three years of
general surgery residency, two years of plastic surgery. I did a fellowship in cosmetic
surgery in Beverly Hills. And I did really well
starting out my practice. I was in a show called &amp;quot;Dr.
90210&amp;quot; way back in the day and my practice exploded. And one day I thought
I had hit the pinnacle. I had patients flying in
from all around the country and even around the world coming to see me and I had a patient with
a terrible complication. And it really taught me that I didn't know as
much as I thought I did. What am I doing? You know. I'm doing all these operations, but I might truly doing
what's best for my patients? And so I really started on
this path of trying to help inform and educate people on
how to make their lives better using plastic surgery as
an absolute last resort. - That's amazing 'cause when I work with
surgeons in my practice, the goal's always to work with surgeons who are not just eager to
make the incision to cut, as we say. We want someone who's gonna
weigh the risks verse benefits, explain them to the patient, get them on the same page
so they feel comfortable. I do have a lot of
patients that come to me and want quick fixes, not surgical fixes
because I'm not a surgeon, but supplements, cure-all products. What's your take on that? - I do myself believe in
supplements. I do take supplements. I think we can go supplement crazy. I think there are certain ones that we do know can
potentially help and not hurt. A big one right now that's
really controversial is collagen. And there are doctors who are very anti-collagen supplements. I'm on the other side. - It's a very controversial space. I think because a lot
of the studies are done through the industry, unfortunately, because the NIH is doing very limited work when it comes to supplements. What university is gonna fund that because there's not a lot
of money in supplements? So I definitely think
there's room to improve on the research of the
quality that we're doing with supplements. My patients don't come to me very wealthy. Especially, I work in a
community health center. And they're busy, they're working a lot, they don't have a lot of funds. So to them, they have to make that balance between choosing a supplement
or joining the gym. So to me, I always point
them in the direction of what's most proven, most efficacious, and that they're gonna get
the most bang for their buck all across the board for their health. - Yeah and that's the
thing, is, that no question, it really does start with your lifestyle. It starts with what you eat,
with getting the right sleep, de-stressing, you know. But after that, yes, are there things that I
think we can do to help us, and for my standpoint, look
better and feel better? No question. But yeah, you really do
have to pick and choose what you recommend and
what your patients are on. I think I have a different
patient population than you, in that the patients who come to see me have disposable income because they're coming in to get Botox or coming in because they're
interested in filler, maybe a facelift. And so it is a bit, I think, potentially of a different crowd. - Is there any message you
wanna leave the audience with? I'd love to give you
the final word on that. - I think if there's anything you remember about plastic surgery is that you never regret
work you didn't do, you only regret work that you did that you probably shouldn't have done. So if you're considering
a cosmetic procedure, do your research, learn all about it. Talk to a number of different doctors. And before you sign on the dotted line, before you go under the knife, make 100% sure that this
is the right thing for you. And if you're not 100% sure give yourself more time to think about it because you can always do it later. - Well said, Dr. Youn. Thank you so much for joining
us on the YouTube channel. Check out Dr. Youn's own YouTube channel, where he does all sorts of videos. Everything you wanna know
about popular TV shows, reaction videos. And frankly, he's gonna
make you that much wiser about your potential
skin and plastic surgery want slash needs. Hey Google, can I cure
cancer with carrots? Well, click on this video to
find out for another episode of &amp;quot;Doctor vs. Google&amp;quot;. And if you haven't signed
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