Dr. Ashkan Ghavami on Beauty, Flawed Expectations, and what actually makes you ugly

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Dr. Ashkan Ghavami has spent 20 years reshaping faces, bodies, and noses in Beverly Hills. He is also one of the rare surgeons who will tell you no, and mean it.In this conversation, Ariane and Ashkan go well beyond the operating table. They talk about why patients who look stunning still can't see it, why social media has made an entire generation less resilient, and why the most beautiful thing in a room is never the most filtered person in it.Dr Ash as I like to call him, shares what moved him into plastic surgery in the first place (hint: it started at eight years old on Sunset Boulevard), what Ozempic is actually doing to people's bodies, and why he considers saying no his favorite thing to do in practice.We also get into the stuff nobody really talks about: the jealous friend who talks a patient out of loving her results, the celebrities who cancel without a word, and the quiet epidemic of people using lawyers as weapons while calling it justice.What comes through clearly is this: beauty, to him, is not a standard. It's a relationship between proportion, personality, and the courage to stop microanalyzing yourself through 120 selfies.And ugly? That one he answers fast. It's not a crooked nose. Not even close.What you'll walk away with:Why the selfie camera is doing more psychological damage than any surgeryThe honest truth about Ozempic, including what it does to the people who don't need itDr Ghavami's full longevity protocol: sleep, movement, hormones, and the supplement he thinks everyone over 35 should know aboutWhy the best plastic surgery patients are the ones who come in already contentHow to stay youthful without outsourcing the work to a needleIf you want to know more or make an appointment for a consultation, click here.You can follow him on Instagram.

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