December 3, 2025 • 9 mins
Have you ever wondered if the doctor you didn’t choose might have actually been the right one all along?
In today’s episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored, Dr. Rady Rahban dives into one of the biggest misconceptions in modern cosmetic surgery — the idea that you must choose a “super-specialist” to get great results. What happens when marketing trends convince patients that a surgeon who does “everything” can’t possibly be an expert in the area they care about most?
And how many women unknowingly limit themselves because they assume the surgeon they trust “doesn’t do that procedure”?
In this candid and eye-opening conversation, Dr. Rahban breaks down:
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In today’s episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored, Dr. Rady Rahban dives into one of the biggest misconceptions in modern cosmetic surgery — the idea that you must choose a “super-specialist” to get great results. What happens when marketing trends convince patients that a surgeon who does “everything” can’t possibly be an expert in the area they care about most?
And how many women unknowingly limit themselves because they assume the surgeon they trust “doesn’t do that procedure”?
In this candid and eye-opening conversation, Dr. Rahban breaks down:
- The rise of hyper-specialized titles (facial plastic surgeon, oculoplastic surgeon, etc.)
- How marketing — not training — often shapes public perception
- Why outcomes, not labels, are the only measure that truly matter
- How patients can avoid making decisions based on assumptions
- A personal story about a patient who trusted him completely… but still went elsewhere for a facelift simply because she didn’t know he performed them
✨ If you love the show, leave a review — it means the world to our team (Sally included)!
✨ And share this episode with someone before they make a decision they might regret.
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✔️ Rate & Review—your feedback helps more people find us.
✔️ Follow Dr. Rady Rahban across all platforms for daily insights, behind-the-scenes, and patient education:
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- YouTube: @Rady Rahban
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
All right, welcome to another episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored.
As always, I'm your host, doctor Roddy Rabon, and we
have an interesting episode for you today. It's interesting. I
think it's a very important episode, and it's something that
I've been toying around with or has been brought up
multiple times, but I just think it's nice to go
(00:28):
talk about it. So it's this notion or this idea
that any surgeon today who is worth their weight in
gold has to be a sub specialist in what they do,
and that if you're a general plastic surgeon, basically you're
no good. So let me elaborate a little bit so
you understand. So not too long ago, I was in
(00:51):
a room with one of my patients and we were
chatting and I had done there, I don't know, some
body contouring procedure for them. And after the body conjuring procedure,
I noticed, like I don't remember what I noticed, but
I was like, hey, what's this. They're like, oh, yeah,
I'm like two months out from a facelift. I was like,
what you can imagine? I was my shock. They're like
(01:13):
six months out from the surgery that I did, And
somehow in the six months that they were recovering, they
went and had got a face LI. Now, absolutely, patient's
prerogative go wherever you want. But when I pressed them
on it a little bit, I said, oh, that's interesting.
Who'd you go to. They're like, oh, I went to
so and so, And I said that's great. And then
they said, yeah, I would have came to you, but
(01:33):
I mean, I know you just do body stuff. I
was like, no, that's not accurate. I do a ton
of facial surgery. I do. Yeah, it's like half of
my practice. And they're like really, and they were surprised.
And it surprised me that they were surprised because it
was like, what do you mean you don't know that
I do facial aesthetics. And so this topic has come
(01:54):
up many, many times. So in general, plastic surgeons Historically,
when you wanted to do cosmetic surgery, facelift, eyelid, breast, dog, tummy, chuck, whatever,
you went and saw a plastic surgeon the end. And
in the last fifteen to twenty years, all the other
subspecialties E and T your nose and throat, ophtalmology, dermatology,
(02:18):
and let's say cosmetic and other cosmetic specialties. They started
to develop this desire hunger to do esthetic surgery, and
so as a result, each subspecialty then created their own
esthetic if you will, training, and then they created in
addition to plastic surgeons, there became facial plastic surgeons. There
(02:43):
became oculoplastic surgeons, there became uncoplastic surgeons, and there's all
these names, and essentially what it was is these other
subspecialties wanted to be involved in aesthetic surgery and they
created their own training, and that's fine, but what that
did is it created this marketing ploy in my opinion,
and what they did is they deleted the oculo and
(03:05):
the facial in the whatever. And they call themselves all
plastic surgeons. But what they did is to say, I'm
a plastic surgeon, but I only specialize in the face,
suggesting that other plastic surgeons who do body work, well there,
that's there, that's what they specialize in. So it really
kind of irks me because, in my opinion, a person
(03:28):
should a patient should go to a doctor, not because
they they specialize, not because they market as this is
what they do, but because their results, their results are
outstanding in the area of work. That they do. So
what I mean by that is, let's say, for example,
(03:49):
I have chosen by choice. When I first went into practice,
it was very I remember the advice a two senior
plastic surgeons told me twenty years ago. Kid, if you
want to in Beverly Hills with all the competition, just
super specialize, pick something you really like, and that's all
I want you. That's what I suggest you do. So
let's say you decide, Hey, man, you know I'm just
(04:11):
gonna do breasts. And the reason they told me that
was because they knew that if I wanted to be
successful in an environment as competitive plastics as Beverly Hills,
then if I specialized in one area, I could make
it to the top quicker. But in my opinion at
the time, I was like, why would I do that?
I just finished training for like a gazillion years one two.
(04:33):
I really love the diversity of plastic surgery. I mean,
that's why I went and became a plastic surgeon. So
I resisted that advice, and as a result, I created
a very successful practice doing the entire gamut of plastic surgery.
That's right, I do eyelids, browlifts, Chinnog's rhinoplasti, facelifts, breast dogs,
(04:57):
tummy tucks, body conjuring. Wait, I do it all. Now.
That doesn't mean I'm good or bad. It just means
I do it all. So what I suggest to patients is,
while the marketing is nice, oh, I specialize in eyelids,
you shouldn't not go to someone or go to someone
purely because of the marketing. So what I would have
(05:18):
hoped that patient would have done was say, hey, doctor Bond,
do you do any facelifts. I'm just curious. I came
to you. You obviously did an amazing job. I would
have said, yes, I do, and they would have then
done what They would have gotten to my gallery and
pulled up my results, and one of two things would
have happened. One they would have said, ohoh wow, these
(05:40):
are some shitty results, in which case they would have
said doctor Bond is amazing at bodywork, facial work not
so good. Or they'd go like, holy shit, wow, these
are really good. This is actually this is incredible. His
work is incredible, in which case then I specialize in
that too. The idea of specializing is a term I
(06:03):
give to myself, and so at the end of the day.
Because plastic surgeons cosmetic surgeons rely on their outcomes. They
have outcomes that you can see. You can't go and
like go check out a gi doctrinecy the results of
their colonoscopy. You can't go to your I don't know
your general surgeon and see the results of their gall
(06:24):
bladder removal. But with plastic surgery, there's no hiding. So
if you go to a guy that's world renowned for
eyelids and his eyelid work is shit, then he sucks.
If you go to a guy who you went to
for your breast dog but their facelift work is amazing,
well then they're amazing. So it really kind of annoyed
and irked me because you're getting penalized for, in my opinion,
(06:47):
having a broad and very diverse practice. And I wanted
to make sure there was no misconception about this that
anyone that is a specialist or a generalist. It's just nonsense.
It's a lot of marketing in a very a very
highly densely concentrated environment like Beverly Hills, and everyone is
clamoring for patients, and everyone will market the shit out
(07:09):
of themselves as being unique or special, or I do
it only this way and no one does it that way,
and it's just not just not realistic. The bottom line
and the only thing that ever matters is outcomes, and
you can hide from outcomes. They're right there on the
screen for everyone to see. So I hope that adds
some clarity for you. I hope that if you're out
(07:30):
there and you're like, oh, I wonder what this doctor does,
ask the damn doctor what it is that they do.
Go onto their website, look at their work. And if
you and only you don't like the outcomes or you
don't see many of them. Conversely, if you went and
you're like, oh wait, there's like four eyelids here, well,
(07:51):
then I don't do them, do I? It's obvious. But
if you go and you see amazing work from a
plastic surgeon, you like, don't be fooled by the mark
marketing that he or she is or isn't this or
that the other. The proof is in the putting, The
proof is in the work. Okay. So I had to
get that rant out because it was driving me nuts.
It noised the hell out of me, And at any rate,
(08:12):
that's that. So I hope that helps. That wraps up
a very quick and short episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored.
As always, I ask for you two things. One, if
you dig the show, go out there write us a
good review. Go write something nice. Everybody, even Sally who's
here on a weekend, would love to read something nice.
Throw Sally's name in there and makes her happy. And
the second is share our podcast with people you know
(08:36):
and love. Don't wait for them to ask for it.
Share it with them without them asking, because you don't
know when they're going to go do something and have
a shitty outcome. All right, at any rate, that's a wrap.
We will see you guys next week on Plastic Surgery
Uncensored at
All right, welcome to another episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored.
As always, I'm your host, doctor Roddy Rabon, and we
have an interesting episode for you today. It's interesting. I
think it's a very important episode, and it's something that
I've been toying around with or has been brought up
multiple times, but I just think it's nice to go
(00:28):
talk about it. So it's this notion or this idea
that any surgeon today who is worth their weight in
gold has to be a sub specialist in what they do,
and that if you're a general plastic surgeon, basically you're
no good. So let me elaborate a little bit so
you understand. So not too long ago, I was in
(00:51):
a room with one of my patients and we were
chatting and I had done there, I don't know, some
body contouring procedure for them. And after the body conjuring procedure,
I noticed, like I don't remember what I noticed, but
I was like, hey, what's this. They're like, oh, yeah,
I'm like two months out from a facelift. I was like,
what you can imagine? I was my shock. They're like
(01:13):
six months out from the surgery that I did, And
somehow in the six months that they were recovering, they
went and had got a face LI. Now, absolutely, patient's
prerogative go wherever you want. But when I pressed them
on it a little bit, I said, oh, that's interesting.
Who'd you go to. They're like, oh, I went to
so and so, And I said that's great. And then
they said, yeah, I would have came to you, but
(01:33):
I mean, I know you just do body stuff. I
was like, no, that's not accurate. I do a ton
of facial surgery. I do. Yeah, it's like half of
my practice. And they're like really, and they were surprised.
And it surprised me that they were surprised because it
was like, what do you mean you don't know that
I do facial aesthetics. And so this topic has come
(01:54):
up many, many times. So in general, plastic surgeons Historically,
when you wanted to do cosmetic surgery, facelift, eyelid, breast, dog, tummy, chuck, whatever,
you went and saw a plastic surgeon the end. And
in the last fifteen to twenty years, all the other
subspecialties E and T your nose and throat, ophtalmology, dermatology,
(02:18):
and let's say cosmetic and other cosmetic specialties. They started
to develop this desire hunger to do esthetic surgery, and
so as a result, each subspecialty then created their own
esthetic if you will, training, and then they created in
addition to plastic surgeons, there became facial plastic surgeons. There
(02:43):
became oculoplastic surgeons, there became uncoplastic surgeons, and there's all
these names, and essentially what it was is these other
subspecialties wanted to be involved in aesthetic surgery and they
created their own training, and that's fine, but what that
did is it created this marketing ploy in my opinion,
and what they did is they deleted the oculo and
(03:05):
the facial in the whatever. And they call themselves all
plastic surgeons. But what they did is to say, I'm
a plastic surgeon, but I only specialize in the face,
suggesting that other plastic surgeons who do body work, well there,
that's there, that's what they specialize in. So it really
kind of irks me because, in my opinion, a person
(03:28):
should a patient should go to a doctor, not because
they they specialize, not because they market as this is
what they do, but because their results, their results are
outstanding in the area of work. That they do. So
what I mean by that is, let's say, for example,
(03:49):
I have chosen by choice. When I first went into practice,
it was very I remember the advice a two senior
plastic surgeons told me twenty years ago. Kid, if you
want to in Beverly Hills with all the competition, just
super specialize, pick something you really like, and that's all
I want you. That's what I suggest you do. So
let's say you decide, Hey, man, you know I'm just
(04:11):
gonna do breasts. And the reason they told me that
was because they knew that if I wanted to be
successful in an environment as competitive plastics as Beverly Hills,
then if I specialized in one area, I could make
it to the top quicker. But in my opinion at
the time, I was like, why would I do that?
I just finished training for like a gazillion years one two.
(04:33):
I really love the diversity of plastic surgery. I mean,
that's why I went and became a plastic surgeon. So
I resisted that advice, and as a result, I created
a very successful practice doing the entire gamut of plastic surgery.
That's right, I do eyelids, browlifts, Chinnog's rhinoplasti, facelifts, breast dogs,
(04:57):
tummy tucks, body conjuring. Wait, I do it all. Now.
That doesn't mean I'm good or bad. It just means
I do it all. So what I suggest to patients is,
while the marketing is nice, oh, I specialize in eyelids,
you shouldn't not go to someone or go to someone
purely because of the marketing. So what I would have
(05:18):
hoped that patient would have done was say, hey, doctor Bond,
do you do any facelifts. I'm just curious. I came
to you. You obviously did an amazing job. I would
have said, yes, I do, and they would have then
done what They would have gotten to my gallery and
pulled up my results, and one of two things would
have happened. One they would have said, ohoh wow, these
(05:40):
are some shitty results, in which case they would have
said doctor Bond is amazing at bodywork, facial work not
so good. Or they'd go like, holy shit, wow, these
are really good. This is actually this is incredible. His
work is incredible, in which case then I specialize in
that too. The idea of specializing is a term I
(06:03):
give to myself, and so at the end of the day.
Because plastic surgeons cosmetic surgeons rely on their outcomes. They
have outcomes that you can see. You can't go and
like go check out a gi doctrinecy the results of
their colonoscopy. You can't go to your I don't know
your general surgeon and see the results of their gall
(06:24):
bladder removal. But with plastic surgery, there's no hiding. So
if you go to a guy that's world renowned for
eyelids and his eyelid work is shit, then he sucks.
If you go to a guy who you went to
for your breast dog but their facelift work is amazing,
well then they're amazing. So it really kind of annoyed
and irked me because you're getting penalized for, in my opinion,
(06:47):
having a broad and very diverse practice. And I wanted
to make sure there was no misconception about this that
anyone that is a specialist or a generalist. It's just nonsense.
It's a lot of marketing in a very a very
highly densely concentrated environment like Beverly Hills, and everyone is
clamoring for patients, and everyone will market the shit out
(07:09):
of themselves as being unique or special, or I do
it only this way and no one does it that way,
and it's just not just not realistic. The bottom line
and the only thing that ever matters is outcomes, and
you can hide from outcomes. They're right there on the
screen for everyone to see. So I hope that adds
some clarity for you. I hope that if you're out
(07:30):
there and you're like, oh, I wonder what this doctor does,
ask the damn doctor what it is that they do.
Go onto their website, look at their work. And if
you and only you don't like the outcomes or you
don't see many of them. Conversely, if you went and
you're like, oh wait, there's like four eyelids here, well,
(07:51):
then I don't do them, do I? It's obvious. But
if you go and you see amazing work from a
plastic surgeon, you like, don't be fooled by the mark
marketing that he or she is or isn't this or
that the other. The proof is in the putting, The
proof is in the work. Okay. So I had to
get that rant out because it was driving me nuts.
It noised the hell out of me, And at any rate,
(08:12):
that's that. So I hope that helps. That wraps up
a very quick and short episode of Plastic Surgery Uncensored.
As always, I ask for you two things. One, if
you dig the show, go out there write us a
good review. Go write something nice. Everybody, even Sally who's
here on a weekend, would love to read something nice.
Throw Sally's name in there and makes her happy. And
the second is share our podcast with people you know
(08:36):
and love. Don't wait for them to ask for it.
Share it with them without them asking, because you don't
know when they're going to go do something and have
a shitty outcome. All right, at any rate, that's a wrap.
We will see you guys next week on Plastic Surgery
Uncensored at
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