March 4, 2025
Beauty Series #2: Hit and Run Beauty
A cosmetic “hit and run" is when you get a treatment with barely any consultation, minimal assessment, and little to no aftercare—a quick in-and-out procedure with no real thought behind it.
Aesthetics isn’t like grabbing a Big Mac at the drive-thru, though. It’s personal, customized, and requires a deeper understanding of how your body responds to treatments over time. What you've done before, what you might need now, and how things evolve all play a role in making sure your results are precise and natural.
Dr. Bass explains what to look for in a plastic surgeon to get the best results and why building a long-term relationship with the right expert can make all the difference in achieving beautifully nuanced outcomes.
About Dr. Lawrence Bass
Innovator. Industry veteran. In-demand Park Avenue board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Lawrence Bass is a true master of his craft, not only in the OR but as an industry pioneer in the development and evaluation of new aesthetic technologies. With locations in both Manhattan (on Park Avenue between 62nd and 63rd Streets) and in Great Neck, Long Island, Dr. Bass has earned his reputation as the plastic surgeon for the most discerning patients in NYC and beyond.
To learn more, visit the Bass Plastic Surgery website or follow the team on Instagram @drbassnyc
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Welcome to Park Avenue
Plastic Surgery Class,
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the podcast where we explore controversies
and breaking issues in plastic
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surgery. I'm your co-host, Summer Hardy,
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a clinical assistant at Bass
Plastic Surgery in New York City.
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I'm excited to be here with Dr. Lawrence
Bass, Park Avenue plastic surgeon,
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educator and technology innovator.
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This is another episode
in our beauty series,
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the series where we present and discuss
Dr. Bass's advice and philosophy about
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your beauty and how to put
together your beauty program.
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The title of today's episode is
Hit and Run Beauty. Okay, Dr. Bass,
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you've piqued my curiosity again.
What is this episode about?
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What is hit and run beauty?
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We've touched on this issue before
in the Power of One episode,
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the idea of what kind of relationship
you want with your aesthetic
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provider. Obviously I'm biased.
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Being a fully trained surgeon,
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certified by the American Board
of Plastic Surgery with 30
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years of experience practicing,
most of it on Park Avenue,
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I've got a certain
outlook on how things work
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ideally, and the way my practice works,
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I have a certain kind of
relationship with my patients.
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There's a certain way those of us
working on Park Avenue in New York City
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tend to do things.
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That makes sense. So how does
that contrast with hit and run?
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Basically, it's the opposite.
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What I mean by hit and run beauty
is that treatment you get with
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very little consultation, very
little physical examination
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and assessment before the treatment
and very little aftercare.
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Got it. So can you give me an example?
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Well, let me give you a
metaphor and an example.
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So the metaphor is when you're
walking through the ground
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floor of a department store and
you walk past the people who are
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spraying with perfume, I mean,
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they're going to give you a little shot
of perfume on your way by if you want
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it, and you may like the
perfume or not like it,
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but it's not going to be
very carefully applied.
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The quantitation of the
application is going to be very
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inexact or imprecise.
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They're just going to blast you with a
little bit of perfume as you sweep on by.
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That's not really the way I think
we want our medical aesthetic
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treatments to be given to us.
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And so the example that you
asked for is a Botox or a
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filler injection and more of a
storefront care kind of place.
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Sometimes that can be a
different provider each time.
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It may not be a very experienced
provider. It might be.
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It is probably a very quick
and focused very basic
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treatment.
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So part of the problem with that
is that there's possibly less
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precision and nuance and no one's
looking at the big picture how
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that treatment or the feature
being addressed fits with
your other features and
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what's changing in your face over
time. So it's just hit and run.
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You get the treatment and you keep moving.
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I'm starting to understand that idea,
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but is hit and run
treatment always a mistake?
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Not at all.
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I just personally think you get
a lot less than you get in a full
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service setting with an ongoing
relationship with a plastic surgeon
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who can offer you all of the options,
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surgical and nonsurgical
as they become necessary.
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Sometimes all it's needed is
just a quick fix for the time
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being until a more extensive
assessment can be made,
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or because your primary long-term plastic
surgeon is not immediately available.
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So in those settings, sometimes
a quick fix is just fine.
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It's not that it's necessarily bad,
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but if that's your only
means of getting beauty
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treatments, aesthetic care, I think
you're really limiting yourself.
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That makes a lot of sense.
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Can you tell me a bit more about what
that provider relationship means?
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The relationship means there's a
more in-depth understanding of your
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aesthetic preferences,
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an in-depth understanding
of how you respond
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to treatments based on
what you've done before,
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what you might need now watching
things change over years of
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time,
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and that gives you more precision
in how those treatments are applied,
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whether they're surgical or non-surgical.
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The bottom line is your aesthetic care
is not a commodity like a Big Mac,
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which is more or less
the same anywhere you go.
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Your face and your
aesthetic needs are unique,
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much more individual, and the
care needs to be customized,
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not commoditized and
dispensed over a drive thru.
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It's about a long-term dialogue
with your plastic surgeon,
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how you age and your appearance
and your preferences,
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and how those evolve over
time. To use another word,
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this is about communication.
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Think of how you communicate when you
get a Big Mac through the drive thru.
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The communication is clipped and limited.
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It's hard to get a few words out and to
have them heard on the other side and
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to understand the few words
that come back at you.
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It's a very focused,
limited communication.
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There's not much explaining,
taking place, going either way.
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You explaining what you're looking
for or the provider explaining what's
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involved in the treatment. The sound
quality and the interface are poor,
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and therefore the messages
often garbled and confused.
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The chances that you and the provider
have the same mental picture of the
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aesthetic goal is much less
likely than with a good sit
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down discussion face-to-face.
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That's really interesting.
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Something that I hadn't really
considered before when seeking Care.
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So time for your takeaways, Dr. Bass.
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Will you share them with
our listeners please?
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To obtain the best results
with your aesthetic care,
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I believe it's critical to have an
ongoing relationship with an experienced
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plastic surgeon who can offer
the following. Number one,
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a full range of options,
surgical and non-surgical.
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Someone who knows your wants
and aesthetic preferences,
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knows what your style is, so to speak.
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Someone who's watched you age and
seen how things are changing over
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time.
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Your long-term plastic surgeon can
tell you if your aging is stable,
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if it's speeding up,
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if there are obvious features that
jump out and really need treatment.
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So this is kind of a reality
check on how you look,
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and some patients are very
connected to how they look.
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They understand every little
change as it trickles in and other
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patients, they're missing
how much has changed,
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and they're walking around with an image
of themselves as a much younger adult.
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They kind of know intellectually
that things are not exactly the same,
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but emotionally they haven't connected
with how much things have changed. So
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a reality check going either
way with your surgeon,
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it's really time to jump on something
because it's a very obvious feature
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or that really there's a little change
there, but it's not very important,
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not worth it's chasing. That's very,
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very useful to have that
second look or reality check.
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And what do you get in return for
having this long-term relationship?
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I believe you get more precision
in how the selected treatments and
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procedures are performed and
a lot more nuance in detail.
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You get a more unified plan
for what's needed and a more
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unified plan by definition is
going to be more time efficient,
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more cost effective.
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The level of detail and precision
with this quality, long-term,
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in-depth experience will be much
more satisfying and much more
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likely to succeed in meeting
all of your aesthetic
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goals, in my opinion,
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compared with having a hit
and run beauty experience.
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Thank you, Dr. Bass,
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for sharing your perspective on
how to avoid hit and run beauty.
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I'm sure all our listeners want to get
the most results with the least input of
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time and money.
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Welcome to Park Avenue
Plastic Surgery Class,
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the podcast where we explore controversies
and breaking issues in plastic
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surgery. I'm your co-host, Summer Hardy,
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a clinical assistant at Bass
Plastic Surgery in New York City.
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I'm excited to be here with Dr. Lawrence
Bass, Park Avenue plastic surgeon,
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educator and technology innovator.
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This is another episode
in our beauty series,
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the series where we present and discuss
Dr. Bass's advice and philosophy about
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your beauty and how to put
together your beauty program.
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The title of today's episode is
Hit and Run Beauty. Okay, Dr. Bass,
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you've piqued my curiosity again.
What is this episode about?
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What is hit and run beauty?
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We've touched on this issue before
in the Power of One episode,
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the idea of what kind of relationship
you want with your aesthetic
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provider. Obviously I'm biased.
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Being a fully trained surgeon,
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certified by the American Board
of Plastic Surgery with 30
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years of experience practicing,
most of it on Park Avenue,
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I've got a certain
outlook on how things work
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ideally, and the way my practice works,
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I have a certain kind of
relationship with my patients.
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There's a certain way those of us
working on Park Avenue in New York City
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tend to do things.
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That makes sense. So how does
that contrast with hit and run?
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Basically, it's the opposite.
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What I mean by hit and run beauty
is that treatment you get with
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very little consultation, very
little physical examination
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and assessment before the treatment
and very little aftercare.
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Got it. So can you give me an example?
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Well, let me give you a
metaphor and an example.
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So the metaphor is when you're
walking through the ground
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floor of a department store and
you walk past the people who are
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spraying with perfume, I mean,
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they're going to give you a little shot
of perfume on your way by if you want
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it, and you may like the
perfume or not like it,
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but it's not going to be
very carefully applied.
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The quantitation of the
application is going to be very
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inexact or imprecise.
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They're just going to blast you with a
little bit of perfume as you sweep on by.
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That's not really the way I think
we want our medical aesthetic
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treatments to be given to us.
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And so the example that you
asked for is a Botox or a
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filler injection and more of a
storefront care kind of place.
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Sometimes that can be a
different provider each time.
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It may not be a very experienced
provider. It might be.
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It is probably a very quick
and focused very basic
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treatment.
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So part of the problem with that
is that there's possibly less
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precision and nuance and no one's
looking at the big picture how
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that treatment or the feature
being addressed fits with
your other features and
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what's changing in your face over
time. So it's just hit and run.
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You get the treatment and you keep moving.
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I'm starting to understand that idea,
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but is hit and run
treatment always a mistake?
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Not at all.
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I just personally think you get
a lot less than you get in a full
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service setting with an ongoing
relationship with a plastic surgeon
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who can offer you all of the options,
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surgical and nonsurgical
as they become necessary.
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Sometimes all it's needed is
just a quick fix for the time
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being until a more extensive
assessment can be made,
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or because your primary long-term plastic
surgeon is not immediately available.
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So in those settings, sometimes
a quick fix is just fine.
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It's not that it's necessarily bad,
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but if that's your only
means of getting beauty
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treatments, aesthetic care, I think
you're really limiting yourself.
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That makes a lot of sense.
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Can you tell me a bit more about what
that provider relationship means?
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The relationship means there's a
more in-depth understanding of your
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aesthetic preferences,
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an in-depth understanding
of how you respond
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to treatments based on
what you've done before,
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what you might need now watching
things change over years of
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time,
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and that gives you more precision
in how those treatments are applied,
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whether they're surgical or non-surgical.
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The bottom line is your aesthetic care
is not a commodity like a Big Mac,
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which is more or less
the same anywhere you go.
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Your face and your
aesthetic needs are unique,
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much more individual, and the
care needs to be customized,
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not commoditized and
dispensed over a drive thru.
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It's about a long-term dialogue
with your plastic surgeon,
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how you age and your appearance
and your preferences,
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and how those evolve over
time. To use another word,
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this is about communication.
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Think of how you communicate when you
get a Big Mac through the drive thru.
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The communication is clipped and limited.
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It's hard to get a few words out and to
have them heard on the other side and
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to understand the few words
that come back at you.
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It's a very focused,
limited communication.
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There's not much explaining,
taking place, going either way.
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You explaining what you're looking
for or the provider explaining what's
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involved in the treatment. The sound
quality and the interface are poor,
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and therefore the messages
often garbled and confused.
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The chances that you and the provider
have the same mental picture of the
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aesthetic goal is much less
likely than with a good sit
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down discussion face-to-face.
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That's really interesting.
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Something that I hadn't really
considered before when seeking Care.
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So time for your takeaways, Dr. Bass.
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Will you share them with
our listeners please?
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To obtain the best results
with your aesthetic care,
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I believe it's critical to have an
ongoing relationship with an experienced
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plastic surgeon who can offer
the following. Number one,
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a full range of options,
surgical and non-surgical.
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Someone who knows your wants
and aesthetic preferences,
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knows what your style is, so to speak.
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Someone who's watched you age and
seen how things are changing over
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time.
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Your long-term plastic surgeon can
tell you if your aging is stable,
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if it's speeding up,
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if there are obvious features that
jump out and really need treatment.
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So this is kind of a reality
check on how you look,
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and some patients are very
connected to how they look.
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They understand every little
change as it trickles in and other
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patients, they're missing
how much has changed,
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and they're walking around with an image
of themselves as a much younger adult.
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They kind of know intellectually
that things are not exactly the same,
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but emotionally they haven't connected
with how much things have changed. So
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a reality check going either
way with your surgeon,
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it's really time to jump on something
because it's a very obvious feature
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or that really there's a little change
there, but it's not very important,
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not worth it's chasing. That's very,
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very useful to have that
second look or reality check.
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And what do you get in return for
having this long-term relationship?
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I believe you get more precision
in how the selected treatments and
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procedures are performed and
a lot more nuance in detail.
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You get a more unified plan
for what's needed and a more
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unified plan by definition is
going to be more time efficient,
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more cost effective.
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The level of detail and precision
with this quality, long-term,
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in-depth experience will be much
more satisfying and much more
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likely to succeed in meeting
all of your aesthetic
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goals, in my opinion,
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compared with having a hit
and run beauty experience.
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Thank you, Dr. Bass,
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for sharing your perspective on
how to avoid hit and run beauty.
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I'm sure all our listeners want to get
the most results with the least input of
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time and money.
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