Aesthetic Titans Episodes

When Allure greenlit a 1991 story on whether cosmetic surgeons talk people into procedures they don’t need, the reporter who took it signed up for a facelift mid-assignment — and built a 25-year career off the result. Joan Kron joins Dr. Bass for a long conversation about what plastic surgery looked like before liposuction, before Botox, before fillers were anything more than collagen. Her early Allure features ranged from “Shopping for a New Face” to a story about a woman who died on the ope...

What happens when the physician who helped introduce Botox to the world reflects on how far aesthetics has come? Dr. Jean Carruthers shares the unexpected moment that changed everything, and why it still shapes how she thinks about facial rejuvenation today. She talks through the early days of skepticism, how botulinum toxin A evolved from treating frown lines to influencing everything from jawline slimming to scar healing, and why precision and restraint matter more now than ever. What start...

Dr. Lawrence Bass honors the late Dr. Sam Hamra, a true pioneer in facelift surgery whose innovations forever changed the field. He reflects on Dr. Hamra’s path from Oklahoma to NYU to Dallas, where his curiosity and analytical mind led him to challenge traditional facelift methods and develop the revolutionary deep plane and composite techniques. Dr. Hamra’s work went beyond aesthetics. It was about anatomy, precision, and integrity. He questioned norms, refined his own methods, and inspired...