Feb. 22, 2022
The Power of One: Why More Isn't Better When Picking A Plastic Surgeon Or Aesthetic Provider
Why More Isn’t Better When Picking Your Plastic Surgeon or Aesthetic Provider
Should you find an individual expert for each treatment you want? Or is it better to find one experienced, capable plastic surgeon with whom to develop a long-term relationship? Dr. Bass discussed how this kind of relationship produces a more detailed plan that is refined over time based on the results of previous treatments and a more detailed and intimate knowledge of your beauty goals and how your appearance is changing. Hear Dr. Bass explain how this produces time and money efficiency along with a more refined plan by streaming the episode.
Read more at Dr. Bass’s blog: https://drbass.net/power-of-one-plastic-surgeon-aesthetic-provider/
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 another episode of
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.
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I'm your co-host Doreen Wu and joining
me is Dr. Lawrence Bass Park Avenue
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plastic surgeon, educator,
and technology innovator.
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Today's episode title is
the power of one. Why more?
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Isn't better when picking your
plastic surgeon or aesthetic provider?
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Dr. Bass tell me and our listeners,
what do you mean by the power of one?
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Well, Doreen, we talked about this
a little bit in the last episode.
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Um,
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some patients have a Botox
doctor and a filler doctor and a
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laser doctor and a facelift doctor.
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All of these doctors work someplace
different. They don't talk to each other.
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The power of one is about having one
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talented experience provider,
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who you have a long term
relationship with to create
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and evolve your beauty plan.
If you have too many doctors,
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you have too many different
directions at once. You know,
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the example I gave was spicing the soup,
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you have four or five
people spicing the soup.
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Nobody's really tasting what
the other person is doing.
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You're not going to get to
anything that's coordinated.
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You get all different opinions,
but nothing is integrated.
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So it's not the most efficient on time.
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It's not the most efficient
on money. And most of all,
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it's not the most refined
on optimizing your beauty.
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That all makes sense,
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but it makes me wonder don't I want
the one person who is the best at the
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procedure I need.
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Well, we'd like to think there's
one best provider, but in reality,
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there are a lot of providers
who are very talented, uh,
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but it's a combination of
not just technical skills,
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but also experience in the relationship
with you to partner in planning
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what's needed. Unfortunately,
life is never simple.
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There's not one best treatment,
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but it's really a
progression of interventions.
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So a long term relationship
with a single team can bring
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efficiency and the best results
with the fewest and least invasive
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treatments.
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I like this idea of having a long
term relationship with a single
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comprehensive team of providers. Are
there other advantages to this approach?
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How can it benefit me.
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When you have an experienced
overall provider,
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all options are on the table.
Your plastic surgeon can bring
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invasive options and
noninvasive treatments,
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but it's being done with a coordinated
plan. It's a plan that evolves over time.
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There are no black holes. So
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the provider knows what what's being done.
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There isn't some other provider offering
and an undefined laser treatment.
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Which laser is it? When was it last done?
They're not even aware it's going on,
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but even if they know,
they don't know the details
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sufficiently to factor it into their plan
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in the power of one you're,
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you can also apply planning tools and
assessment tools of the results that
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you're getting with your treatments,
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because you know everything about what's
being done with different providers.
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There are just too many
moving parts, and again,
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it's not coordinated in any way.
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And rather than just having a cookie
cutter plan or a basic plan, uh,
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or individual attributes that are
being worked on at different rates,
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by different providers,
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you are getting an optimized
plan with feedback based on
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how you respond to each
treatment. So you either
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maximize a given modality,
if it's particularly helpful,
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or you dial that modality down
and switch to an alternate.
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If you're not getting the
results you hoped for.
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Ah, I understand the title
now, the power of one,
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a coordinated team that
thoroughly understands my
individualized care plan and
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is able to watch my progress over
time and really follow it through
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adjusting when needed.
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That makes me wonder how do I
know when I found the right one?
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Well, again, Doreen,
that's a loaded question.
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One of the hardest things in
life, in any relationship the
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significant other or spouse,
your job relationships,
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friends and doctors is, is finding
the right people to be around.
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Speaking for myself. I always live
in fear that my amazing doctors,
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my dentist are going to retire or
move to another part of the country.
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Once I found somebody who I like working
with, I want to hold onto them forever.
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If I'm able to. So you'll know
when you find the right person,
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you want expertise, you want
professionalism, not theater.
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A lot of what's happening in aesthetic
care nowadays has become very
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theatrical and not about
providing professional service.
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And, you know, entertainment is okay,
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but probably not with your medical care,
because this is still medical care.
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You want a provider who's
going to partner with you.
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Who's going to listen to you.
And of course, someone who's kind
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and kind in words in being
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soothing and encouraging, but also
more importantly kind in action.
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A provider who's really doing
things that buoy and safeguard
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you from harm, much
more than anything else.
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Okay.
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So I want one overall provider who I trust
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to coordinate my beauty care,
but can they do everything.
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Well, it's not really
about doing everything,
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but almost everything that's
typically needed after 10 plus
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years of training and 25 years
of experience and cutting edge
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development. Um, I can,
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I'm really not just best at
one treatment or procedure,
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there are two or three different major
areas of expertise where I can cover the
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spread of what's needed
almost all the time.
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And this is going to be true of
most experienced plastic surgeons.
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They'll have the ability to bring the
range of treatments that are current or
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state of the art.
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Are there any exceptions to this?
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There are exceptions and a really
quality provider will send you out
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if you really need something unusual.
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That's simply beyond their skillset
to deliver at a high level,
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uh, in institutional healthcare,
not aesthetic healthcare,
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that's more of a closed
system increasingly,
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but in private advice based
care, like aesthetic healthcare,
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the ability to pull in the best providers
or refer you out to the best providers
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for an individual aesthetic issue is
something that's really an important
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part of that process.
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And that one who's coordinating
everything will do that for you.
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That was very insightful before we close.
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What are some key ideas that our listeners
should remember from today's episode?
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Well, again, the power of one is about
having a relationship with a provider,
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outstanding knowledge and technical
skills. That's always important.
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They should be able to
offer you nonsurgical
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options and surgical options,
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whatever it takes or whatever you're
up for to solve your beauty challenges.
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The one provider can make a plan that
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changes over time as needs evolve,
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and can take advantage of the feedback,
the results of treatments you do have,
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uh,
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knowing what worked
and what didn't let you
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know how much to plan going forward.
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And always remember beauty is
a process. It's not an event.
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So Dr. Bass, I think it's
time to pop the big question.
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Who is the one that is the right
one for someone's aesthetic care?
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Well, there is a one for everyone,
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but not a universal one for everyone.
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Find the one who's right for you.
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This is about a long term relationship
for your lifetime beauty needs.
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It may be continuous or sporadic,
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but either way you need someone who
has incredible capability and breadth,
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but who also connects with
you and your feelings still,
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your beauty one is not a friend,
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although they are more on your
side than most of your friends,
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they need to be someone who's a realist
with you about what plastic surgery and
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aesthetic treatments can accomplish
or not someone who tells you the
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truth, even if it's
sometimes uncomfortable,
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but this is being done in the privacy
of the medical relationship to help you
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feel your most confident when you're in
the outside world with everyone else.
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It sounds like a very tough but worthwhile
search to find the right one for your
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medical beauty needs.
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Thank you Dr. Bass for taking us on
this journey for each of us to find our
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power of one.
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This is Doreen Wu thanking you for joining
Dr. Bass and me for this discussion
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of the power of one. Be sure to
join us next time for our episode,
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comparing and contrasting
Park Avenue and Rodeo Drive,
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two iconic plastic surgery sites
stream the episode to find out how the
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plastic surgeons in these storied
places are bringing the cutting edge in
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plastic surgery, to their
patients in their own unique ways.
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Thank you for joining us in
this episode of the park avenue,
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plastic surgery class podcast
with Dr. Lawrence Bass Park Avenue
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plastic surgeon, educator,
and technology innovator.
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The commentary in this
podcast represents opinion.
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This podcast does not
present medical advice,
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but rather general information about
plastic surgery that does not necessarily
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relate to the specific conditions
of any individual patient.
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No doctor-patient relationship
is established by listening
to or participating
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in this podcast,
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consult your physician to advise you
about your individual healthcare.
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or wherever you listen to podcasts.
00:00:00,970 --> 00:00:04,740
Welcome to another episode of
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.
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I'm your co-host Doreen Wu and joining
me is Dr. Lawrence Bass Park Avenue
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00:00:14,101 --> 00:00:17,420
plastic surgeon, educator,
and technology innovator.
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00:00:18,010 --> 00:00:22,050
Today's episode title is
the power of one. Why more?
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00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:25,610
Isn't better when picking your
plastic surgeon or aesthetic provider?
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00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:31,050
Dr. Bass tell me and our listeners,
what do you mean by the power of one?
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00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,610
Well, Doreen, we talked about this
a little bit in the last episode.
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Um,
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some patients have a Botox
doctor and a filler doctor and a
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laser doctor and a facelift doctor.
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All of these doctors work someplace
different. They don't talk to each other.
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The power of one is about having one
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talented experience provider,
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who you have a long term
relationship with to create
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00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:07,990
and evolve your beauty plan.
If you have too many doctors,
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you have too many different
directions at once. You know,
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00:01:12,711 --> 00:01:15,350
the example I gave was spicing the soup,
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you have four or five
people spicing the soup.
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Nobody's really tasting what
the other person is doing.
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You're not going to get to
anything that's coordinated.
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You get all different opinions,
but nothing is integrated.
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So it's not the most efficient on time.
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00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,560
It's not the most efficient
on money. And most of all,
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00:01:39,110 --> 00:01:42,760
it's not the most refined
on optimizing your beauty.
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That all makes sense,
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but it makes me wonder don't I want
the one person who is the best at the
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procedure I need.
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Well, we'd like to think there's
one best provider, but in reality,
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00:01:56,780 --> 00:02:00,660
there are a lot of providers
who are very talented, uh,
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00:02:01,140 --> 00:02:04,100
but it's a combination of
not just technical skills,
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00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:09,340
but also experience in the relationship
with you to partner in planning
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00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:14,050
what's needed. Unfortunately,
life is never simple.
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There's not one best treatment,
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00:02:16,650 --> 00:02:20,010
but it's really a
progression of interventions.
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00:02:20,730 --> 00:02:24,970
So a long term relationship
with a single team can bring
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00:02:25,770 --> 00:02:30,280
efficiency and the best results
with the fewest and least invasive
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00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:31,833
treatments.
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I like this idea of having a long
term relationship with a single
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comprehensive team of providers. Are
there other advantages to this approach?
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How can it benefit me.
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00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,920
When you have an experienced
overall provider,
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00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,190
all options are on the table.
Your plastic surgeon can bring
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invasive options and
noninvasive treatments,
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00:02:57,150 --> 00:03:01,760
but it's being done with a coordinated
plan. It's a plan that evolves over time.
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00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,240
There are no black holes. So
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00:03:07,850 --> 00:03:11,890
the provider knows what what's being done.
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00:03:12,370 --> 00:03:16,890
There isn't some other provider offering
and an undefined laser treatment.
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Which laser is it? When was it last done?
They're not even aware it's going on,
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00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:24,360
but even if they know,
they don't know the details
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sufficiently to factor it into their plan
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00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:31,680
in the power of one you're,
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00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,240
you can also apply planning tools and
assessment tools of the results that
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00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:37,670
you're getting with your treatments,
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00:03:39,590 --> 00:03:43,870
because you know everything about what's
being done with different providers.
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There are just too many
moving parts, and again,
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it's not coordinated in any way.
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And rather than just having a cookie
cutter plan or a basic plan, uh,
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or individual attributes that are
being worked on at different rates,
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by different providers,
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you are getting an optimized
plan with feedback based on
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how you respond to each
treatment. So you either
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maximize a given modality,
if it's particularly helpful,
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or you dial that modality down
and switch to an alternate.
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If you're not getting the
results you hoped for.
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Ah, I understand the title
now, the power of one,
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a coordinated team that
thoroughly understands my
individualized care plan and
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is able to watch my progress over
time and really follow it through
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adjusting when needed.
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That makes me wonder how do I
know when I found the right one?
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Well, again, Doreen,
that's a loaded question.
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One of the hardest things in
life, in any relationship the
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significant other or spouse,
your job relationships,
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friends and doctors is, is finding
the right people to be around.
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Speaking for myself. I always live
in fear that my amazing doctors,
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my dentist are going to retire or
move to another part of the country.
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Once I found somebody who I like working
with, I want to hold onto them forever.
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If I'm able to. So you'll know
when you find the right person,
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you want expertise, you want
professionalism, not theater.
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A lot of what's happening in aesthetic
care nowadays has become very
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theatrical and not about
providing professional service.
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And, you know, entertainment is okay,
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but probably not with your medical care,
because this is still medical care.
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You want a provider who's
going to partner with you.
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Who's going to listen to you.
And of course, someone who's kind
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and kind in words in being
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soothing and encouraging, but also
more importantly kind in action.
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A provider who's really doing
things that buoy and safeguard
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you from harm, much
more than anything else.
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Okay.
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So I want one overall provider who I trust
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to coordinate my beauty care,
but can they do everything.
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Well, it's not really
about doing everything,
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but almost everything that's
typically needed after 10 plus
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years of training and 25 years
of experience and cutting edge
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development. Um, I can,
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I'm really not just best at
one treatment or procedure,
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there are two or three different major
areas of expertise where I can cover the
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spread of what's needed
almost all the time.
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And this is going to be true of
most experienced plastic surgeons.
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They'll have the ability to bring the
range of treatments that are current or
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state of the art.
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Are there any exceptions to this?
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There are exceptions and a really
quality provider will send you out
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if you really need something unusual.
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That's simply beyond their skillset
to deliver at a high level,
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uh, in institutional healthcare,
not aesthetic healthcare,
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that's more of a closed
system increasingly,
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but in private advice based
care, like aesthetic healthcare,
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the ability to pull in the best providers
or refer you out to the best providers
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for an individual aesthetic issue is
something that's really an important
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part of that process.
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And that one who's coordinating
everything will do that for you.
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That was very insightful before we close.
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What are some key ideas that our listeners
should remember from today's episode?
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Well, again, the power of one is about
having a relationship with a provider,
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outstanding knowledge and technical
skills. That's always important.
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They should be able to
offer you nonsurgical
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options and surgical options,
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whatever it takes or whatever you're
up for to solve your beauty challenges.
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The one provider can make a plan that
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changes over time as needs evolve,
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and can take advantage of the feedback,
the results of treatments you do have,
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uh,
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knowing what worked
and what didn't let you
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know how much to plan going forward.
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And always remember beauty is
a process. It's not an event.
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So Dr. Bass, I think it's
time to pop the big question.
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Who is the one that is the right
one for someone's aesthetic care?
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Well, there is a one for everyone,
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but not a universal one for everyone.
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Find the one who's right for you.
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This is about a long term relationship
for your lifetime beauty needs.
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It may be continuous or sporadic,
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but either way you need someone who
has incredible capability and breadth,
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but who also connects with
you and your feelings still,
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your beauty one is not a friend,
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although they are more on your
side than most of your friends,
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they need to be someone who's a realist
with you about what plastic surgery and
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aesthetic treatments can accomplish
or not someone who tells you the
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truth, even if it's
sometimes uncomfortable,
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but this is being done in the privacy
of the medical relationship to help you
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feel your most confident when you're in
the outside world with everyone else.
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It sounds like a very tough but worthwhile
search to find the right one for your
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medical beauty needs.
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Thank you Dr. Bass for taking us on
this journey for each of us to find our
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power of one.
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This is Doreen Wu thanking you for joining
Dr. Bass and me for this discussion
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of the power of one. Be sure to
join us next time for our episode,
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comparing and contrasting
Park Avenue and Rodeo Drive,
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two iconic plastic surgery sites
stream the episode to find out how the
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plastic surgeons in these storied
places are bringing the cutting edge in
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plastic surgery, to their
patients in their own unique ways.
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Thank you for joining us in
this episode of the park avenue,
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plastic surgery class podcast
with Dr. Lawrence Bass Park Avenue
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plastic surgeon, educator,
and technology innovator.
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