You're going to have alien boobs for a while [Urmen Desai, MD, Beverly Hills]

Eva Sheie (00:04):
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Dr. Desai (00:15):
My name is Urmen Desai. I am a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California.

Eva Sheie (00:21):
How soon do they get to see what they look like with their new breast implants?

Dr. Desai (00:25):
They come out of surgery in a surgical bra and they're a little bit out of it for the first few hours, and then they go to sleep. The next morning I allow 'em to take a shower and that's when the first time they take off their bra, and so that's when they really see it. But at that point it's swollen, they're high. They just look a little bit like, I call 'em alien boobs. I say, you're going to have alien boobs for a few weeks. But it takes time for them to drop and settle and fall into place, so you're not going to be really ready for a month or two. I say you're like a cake in the oven. You've been baking for five minutes. You're going to need a whole hour to continue to bake and cook. Or you're a fruit on the tree. You're not ripe yet, you need time to,

Eva Sheie (01:05):
I like that you use feminine analogies because often I hear car analogies with these things or the oil change. It just doesn't work with women very well.

Dr. Desai (01:17):
I agree. I agree.

Eva Sheie (01:18):
Would you say that you've got it dialed in at this point in your career? You really understand what women want when they come to you for breast augmentation?

Dr. Desai (01:28):
Absolutely. Malcolm Caldwell talks about the 10,000 hours and I think I'm approaching that where it's like I've done it so frequently, almost mastered it. And I know every question and I know every question that's coming, and I know how to answer everything and I know how to deal with every complication. And it's fun for me, it's almost like a next level. Even with sizing, I kind of just know with multiple things in my, when I see it, it's one of those things when you see, you know it, so I think it's almost on the next level.

Eva Sheie (02:00):
Do you usually know before the patient even tells you?

Dr. Desai (02:02):
Almost, yeah. After asking 'em a few questions, like what size cup are you today? What size do you want to be? Do you like a natural look or do you want a juicy perky look? And what's your occupation? How do you spend your time? What do you do for work? Those few light delicate questions, I already know, it's going to be 300, it's going to be 450, it's going to be 600.

Eva Sheie (02:22):
Where can we find you on Instagram?

Dr. Desai (02:25):
My Instagram handle is @DesaiPlasticSurgery, D-E-S-A-I Plastic surgery. That's where you can see most of my work and get in touch with me, slide into the dms. Come visit Beverly Hills, California.

Eva Sheie (02:40):
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