Today Dr. Shirazi interviews Dr. Amir Karam, a board-certified Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Named the Best Cosmetic Surgeon in San Diego seven times, Dr. Karam developed the novel surgical procedure Vertical Restore™ & has patients fly in from around the world to see him. Dr. Amir and Dr. Azi discuss: 

• Karam’s path in medicine and how it started at an early age from watching his mom during her health journey 
• Taking a path to being a heart surgeon and how the future of his career was changed in one afternoon 
• Balancing creativity and technical skills 
• The effects of the pandemic in his practice 
• How virtual consultations are changing the face of aesthetic medicine and how Zoom is driving patients to his practice 
• History of aging facial plastics & deep plane facelifts 
• The anatomy of the Vertical Restore™ & how Dr. Karam developed this novel surgical method for the most natural restorative facial rejuvenation
• When to start thinking about the first facelift 
• The criteria to begin seeing a patient or candidate for a facelift
• What is giving the cosmetic industry a bad rap
• Lessons learned from 2020 thus far and what we’re looking forward to for the balance of the year

For more on Dr. Amir you can follow him on Instagram @dramirkaram, on YouTube at DrAmirKaram, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sandiegofacialplastics or online at www.drkaram.com If you have questions you want Dr. Shirazi to answer on the podcast, send her a DM on Instagram @skinbydrazi! To learn more, check her out on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/dermmd1 and on TikTok @skinbydrazi. Shop skincare and learn more about the practice at www.LaJollaLaserDerm.com.