Bass Plastic Surgery

07/21/2026

New Episode! "Injectable Fillers & Gender Affirmation"

Facial appearance carries some of the strongest signals of gender, and small, precise changes can shift how a face reads to the world.

Dr. Lawrence Bass and returning guest Dr. Jason Bloom, co-director of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, walk through the standard menu of facial feminization and masculinization work: brow shape, nasal bridge and tip, forehead slope, cheek volume, and jaw and chin contour. They compare implants, fat grafting, and fillers for each area, and explain why male-to-female changes tend to be reductive while female-to-male changes tend to be additive.

Dr. Bloom shares how neuromodulators and fillers let people preview a look and adjust brow height or cheek volume with real precision, without surgery or anesthesia. Insurance coverage, cost, and the reality that this work is ongoing rather than one-and-done round out the conversation.

The takeaway: there is no single template for a masculine or feminine face, and the right surgeon listens to what a person wants rather than repeating one signature style.

About Dr. Jason Bloom

Dr. Jason Bloom is a facial plastic surgeon in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and co-director of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his fellowship at New York University and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

Questions answered by this episode:

1. What is facial feminization surgery?
2. How do masculine and feminine brow shapes differ?
3. What makes a nose read as more masculine or more feminine?
4. Why do surgeons often choose fillers or fat over cheek implants for midface volume?
5. What is the difference between neuromodulators and dermal fillers in gender-affirming facial work?
6. Why is male-to-female facial affirmation usually reductive while female-to-male is usually additive?
7. Can fillers be used to try out a look before committing to surgery?
8. Does insurance cover facial feminization surgery or gender-affirming fillers?
9. How has gender-affirming facial surgery changed over the past few decades?
10. Why isn’t there one standard look for gender affirmation surgery?

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
Subscribe to the Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class newsletter to be notified of new episodes & receive exclusive invitations, offers, and information from Dr. Bass.

Facial appearance carries some of the strongest signals of gender, and small, precise changes can shift how a face reads to the world. Dr. Lawrence Bass and return…

07/07/2026

New Episode! "Aesthetic Titans #3: Inside the Plastic Surgery Beat with Joan Kron"

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 operating table during a facelift, and her monthly Scalpel News column ran for 25 years without ever publishing a “best doctor” list.

Joan and Dr. Bass talk through three decades of shifts: selfie culture pulling the average age down, the rise of Botox, the injectables boom now distorting faces a syringe at a time, the Brazilian butt lift trade where industrial silicone in the wrong hands has become a leading cause of cosmetic death, and a frank read on reality TV — Botched, she argues, isn’t really about plastic surgery so much as letting viewers feel superior to people who made bad choices.

The most practical thread is recovery. Major procedures need professional post-operative monitoring, not a girlfriend who can’t tell when bleeding has become a hematoma or local anesthesia has dropped blood pressure into the danger zone. Beauty is more accessible than ever, but the moment someone shops for price instead of expertise, that margin disappears.

About Joan Kron
Joan Kron is the award-winning journalist who built plastic surgery into a real reporting beat — 25 years at Allure, the book Lift: Wanting, Fearing, and Having a Facelift, and the documentary Take My Nose, Please (streaming on Amazon Prime).

Questions answered in this episode:
1. How did Joan Kron establish plastic surgery as a serious journalism beat?
2. What did plastic surgery look like in 1991, before Botox, liposuction, and modern fillers?
3. Why are “best doctor” lists in women’s magazines often misleading?
4. How has social media changed the average age of people seeking cosmetic procedures?
5. Why is professional post-operative supervision essential after a facelift, and how does too much local anesthesia raise the risk?
6. How did reality shows like Dr. 90210 and Botched shape public perception of plastic surgery?
7. Why is the Brazilian butt lift both the fastest-growing and the most dangerous cosmetic procedure?
8. How do injectable fillers distort the face when overused?
9. What’s the fascinating history behind Botox that almost no one knows?

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

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-as…

06/23/2026

New Episode! "Facelift Series #10: Incision Decisions"

Almost everyone heading into face lift surgery worries about the line in front of the ear. But the cuts everywhere else around it are arguably more challenging.

Dr. Bass and Dr. Kylie Edinger walk through every cut made during a facelift — from the sideburn and hairline above the ear, down through or in front of the tragus, around the earlobe, behind the ear, and back into the hairline of the neck. Each location has at least two viable variations, and which one a surgeon picks depends on whether the lift is focused on the midface or the jawline and neck, the thickness of the skin, how someone tends to scar, and even how they wear their hair.

They cover why men with thicker pre-tragal skin often get a different cut than women, how a retrotragal incision hides better but risks blunting the tragus, why an anterior hairline cut can be made oblique to let hair grow through and disguise the scar, what causes the pixie ear deformity at the earlobe, and how scars mature over a full year with help from silicone gels, anti-inflammatory injections, and lasers.

The scar you end up with is mostly about your genetics. The surgeon’s job is to place each line where it belongs, sew it with finesse, and have the full revision toolkit ready if any of them need help along the way.

About Dr. Kylie Edinger
Dr. Kylie Edinger is a plastic surgeon practicing in Bozeman, Montana. During the creation of this facelift series, she was training as an aesthetic plastic surgery fellow with Dr. Bass and a host of other world class plastic surgeons at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital in New York City. Part of the prestigious Northwell Health program, this is one of the top aesthetic plastic surgery fellowships in the country. Dr. Edinger completed her plastic surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin.

Follow Dr. Edinger on Instagram
Questions answered by this episode:

1. Where are facelift incisions actually placed around the ear?
2. What’s the difference between a pre-tragal and retro-tragal facelift incision?
3. Why do men often need a different facelift incision than women?
4. What is a pixie ear deformity and how do surgeons prevent it?
5. How does a facelift incision change for a midface lift versus a neck lift?
6. What is the submental incision and why is it part of a facelift?
7. How long does it take for facelift scars to fade?
8. Can lasers, silicone gels, and injections improve a healing facelift scar?
9. What facelift incision options are there for bald men or men with very short hair?
10. Can the same incisions be reused for a revision facelift years later?

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
Subscribe to the Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class newsletter to be notified of new episodes & receive exclusive invitations, offers, and information from Dr. Bass.

Almost everyone heading into face lift surgery worries about the line in front of the ear. But the cuts everywhere else around it are arguably more challenging. Dr.…

06/09/2026

New Episode! "A Recap of The Beauty Series: 10 Principles for Smarter Decisions"

The aesthetics marketplace moves billions of dollars a year and is built to sell, which makes a clear, unhurried head your strongest asset.

Across the ten episodes of the Beauty Series, Dr. Lawrence Bass curates a guide to navigating cosmetic treatments, and this final installment is a reflection on the most important takeaways:

A steady relationship with one provider beats scattered, one-off Botox or filler appointments because it gives you someone who knows your preferences and watches how you age over time.

Planning gets right-sized to the moment: what you need before the holidays, what to address this year, and a comprehensive view of the next several years.

These frameworks anchor your decision-making:

The beauty lens is the feature that actually bothers you, weighed against whether a reliable treatment for it exists

The beauty thermostat is how sensitive you are to change, where turning it up earlier favors small, low-recovery tweakments over bigger corrections later.

Dr. Bass also flags the real risks of traveling abroad for treatment, the gap between restoring your appearance and changing it, and the daily essentials that hold everything together: sunscreen, a barrier-protecting moisturizer, and a prescription retinoid. The payoff of doing your homework is spending the least time and money while landing closest to your goals, and steering clear of buyer’s remorse.

Questions answered by this episode:

1. What is the Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class Beauty Series?
2. Why is an ongoing relationship with one aesthetic provider better than one-off treatments?
3. What are the risks of traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery?
4. How should you plan beauty treatments for the short and long term?
5. What is the “beauty lens” and how does it guide treatment choices?
6. What is the “beauty thermostat” and why does its sensitivity matter?
7. Are trendy aesthetic treatments worth trying?
8. What are tweakments, and how do they fit into a beauty plan?
9. What skincare products belong in every routine?
10. How big is the beauty industry, and why should that change how you shop for treatments?

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
Subscribe to the Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class newsletter to be notified of new episodes & receive exclusive invitations, offers, and information from Dr. Bass.

The aesthetics marketplace moves billions of dollars a year and is built to sell, which makes a clear, unhurried head your strongest asset. Across the ten episodes …

05/14/2025

We’re all still glowing from the fabulous gala held by .org

We enjoyed and the opportunity to see colleagues, friends and to support the worthy efforts of this organization teaching women (and men) about breast reconstruction options and providing support for the journey.

12/10/2024

Take it from someone who has spent a career studying beauty: the real you, unfiltered and seen through natural focal lengths, is what people find most attractive.

Learn more about what makes someone beautiful on my . Link in bio.

09/26/2024

40 units of Daxxify last significantly longer than the industry gold standard, 20 units of Botox—a major game-changer after 20+ years. Get all the details on the latest neuromodulator in my episode with Dr. Kane. Link in bio.