Shamoun Aesthetics

Shamoun Aesthetics America's ONLY Quadruple Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Over 20-years of experience in cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery.

California's ONLY Quadruple Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.

After years in plastic surgery, I’ve come to believe that the most important conversations I have with patients have not...
05/23/2026

After years in plastic surgery, I’ve come to believe that the most important conversations I have with patients have nothing to do with surgery — and everything to do with how they see themselves.

I’ve spent my career working with beauty in all its forms, across every age, ethnicity, and background. What I’ve learned is that the patients who feel most beautiful after surgery are the ones who already understood something true about themselves before they came in. Surgery didn’t create that. It simply helped them feel it.

This is not the kind of thing most surgeons post. But after years of listening to patients describe what they want, I felt it was time to share something honest — about perception, about diversity, about the dangerous myths that social media and celebrity culture have taught us to believe about beauty.

Plastic surgery is a powerful, transformative, and deeply personal decision. I believe in it completely. I have watched it change lives, restore confidence, and give people the reflection they always felt they deserved.

But the most beautiful results I have ever seen happen when a patient walks in already knowing their worth — and simply wants the outside to match how extraordinary they feel within.

These reflections are drawn from philosophers, poets, and one surgeon who has had the privilege of witnessing beauty in every human form imaginable.

Swipe through and let these words find you where you are.

With care and deep respect for every patient I’ve had the privilege of knowing.

JOHN MILAM SHAMOUN MD
Founder SHAMOUN AESTHETICS

Part lV 32-44 pledges . WHO IS MAKING THIS OATH?JOHN MILAM SHAMOUN, MD, FACSAmerica’s Only 6X Board Certified Plastic...
05/22/2026

Part lV 32-44 pledges . WHO IS MAKING THIS OATH?
JOHN MILAM SHAMOUN, MD, FACS
America’s Only 6X Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Plastic Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Forensic Medicine
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery
✦ Multiple fellowship (4) training programs beyond standard residency
✦ Licensed across the United States, UAE, and Qatar
✦ Newport Beach, CA  ·  Dubai  ·  Abu Dhabi
Over 15,000 surgical procedures performed.
5,000+ revision surgeries — correcting what others left behind.
International clientele from over 200 countries.
Celebrities, heads of state, and the person next door who simply deserved better.
 
WHY NOW?
Because patients are misinformed like never before and the field has become a jungle of greed mixed with high level marketing scams .
Because chains are advertising “lunchtime surgery” with zero regulatory accountability.
Because a gynecologist can perform liposuction on you tomorrow and no law prevents it.
Because our education, our certifications, our fellowships, and our decades of international surgical experience were earned for one reason — to do this right.
Because someone needs to say — loudly, publicly, on the record — this is what medicine is supposed to look like.  That someone is us.
We hope you study each of these pledges and it will give you a better understanding of this field .

SHAMOUN AESTHETICSJOHN MILAM SHAMOUN, MD, FACSAmerica’s Only 6X Board Certified Plastic SurgeonNewport Beach, CA  ·  Dub...
05/18/2026

SHAMOUN AESTHETICS
JOHN MILAM SHAMOUN, MD, FACS
America’s Only 6X Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Newport Beach, CA  ·  Dubai  ·  Abu Dhabi
 

 
What you are about to read has never been published by a surgeon before.
Not because it couldn’t be written.
Because most aren’t willing to be held to it.
 
At Shamoun Aesthetics, we have spent a lifetime in pursuit of something this industry rarely demands of itself — the highest possible standard, made public, in writing, with our name on it.
This is The Plastic Surgeon’s Oath. 36 PLEDGES we VOW to uphold . Not marketing language. Not a mission statement drafted by a consultant. Words written by a surgeon who has lived every one of them — in operating rooms across three continents, across four decades, across more than 15,000 procedures.
 
WHO IS MAKING THIS OATH?
JOHN MILAM SHAMOUN, MD, FACS
America’s Only 6X Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Plastic Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Forensic Medicine
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
✦ Board Certified — American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery
✦ Multiple fellowship (4) training programs beyond standard residency
✦ Licensed across the United States, UAE, and Qatar
✦ Newport Beach, CA  ·  Dubai  ·  Abu Dhabi
Over 15,000 surgical procedures performed.
5,000+ revision surgeries — correcting what others left behind.
International clientele from over 200 countries.
Celebrities, heads of state, and the person next door who simply deserved better.
 
WHY NOW?
Because patients are dying.
Because chains are advertising “lunchtime surgery” with zero regulatory accountability.
Because a gynecologist can perform liposuction on you tomorrow and no law prevents it.
Because our education, our certifications, our fellowships, and our decades of international surgical experience were earned for one reason — to do this right.
Because someone needs to say — loudly, publicly, on the record — this is what medicine is supposed to look like.  That someone is us.

Someone has to say it.After 20 years, 15,000 surgeries, and 7,000 revision procedures — I have seen enough to speak plai...
05/17/2026

Someone has to say it.

After 20 years, 15,000 surgeries, and 7,000 revision procedures — I have seen enough to speak plainly.

This series is not about tearing down colleagues. It is about telling you — the patient — what the industry too often will not.

The hype around trendy procedures. The techniques promoted by surgeons who have never mastered the fundamentals. The implants placed in patients who never needed them. The facelifts that change who someone is instead of restoring who they were.

You deserve honesty before you go under the knife.

To my surgical colleagues: these are not personal attacks. They are clinical observations built on decades of experience, training, and the humility that comes from performing 7,000 revision surgeries on patients who were let down elsewhere. If the truth is uncomfortable, ask yourself why.

To my patients: your identity is not a variable to be optimized. Your face, your body, your natural anatomy — these are assets to be respected, not problems to be solved with the latest technique a surgeon learned at a weekend course.

I am the only plastic surgeon in the United States with six active board certifications. I say that not to impress you — but to tell you that I have spent my entire career learning, not settling. And what I have learned, more than anything, is this:

The best surgery is often the surgery not performed.
The best result is the one that looks like you — only better.
And the best surgeon is the one who knows the difference.

Swipe through. Share what resonates. Ask questions.

4 month early result.This gentleman presented with deep forehead rhytids, festoons, and descended brows, requesting impr...
05/11/2026

4 month early result.
This gentleman presented with deep forehead rhytids, festoons, and descended brows, requesting improvement without general anesthesia. He needed to return to work as soon as possible and was a high risk patient due to heavy smoking etc .
Under straight local anesthesia in less than two hours we performed:
• Direct forehead lift
• Direct brow lift
• Upper blepharoplasty
• Festoon / malar bag excision
The early pink scar was intentionally placed along resting skin tension lines for optimal long-term concealment.
Notice the more open eyes, elevated brows, smoother lid–cheek transition, and refreshed periorbital architecture.
Sometimes the elegant solution is trading multiple deep wrinkles for one precise scar.
The scar improves. The structure remains.
“Where anatomy guides aesthetics

Delightful beautiful South Asian female age 40, age 65 and six months after comprehensive facial rejuvenation with fac...
05/11/2026

Delightful beautiful South Asian female age 40, age 65 and six months after comprehensive facial rejuvenation with face and neck lift, midface lift, upper and lower eyelids with fat transposition, lacrimal gland repositioning and chin augmentation.

No drains , no dressings , no hemostatic net sutures , accentuated eyelid pull for two weeks and soft tissue relaxation several weeks later . 2-3 week recovery .

The goal was never to erase identity, but to preserve it.

Her ethnicity, character, and natural beauty remain completely intact — only softer, more rested, and refreshed. No distortion. No exaggerated pull. No obvious signs of surgery. Progression photo age 40 when we removed large facial mole , age 65 , day 1 post op, day 7 post op , and 6 months post op . Note the overall change in neck contour and eyelids restoring a balanced youthful contour .

True facial rejuvenation should respect cultural variations and norms , restore harmony without sacrificing individuality. The best results are often the ones that simply look timeless.

Preserving ethnicity and cultural identity is one of the highest forms of artistry in rhinoplasty.There is no universal ...
05/08/2026

Preserving ethnicity and cultural identity is one of the highest forms of artistry in rhinoplasty.
There is no universal “perfect nose.”
True rhinoplasty is individualized.
The goal is harmony, refinement, balance, and preservation of identity — not forcing the same narrow “trendy” nose onto every face regardless of anatomy or ethnicity.
The most elegant rhinoplasty results are often the least obvious.
When performed properly, people notice the beauty of the face — not the surgery itself.
six day result and a one year result -Middle Eastern rhinoplasty with chin augmentation for facial balance.
Some residual swelling may persist up to 18 months.
Not operated
Not exaggerated.
Not strange.

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