In this episode of The Plastic Surgeon Podcast, Dr. Javad Sajan sits down with Colleen, a remarkable guest who lost 140 pounds through a gastric sleeve procedure and later chose to have a total 360 body lift. Colleen opens up about the physical and emotional challenges of significant weight loss, her experience traveling to Mexico for surgery, and how she navigated stress, family loss, and childhood trauma along the way. If you’ve ever wondered what truly motivates someone to risk their life und...
Apr 18, 2025•48 min•Ep. 33
In this episode of the Plastic Surgery Podcast, Dr. Javad Sajan sits down with Rosemary, a courageous woman who shares her deeply personal journey of transitioning and the transformative power of plastic surgery. From battling childhood dysphoria to undergoing complex surgeries like facial feminization and body contouring, Rosemary opens up about the challenges, triumphs, and life-changing moments she’s experienced along the way. In this candid conversation, Rosemary reflects on the physical, em...
Apr 05, 2025•54 min•Ep. 32
Ever wonder what truly motivates someone to undergo plastic surgery? In each episode of The Plastic Surgeon Podcast, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Javad Sajan sits down with real patients who share their compelling stories of transformation . From overcoming childhood struggles and societal expectations to navigating complex personal relationships, every journey highlights the triumphs and heartaches that lead to life-changing decisions under the knife. In this episode, Dr. Sajan meets Myr...
Feb 17, 2025•56 min•Ep. 31
This episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast features Dr. Sajan’s patient, Ember. She tells her story of undergoing facial feminization and breast augmentation with Dr. Sajan. Ember grew up in Northern Idaho and discusses her experience with gender dysphoria in the late 1980s and 1990s. Ember presented as male throughout high school, college, and her early adulthood. Working as an IT professional, Ember went on to get married and continue to present in traditionally male ways. In 2020, she began ...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 30
On this episode of The Plastic Surgeon Podcast, Dr. Sajan’s patient, Andrea, shares the process of undergoing a breast augmentation, what led her to Dr. Sajan, and how her life shaped her current outlook. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Andrea came to the United States when she was eight years old after her mother and stepfather married. Her family settled in Arizona, where she grew close with her friends and met her future husband. They fell in love after high school and were married seven years lat...
Sep 12, 2023•54 min•Ep. 29
This episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast features Dr. Sajan’s patient, Alma. She tells her story of undergoing mommy makeover surgery. Born and raised in Moses Lake, Washington, she grew up in a large family where her older siblings often took on the role of her caregivers. At 19, Alma found herself unexpectedly pregnant and was forced to drop out of diving school. With her life plans completely upended, she embraced becoming a mother and eventually went on to have more children. Unfortunatel...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 28
On this episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan’s patient, Stephanie tells her absolutely amazing story of overcoming a horribly traumatic experience when she was a teenager. A Marine Corps veteran, assault survivor, and mother, Stephanie underwent a mommy makeover including a breast lift with a tummy tuck. Growing up in Florida, Stephanie was an athlete and star student until a violent assault upended her life at the age of fifteen. After taking several years to overcome this trauma an...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 26
On this episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan’s patient, Killian. Killian underwent FTM top surgery with Dr. Sajan. He was also the focus of Episode Four of the realdrseattle series. Having grown up in South Texas and Tennessee, Killian grew up in a religious and non-supportive environment for a young transgender person. When Killian first attended university, he learned about gynecomastia surgery where extra chest tissue is removed for cisgender men. This sparked his interest in top ...
Jan 20, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 25
On this episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan’s patient, Koreen. Koreen underwent a gummy bear breast augmentation for larger breasts and to treat breast asymmetry. She opted for two different size implants to achieve the most symmetrical results that matched her body. Koreen is an ICU nurse who grew up all around the United States due to her father’s military career. Both of her parents immigrated from the Philippines and instilled values of positivity and hard work in Koreen. Becomi...
Jan 03, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 24
On this episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan’s patient, Liam. Liam is a transgender man who underwent top surgery with Dr. Sajan at Allure Esthetic earlier this year. Liam was born and spent his early life in the Dominican Republic. It was not until he attended high school in the United States that he began to have the language for his identity and the feelings he had growing up. During childhood, Liam experienced feelings of gender dysphoria. He never liked wearing traditional girls...
Nov 23, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 23
On this episode of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan’s patient, Oaklee Gose. Oaklee is an FTM man who underwent top surgery with Dr. Sajan at Allure Esthetic. Growing up in Idaho and the LDS church, Oaklee’s journey is truly unique and captivating. It includes periods of homelessness, conversion therapy, and a lot of hard work. Oaklee was an accomplished soccer player throughout childhood and got kicked off the team when he came out as a lesbian. This also caused his parents to kick him out ...
Aug 27, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Joining Dr. Sajan on the Plastic Surgeon Podcast is his patient, Ellis Younts. Ellis underwent bilateral double incision chest reconstruction, also known as FTM top surgery. He discusses the many decisions that transgender patients, doctors, and surgeons must make when considering transition. Talking points include underage gender affirming surgery, puberty blockers, and starting hormones at a young age. Ellis provides important insight into the politics that exist within and outside of the tran...
Jul 23, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Episode Sixteen of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast with Dr. Javad Sajan and Sabrina Sajan, covers the story of a runaway lip filler patient who wandered around the office with numbing cream on their lips. She was anxiously looking for their provider who was held up due to another patient who tried to bring their pet into the office. Next, Dr. Sajan tells an unbelievable story about a fellow doctor who talked bad about Dr. Sajan for seeing a patient who believed she was suffering from breast implant ...
Jun 24, 2021•27 min
Coming on the Plastic Surgeon Podcast this week is Dr. Sajan’s patient, Mercedes Christion. Mercedes underwent breast augmentation surgery with Dr. Sajan and was one of the patients featured in his TV series, realdrseattle®. Mercedes always had some negative feelings and self confidence issues concerning her chest and its size. She found herself comparing herself to other women in her life with larger chests and considered breast augmentation from a fairly early age. Eventually, after suffering ...
Jun 11, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 20
On Episode Fifteen of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast with Dr. Javad Sajan and Sabrina Sajan, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina discuss an interesting encounter they had when a potential job candidate brought in a person from the infamous “Do Not Schedule” list to perform a procedure on. This led to an awkward situation that is absolutely unbelievable. Next, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina seeing a former employee out in public when they were supposedly out of state and the suspicious circumstances of their departure. Fi...
Jun 01, 2021•21 min
Episode Fourteen of Clinic Talk tells some more stories from Dr. Sajan and Sabrina’s plastic surgery clinic. First off, they discuss Dr. Sajan’s most loyal patients who have followed him throughout his career. Many are unhappy with the new rules and Dr. Sajan’s new availability and how it has changed over the years. Next, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina discuss haters in Instagram comments and their new strategy for responding to them as well as the importance of providing the result a patient wants. Not ...
May 28, 2021•30 min
Joining Dr. Javad Sajan on the Plastic Surgeon Podcast this week is his patient, Sarah Ashbaugh. Sarah underwent en bloc breast implant removal after experiencing breast implant illness. Breast implant illness is a hotly contested topic within the plastic surgery community. In general, breast implant illness, or BII, refers to a collection of various symptoms that can occur months or even years after breast augmentation, as a reaction to breast implants. Sarah first had a breast augmentation in ...
May 12, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Episode Thirteen of Clinic Talk starts off with Dr. Sajan and Sabrina talking about the baby shower they threw for three of their employees and how they kept it COVID safe. Somehow babies always come in threes at Allure Esthetic! Next, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina discuss their policy about touching up filler and injectable treatments. Many patients attempt to take advantage of this policy to get free or extra filler or to get in sooner for their filler treatments. Finally, many would be surprised by t...
May 04, 2021•19 min
This week on the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan talks with his patient Ebo Barton. Ebo is a local slam poet who underwent FTM top surgery with Dr. Sajan. He discusses his past of identifying first as a lesbian and later as a transgender and non-binary person. Ebo also discusses the importance of having autonomy over one’s body and loving yourself, but know that you have the power to change yourself however you want. After growing up and graduating from high school and vocational training in f...
Apr 28, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 18
On episode twelve of Clinic Talk, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina recount some interesting stories and experiences from their plastic surgery clinic. To start, Sabrina discusses a frightening ordeal where someone posed as an employee to perform a breast augmentation consultation at a patient’s home. Next, Sabrina discusses yet another interesting story from job interviewees. This time an interviewee attempted to get laser hair removal by posing as a patient. Finally, Dr. Sajan discusses an interesting top...
Apr 23, 2021•19 min
The Plastic Surgeon Podcast and Dr. Sajan welcome his patient, Evy Hauntings. Evy is an OnlyFans model who underwent breast augmentation surgery with Dr. Sajan in September 2020. She discusses her struggle to gain weight, which led to having smaller breasts and making her look extremely thin. Knowing for a while that she wanted breast implants, Evy found Dr. Sajan through a recommendation from another online creator. Evy grew up in the Bay Area. Having grown up with little food and in abusive si...
Mar 31, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week on the Plastic Surgeon Podcast Dr. Sajan welcomes his patient, Paris Hall. Paris underwent a mommy makeover surgery which consisted of a tummy tuck and Brazilian butt lift performed together. Performing both procedures together is rare and Dr. Sajan is one of the few plastic surgeons who will perform them in one session. As a busy mother, Paris preferred not to split the surgery into multiple sessions. Originally from Houston, Paris moved to Portland for work. When her father was diagn...
Mar 10, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 16
On Episode 15 of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast, Dr. Sajan sits down with his patient Tracey Khuc who underwent breast augmentation surgery. Tracey talks about why she decided to get breast augmentation, what it was like choosing her breast implant size, and how she went about telling the people in her life. Tracey decided to undergo breast augmentation because she always had naturally small breasts. Waiting until her twenties with the hopes of seeing her breasts develop more to no avail, she decid...
Mar 03, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In episode eleven of Clinic Talk, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina Sajan start off by recounting their Valentine’s Day trip to the Maldives. The relaxing retreat involved scuba diving, a few too many massages, and some well deserved rest. From clinic this week, Sabrina describes how a job candidate nearly jumped her interviewer. After taking off her mask and cussing out a patient, the candidate became angry when told that the interview was no longer necessary. All while avoiding putting her mask back on. N...
Feb 24, 2021•27 min
The Plastic Surgeon Podcast welcomes Dr. Sajan’s patient, Jennifer Hutchinson. Jennifer underwent a breast augmentation with Dr. Sajan. She discusses her motivations for surgery and experience through the entire process, from consultation through postoperative care. Jennifer’s case was unique because her breasts were asymmetrical due to pregnancy and breastfeeding. Her breasts were essentially two different sizes. This made it difficult for Jennifer to fit into tops and bikinis. As her children ...
Feb 03, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This week on episode ten of Clinic Talk, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina share stories from their plastic surgery clinic. Dr. Sajan starts with a story about a surgical tech who came in for a job shadow and did not seem to know proper surgical etiquette. She also claimed to have an allergic reaction to an N95 mask?! Regardless, this applicant was unlike any other who came in for a job shadow. Sabrina then tells the story of a patient who threatened to call the police after getting charged the no show fee....
Jan 27, 2021•30 min
Episode Thirteen of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast welcomes Brooke McNally to tell her story of undergoing a male to female transition and MTF breast augmentation with Dr. Sajan. Brooke’s transition story is unique because she did not begin her transition until she was in her forties. Brooke discusses the challenges of coming out as an adult including handling her transition in the workplace and within her well established relationships. She also discusses some of her experiences of being misgender...
Jan 12, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
On this episode of Clinic Talk, Dr. Sajan and Sabrina discusses some more unbelievable stories from their plastic surgery clinic. First off, Dr. Sajan tells the story of a patient who kept him up for 36 hours straight after having a tummy tuck. Unable to urinate, the patient went to their local Emergency Room. The patient did not inform Dr. Sajan before surgery that she frequently experienced this problem after surgery. Sabrina and Dr. Sajan also discuss other concerns patients have called with,...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
Episode Twelve of the Plastic Surgeon Podcast, Dr. Sajan chats with his patient, Jessica Hogge. Dr. Sajan performed Jessica’s tummy tuck. During her recovery, it became evident that Jessica experienced a rare complication known as necrosis, or skin death. This episode details Jessica’s story of why she sought a tummy tuck from Dr. Sajan, finding out she had necrosis, and the how Dr. Sajan treated her. Despite going through a complication that would easily deter many patients, Jessica’s bright sp...
Dec 16, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode of Clinic Talk with Dr. Sajan and Sabrina Sajan, they discuss some of the most interesting stories from their plastic surgery clinic the past few weeks. From someone who accused an injector of injecting their forehead with poison to wearing crop tops to job interviews, Clinic Talk Eight will surely have you in disbelief. Along with these unbelievable stories, Dr. Sajan tells the story of an employee who came back to apologize three years after leaving their job with no notice. Sa...
Dec 09, 2020•31 min
