The results of the user vote have been counted, the results have been summed up, and conclusions have been drawn. And now we know which of the nominees was chosen by patients and users of the MEDAFARM portal.
We would like to note that all the specialists who took part in the competition are experienced and outstanding professionals, true experts in their field and fans of their work. Many of them were project leaders in past years. But only those participants who collected the largest number of user votes can become winners.
It should be recalled that any user could vote for the surgeon. Voting participants evaluated before and after photographs of the works, based on their experience and personal preferences. Some of them could have been a real patient of the nominated surgeon.
When the vote counting is completed, we solemnly announce the winners of the 2019 Rating.
Tony Yun
Over 16 years of practice, Tony has not only become one of the most famous plastic surgeons in the United States. He is a writer and a real TV star. Jung has published two best-selling books: his own memoirs In Stitches and The Age Fix (about how to look 10 years younger).
At his clinic in Michigan, the doctor promotes holistic medicine (which is based on healthy habits) and performs with his team more than 20 types of plastic surgeries: from sculpting procedures to abdominoplasty. You won’t find stars in the photo reports on the official website, and with 17 thousand followers on Instagram, Tony prefers to share family photos, but we assume that making an appointment with a doctor is not so easy.
Without disclosing the names of his patients, Yoon willingly comments on the changes of other stars: too many fillers in Desperate Housewives, massive breast implants in Pamela Anderson and unsuccessful lip implants in Meg Ryan. A good result is Ashlee Simpson’s rhinoplasty, which she did in 2006, and Kris Jenner’s facelift.
But Tony does not recommend that anyone do some procedures and has even compiled a blacklist on his own website.
Top 10 most popular plastic surgeons
The publication “Plastic Surgery: Technologies for Effective Correction” presents a rating of the popularity of plastic surgeons, compiled on the basis of the activity of Russian Internet users.
Read more about the principles of rating
Additionally, the reasons for the demand for information about each of the presented specialists were investigated, as well as peak periods in which the number of requests for one reason or another significantly exceeded the monthly average.
For convenience, we have added a conditional three-stage gradation based on the general predominance of reviews of one direction or another:
- + (positive reviews predominate),
- – (negative reviews predominate) and
- = (the predominance of one type of feedback over others is not significant)
Thus, the rating can be a starting point for choosing the best plastic surgeon, allowing you to identify those whose popularity is due to successful professional activities and weed out surgeons known due to the large number of unsatisfactory results of their operations and other negative factors.
| Place | Surgeon's name | Popularity quotient | Review rating |
| 1 | Blokhin Sergey Nikolaevich | 21,1% | + |
| A specialist with more than 25 years of experience and an impeccable track record, one of the most experienced Russian plastic surgeons. His popularity for a long time was based on the “word of mouth” effect: grateful patients were happy to share the master’s contacts with friends and acquaintances. In 2011, he founded the Frau Klinik, which in 2016 was included in the 100 best clinics in the world. Currently he acts as an operating plastic surgeon and an expert on Channel One in the program “10 Years Younger”, and also actively receives pop and film stars in his clinics (Galina Danilova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Ksenia Strizh, Alena Vodonaeva, etc.) Professor Sergei Blokhin – one of the few surgeons in the world who masters such complex surgical techniques as bilateral prophylactic mastectomy and breast reconstruction with a TRAM flap. He has many patented proprietary techniques, including “endoscopic breast augmentation”, “mini-lifting” and “aqualifting”. | |||
| 2 | Yakimets Valery Grigorievich | 19,9% | + |
| The third decade in plastic surgery, the sixth thousand operations... Recognized not only by patients, but also by his competitors as a master of facelift and breast surgery - all this is Valery Yakimets. One of the doctor’s professional tricks is an integrated approach to working with the face, within which an individual combination of anti-aging operations is selected for each patient. A supporter of endoscopic techniques, due to which the impressive result is complemented by minimal trauma. Of course, patients appreciate this and are happy to leave the most positive reviews about Valery Grigorievich’s work. | |||
| 3 | Sergeev Ilya Vyacheslavovich | 15,3% | + |
| Sergeev’s popularity is largely due to his commitment to one of the most popular plastic surgeries - breast augmentation. The opening of Russia's first specialized center for breast augmentation, regular publications in the press, appearances on television and numerous reviews from satisfied patients - all these factors provided Ilya Vyacheslavovich with well-deserved success. As Sergeev himself admitted, mammoplasty is considered the most “thankful” operation. It experiences the least number of complications (1-1.5%), both early and late. Perhaps this is why it is impossible to find negative reviews about Sergeev’s work today - which, however, does not in any way detract from the professionalism of the surgeon, for whom there is always a huge queue of people wanting to acquire a new bust. | |||
| 4 | Tumakov Gleb Igorevich | 12,4% | + |
| We still remember how back in 2012 they called this promising surgeon the main “discovery of the year.” At that time, Professor Blokhin’s student was already well known in professional circles, but patients had not yet heard the name of Dr. Tumakov. Today he has already performed more than 4,000 operations and received many grateful reviews from patients. In addition to word of mouth, Gleb Igorevich gained wide popularity thanks to his participation in the “Reboot” project on the TNT channel, where since 2021 he has been acting as the main expert on plastic surgery. Being always visible and staying on top is not an easy task, and those who cope with it certainly deserve trust. | |||
| 5 | Mikhailov Andrey Anatolievich | 7,6% | + |
| A representative of an extremely small category of Russian surgeons who are equally good at operations on both the face and body. At the same time, over almost 20 years of active practice, the profession has not turned into a conveyor belt for Mikhailov: he is constantly improving his methods, placing a significant emphasis on the safety and comfort of patients. In many ways, this explains the popularity of Andrei Anatolyevich - patients appreciate his unique skills, which allow him to get by with a minimal rehabilitation period even after the most complex operations. And the abundance of grateful reviews indicates that the result is as impeccable as the process. | |||
| 6 | Ovanesova Olga Alexandrovna | 7,5% | + |
| Dr. Ovanesova knows the most modern techniques for restoring a figure after childbirth and severe weight loss. Very few surgeons can plan and flawlessly carry out a complex of breast and abdomen lift, correction of the intimate area and liposuction, so it is not surprising that the name of this specialist is always heard. In addition, Olga Alexandrovna’s portfolio includes impressive results in face and neck rejuvenation. And a large number of positive reviews about her work: such unanimous approval from patients is rare and definitely deserves attention. | |||
| 7 | Babayan Gayk Pavlovich | 5,0% | + |
| One of the most experienced Russian plastic surgeons. He performed his first operations back in 1988, and met the new millennium as a recognized master of rhinoplasty. He regularly appears as a guest expert on television, is visible on the Internet and collects a lot of reviews from satisfied patients, including many celebrities from the world of show business. Since 2007, Dr. Babayan has headed his own Sharm clinic, and in 2017 this project evolved into Sharm Gold, a center that fully complies with the highest international surgical standards. | |||
| 8 | Grigoryants Vladislav Semenovich | 4,3% | + |
| The name of Vladislav Grigoryants is the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to rhinoplasty. The founder of the first surgical center in Russia specializing in nose surgery (“Center for Aesthetic Rhinosurgery”), the owner of the largest online portfolio for this operation and impeccable aesthetic taste, the author of many exclusive developments, the first to use the advantages of open rhinoplasty in closed ones. It is not surprising that reviews of Vladislav Semenovich’s work are extremely positive, and his clinic in the capital never ceases to receive patients. | |||
| 9 | Ivanchenkova Tatyana Aleksandrovna | 4,2% | + |
| The name of Dr. Ivanchenkova has long been firmly associated with aesthetically impeccable liposuction. However, she also performs other body contouring operations (in particular, abdominoplasty and hip surgery) at an equally high level. What else could be the result of many years of practice, coupled with close attention to countless details and nuances, which ultimately make up the ideal figure? It was precisely this balanced, deep approach that provided Tatyana Aleksandrovna with sincere gratitude from her patients, which is easy to verify after reading the mass of positive reviews. | |||
| 10 | Gvaramia Alexey Alekovich | 2,7% | + |
| One of those few surgeons who did not make high-profile advertising campaigns, but earned a reputation solely through stable successful practice (almost 30 years of experience). Despite the growing popularity of the Mont Blanc clinic, where Dr. Gvaramia sees doctors, people still come to him mainly on personal recommendations and thanks to numerous positive reviews. Alexey Alekovich's specialty is anti-aging plastic surgery of the face and neck. Thanks to his own techniques and developments, he manages not only to achieve ideal aesthetic results, but also to significantly reduce the trauma of operations. Therefore, those who are still looking for “their” specialist should definitely pay special attention to this surgeon. | |||
↑ How the rating was compiled
When compiling the rating, the following criteria were taken into account:
- Number of search queries related to the name of the surgeon
- The number of views of a surgeon’s personal profile on visited sites that provide similar statistics
- Number of reviews and views on forums related to the surgeon's discussion
Based on each of these indicators, surgeons received conditional “popularity units.” The final percentage of popularity of each of the presented surgeons is the ratio of his personal units to the sum of the units of the ten leaders in the rating, taken as 100%.
↑ Important note
The presented rating is the result of a subjective assessment by specialists from the publication “Effective Correction Technologies”.
The assessment of patient opinions for each surgeon is given “as is”; only insignificant reviews (both advertising and anti-advertising) were excluded from the total assessed mass.
Some error in assessing user activity may be due to the work of search engine optimizers that check queries related to the name of a particular surgeon. The level of such error is estimated in the range from 1/40 to 1/20 of the final popularity coefficient.
To the begining
Raj Kanodia
The most famous rhinoplasty specialist in the world! Paparazzi are on duty around the clock at Raja's Beverly Hills clinic. Very expensive photographs of stars are at stake: in Kanodia’s portfolio there are “noses” of Jennifer Aniston, Ashlee Simpson, Cameron Diaz, Blake Lively - a total of 9 thousand rhinoplasties, not for very ordinary people. For all his 10-year achievements, Raj boldly signs on Instagram as “Doc Hollywood”, and then releases his series of AMLA dietary supplements, which is tested by Britney Spears on the pages of American In Style, and advertised by Cindy Crawford on social networks. The doctor's other best friends are Kylie Jenner, the Olsen sisters and Sofia Vergara.
Alexander Georgievich Aganesov
Alexander Aganesov is a well-known doctor of medical sciences, professor, traumatologist-orthopedist of the highest category. Since 2002, Aganesov has headed the department of spine surgery at the Russian Scientific Center for Surgery named after. Academician B.V. Petrovsky, he founded the first vertebrology course in Moscow at the Faculty of Postgraduate Training of MMA named after. I.M. Sechenov, which is now in charge. The doctor has been involved in surgical and conservative treatment of patients with diseases and injuries of the spine and spinal cord for more than 30 years.
Aganesov is, as they say, a magician surgeon. He was the first in the world to stitch together the human spine, bringing the ends of the spinal cord together using the technology of his own invention. Over the years, this method has saved the lives of many people, allowing them to live in a familiar way without immobilization.
Famous athletes and thousands of ordinary people turn to him for help. The doctor says that many spinal injuries are much easier to prevent with the help of moderate sports activities than to be treated by a surgeon later: “Athletes, of course, are susceptible to injuries, but the good thing is that modern technologies allow them to remain on the horse later. There are people who still continue to compete at the Olympic Games and play on national teams with a lot of iron in their backs and joints.”
Kevin Sands
Kevin is a plastic surgeon by training, but he chose a different line of work: he is one of the most popular dentists in the world. A stellar list of clients made it impossible to leave out Dr. Sands in this selection. Hollywood is divided into two camps in this sense. Some people go to Bill Dorfman (Hugh Jackman, Jessica Simpson) for a “smile,” while others go to the incredibly positive Kevin. His patients: Chanel Iman, Justin Bieber, Kris and Kendall Jenner, Taylor Hill, Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Elle Macpherson - fortunately, Kevin can safely talk about all of them on Instagram!
Sergei Vladimirovich Gauthier
Gauthier is a famous Russian surgeon and transplantologist, a specialist in the field of transplantology and the creation of artificial organs, surgical hepatology, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He works as the director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after Academician V. I. Shumakov" of the Ministry of Health of Russia and the Chief Transplantologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia. Gauthier is the head of the Department of Transplantology and Artificial Organs at the First Moscow State Medical University. I. M. Sechenov, Chairman of the All-Russian public organization “Russian Transplant Society”. He is a Doctor of Medical Sciences and Professor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation and twice laureate of the Russian Government Prize.
Gauthier is a recognized and respected practicing transplant surgeon throughout the medical world: it was under his leadership that unique and fundamental areas of liver transplantation were developed. Gauthier has the greatest personal experience in liver transplantation in Russia; he is the only surgeon in the country who performs related transplantation using his own original technique: today it is widely used by existing surgeons around the world.
He is also the author of several other unique techniques that are used in complex operations. With all this, Gauthier says in an interview that he always washes the dishes at home himself - even after gala dinners with recognized luminaries of world surgery. He says his hands become cleaner after this. And he laughs.
Just a couple of months ago, the world media reported on a sensation: a team of doctors led by Dr. Gauthier performed a complex operation for the first time on ten-month-old Polina, who was born with cirrhosis of the liver. The girl received a new vital gland from her own mother. There was not a single cut left on the young woman’s body after the transplant.
The doctor says that every year in Russia about 100 young children were actually on the verge of life and death due to a terrible diagnosis. But now the symptoms of liver cirrhosis are no longer so fatal - unique operations are performed even on infants less than a year old.
Brian Novak
Multimillionaire Brian Novak is not an active social media user. The most famous doctor in Beverly Hills does not need virtual fame: in his waiting room there is already a queue of stars who get there six months after making an appointment. Novak is the author of the eternally youthful face and body of Demi Moore (read about her transformation here), a faithful assistant to Meg Ryan and Rob Lowe, and a big fan of lipofilling. He was one of the first in Hollywood to put aside the scalpel and take a syringe with the patient’s own fat. Brian also makes a good joke: in 1996, in an interview, he said that centuries later archaeologists would find only dust, bones and implants.
Margarita Beniaminovna Anshina
Margarita Beniaminovna Anshina is vice-president of the Russian Association of Human Reproduction. She was awarded the Russian Government Prize in the field of reproductive medicine. Anshina founded the magazine “Problems of Reproduction,” where she works as the executive editor.
Margarita Anshina has been working in the field of infertility treatment and IVF since 1982, she actively participated in the creation of several IVF centers, including the Moscow IVF Fertility Treatment Center, the International Center for Reproductive Medicine in St. Petersburg, the Institute of Genetic Reproduction in Kyiv, and the Krasnoyarsk Center reproductive medicine. All centers successfully operate using unique IVF methods developed by M. B. Anshina.
The story of the Semenov couple Olga and Igor, who first adopted twin girls and then gave birth to another pair of twins after IVF, is told on many forums dedicated to infertility problems. This woman was considered hopeless in the mid-nineties, all doctors abandoned her, but Margarita Beniaminovna’s IVF procedure helped create a real miracle and give birth to healthy daughters on her own.
Garth Fisher
Garth specializes in Hollywood's best noses and breasts, and offers celebrity clients the most innovative facial and body treatments at the Beverly Hills Biomed Spa. As a result, the entire Kardashian couple, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariah Carey make appointments with him. For example, below are the results of Kris Jenner's facelift, which Garth published on his Instagram. Last year, the surgeon's fortune was estimated at $15 million.
Terry Dubrow
Terry has an impressive career in television (he has appeared on Real Housewives of Orange County and The Swan), and now owns his own clinic in Newport, where he performs a variety of plastic surgery, breast augmentation, breast lift and liposuction. One of Terry’s clients is Jennis Dickinson (in an interview, the surgeon noted that this was one of the most difficult jobs).
In his large family, Terry is not the only star. The plastic surgeon's wife, Heather, is an actress, mother of four, and blogger with 1.4 million Instagram followers. Together they even wrote a book on how to lose weight and feel immortal.
Doctor Miami who broadcasts his work on Snapchat
His name is Michael Salzhauer, but the specialist prefers to call himself Dr. Miami. This plastic surgeon is very popular not only among his patients, but also among those who have never gone under the knife. Dr. Miami prefers to broadcast the entire process happening on the operating table online.
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Thanks to his secret show, sometimes you can see not ordinary patients, but real stars. For example, Kailyn Lowry is the main participant in the show “Young Moms 2.”
Dr. Michael Salzhauer takes on any procedure, both routine and trending. Brazilian lift, breast and hip plastic surgery, liposuction - all this is just a small list of services provided by the surgeon. But how did Dr. Miami win the hearts? Perhaps because his potential clients can watch the specialist at work from their phones before they decide whether to go under the knife or not.
Dr. Salzhauer is considered one of the most successful surgeons of our time. He owns almost $2 million and prefers to spend his weekends in the company of celebrity friends. Despite its popularity, the specialist does not inflate prices, trying to attract not only wealthy clients, but also ordinary people who need plastic surgery.
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Eric Auclair
Eric Auclair has been practicing in Paris for 30 years. “For a long time I dreamed of becoming an architect; drawing has always fascinated me. But plastic surgery became love at first sight,” says the doctor on his own website. Since 2012, Auclair has been President of the French Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery. The doctor’s philosophy is based on the concept of “gradual lifting,” which he practices at the Nescens Paris Spontini clinic: preventive measures are better than a global one-time operation. By the way, Eric does not recommend going to the USA for the latter: “American surgeons have no taste! The worst thing is to be at a dinner party in the company of American surgeons and their wives. Almost every one is my nightmare: huge breasts, unnaturally turned lips, thin noses... In general, I call it the “Barbie effect” (read Dr. Auclair’s interview for BeautyHack at the link).
Plastic surgery: pros and cons
Our country also has experienced surgeons, so why go abroad? After analyzing the opinions of patients, we identified the key advantages of trips for beauty.
Highly qualified doctors
There is no profession of plastic surgeon in Ukraine; medical universities do not graduate such specialists. “Plasty” can be learned by a doctor with a surgeon’s education. To do this, he attends three-month courses where they teach everything about plastic surgery. But this is not enough; it is impossible to become a pro in such a short period of time.
Let's take Germany for comparison. Here, the doctor does not have the right to begin plastic surgery until 4 years of specialized and 2 years of general surgical practice have passed. To begin independent activities, he must have at least 640 interventions carried out under the supervision of a mentor.
Price policy
Plastic surgery abroad is not as expensive as it may seem to patients who have not encountered this issue. The best mammoplasty surgeons in Ukraine perform operations for $3,500-$10,000, while in Turkey breast augmentation will cost less—$3,000-$5,000. And this is from the best of the best
Specialization of doctors
The most popular type of plastic surgery in the world is breast augmentation. According to statistics, one million patients resort to this procedure every year. In second place is liposuction - 800,000 patients per year. In third place are blepharoplasty and anti-aging surgeries.
Each doctor has his own specialization. For example, one does breast augmentation, the other does rhinoplasty or blepharoplasty. It is difficult to find a person who can do everything. The specialists are highly specialized, but their skills have been honed over the years.
The recovery process away from prying eyes
When choosing a clinic abroad, you go on vacation for several weeks and return improved. The recovery stage remains behind the scenes.
Confidentiality
In foreign clinics that have repeatedly worked with show business stars, they take anonymity and confidentiality seriously.
Flaws
Foreign clinics are attracting more and more women, but you need to be prepared for some inconveniences. The disadvantages include the duration of the flight, preparation of documents and other issues associated with long distances. For a person who flies on vacation to another country several times a year, these are trifles. But those who are going to the clinic for the first time need to spend time getting ready.
It is important to take the recovery period seriously. Once, three Chinese women found themselves in an absurd situation - they did not go through face control at a South Korean airport due to numerous bandages and post-operative swelling, which made their faces unrecognizable.
Jason Diamond
You are most likely familiar with Dr. Diamond, even if the topic of plastic surgery is taboo for you. He became famous thanks to the show Dr. 90210 (filmed from 2004 to 2008). After television fame, print began working with Jason; his publications can be found in People, Vogue, Marie Claire.
But even without active PR, Diamond is a sought-after doctor who sees patients in his own clinic in Los Angeles (its branches are also open in New York, Dubai and Moscow). His signature procedures: facelift, rhinoplasty and two proprietary developments against the “floating contour” - The Diamond Tripartite™ and Diamond Facial Sculpting™. Favorite patients: Charlotte McKinney, Chrissy Teigen, Taylor Hill, Heidi Klum.
Dr. Terry Dubrow is used to working with celebrities
The name of this plastic surgeon became famous after the release of the series “Mutilated Bodies” in 2014. Today Terry DuBrow is worth $30 million, and that's just the beginning. The surgeon often appears in various reality shows and gives interviews, thereby making himself known to the whole world. Celebrities such as Janice Dickinson, Farrah Abraham, and the Shannon twins worked with him. Dr. Terry Dubrow corrects the mistakes of other experts, showing that plastic surgery does not always disfigure people.
