“She has an army behind her that works for her.”

What’s your best tip for good skin? Are genes or lifestyle more important?

Everything is important, combination, but the key to skin care is more in lifestyle. While your skin is repairing, get a restful night’s sleep, which scientific research shows should be between six and eight hours. Exercise also gives you life, helps release toxins, and improves circulation. Of course, nutrition is essential, not just what you provide your body, but also what you put into your body. You don’t need to own a lot of makeup, but you do need good, consistent skin care. If your problem is acne or blemishes, focus your daily routine on those. If possible, it is best to go to a beauty salon for professional treatment every three or four months.

What hit her hardest?

Smoking and drinking alcohol are the worst things for your skin. Some ingredients, such as sugar, are very harmful to the body and are reflected on the face.

In Spain, the age at first cosmetic intervention continues to decrease. Now it happens at 20 years old. Are you concerned about the impact of social networks on deformities or even mental health problems?

Yes, I feel sad every day I see him. People are beautiful, preferably imperfect. If I look at a magnifying glass on Instagram, all the girls look the same. They all wear the same clothes, the same lips, the same hair… Sometimes patients come up to me and tell me: “I want to be like that” and point out their filters. I tell them it’s impossible, but it’s difficult to help them solve these problems in any depth during my 40-minute or hour-long consultation. But I maintain that you don’t have to change people, but rather boost their confidence and help them become the best version of themselves.

As? Is beauty enough to feel safe?

For example, I have a chickenpox scar that I always hated and retouched in photos. I don’t like it at all. All I did was use a laser and fill it. For seven years I didn’t even look at it or think it was there. They’re small to help feel better. I can help people who look tired, have dark circles, and want to feel better and look better. But I won’t let anyone be someone else. There is the issue of body dysmorphia, these people are already suffering from fatigue syndrome due to all these repetitive beauty procedures and very exaggerated facial features. When you look at photos from ten years ago, they are no longer the same, they already have an aesthetic imprint.

Do they still bring pictures of famous people or do patients now bring their own faces to consultations?

Yes, they come with photos of Kim Kardashian, and Snapchat. Kim Kardashian is beautiful, but let’s not kid ourselves: She has an army behind her working for her. They helped her with makeup, hair, nutrition, body shape and of course she had surgery. They’re very pretty, but you don’t have to be Kim Kardashian to be pretty. If they have very deep requirements, I will refer them to another person. It went far beyond what I could or wanted to do in the clinic.

What are your patients’ main concerns? What type of profile do you have?

Most of my patients are female, 80% male, and 20% male. In eye surgery, the proportion does increase: 60% are women and 40% are men. Not many people come, but their problems are usually related to bags under the eyes or swelling of the upper eyelids. (Shows before and after photos of a 35 year old girl). The problem that comes with this is that she looks tired because of her eyes and chin, no surgery is needed, just filler in that area to make her look younger. In this case, within three weeks of treatment, which also involved laser, we have made a big difference, as the area under the eyes darkened. In other cases, it does involve surgery. I have always said that I will not perform surgery on anyone under 40 years old. What I usually tell these patients is that if they had it done before, they will have to have another surgery in the future.

Would you tell them if nothing had to be done?

Yes, it’s perfect if you look pretty. I work more on prevention with lasers and various treatments. Botox or other stronger treatments should only be used as a solution if the problem is already present.

you look very young. What’s your secret?

As I told you, I have melasma, so twice a year I get laser treatments when spots appear. This is a very effective program. I just finished it and it will help me between now and summer, even though I’m in France for two months and the sun is shining brightly there. But when I do, I can dine at Nobu with no makeup on, just sunscreen. (Showing before and after photos of himself having dinner with his daughter). Obviously, I use skincare every day. I also had Botox in my forehead area, as you can see (he made a frowning motion, but the wrinkles didn’t appear), I could barely move it, and I had fillers in unexpected areas of my face, e.g., forehead, Ears, between the eyebrows and the area above the nose.