Every Level of a Plastic Surgeon — From Saving Faces to Selling Beauty
Two plastic surgeons. Same training. Same boards. Same hands. One earns four hundred thousand a year. One earns over three million. This is every level of becoming a plastic surgeon — from Match Day to a $3M cosmetic practice. We follow the medical school arms race, the 3 AM burn ICU, six hours under a microscope reattaching amputated fingers, the first independent DIEP flap, and the year-ten fork where plastic surgery splits into two very different lives: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic private practice. At the top, there are three ceilings: the brand surgeon, the academic chair, and the microsurgery superstar doing cases almost nobody else can take. Every figure in this video is sourced from NRMP match data, surgical resident wellness surveys, ABPS vs. ABCS certification standards, malpractice data, and reimbursement studies on reconstructive vs. cosmetic procedures. Not medical or financial advice. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:44 — Level 1: Medical Student 2:51 — Level 2: Intern (PGY-1) 5:21 — Level 3: Senior Resident (PGY-4 to PGY-5) 7:39 — Level 4: Junior Attending 10:14 — Level 5: Reconstructive Attending 12:31 — Level 6: Cosmetic Private Practice 15:16 — Level 7: Top of Field 17:48 — Closing Please subscribe if you like my video : )
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