My Brillant Career: Dr Anjana Bhana is an aesthetic doctor, and her company is called Jade Lotus Aesthetics
Doctor takes nonsurgical route to rejuvenate patients
Tell me about the work you do. I am a dentist by profession, but I have a special interest in nonsurgical aesthetic medicine. This includes using fillers, peels, anti-wrinkle injections and other treatments to give patients a rejuvenation boost. What is the difference between a plastic surgeon and an aesthetic doctor? There is no speciality that leads to you becoming an aesthetic doctor. We are not allowed to call ourselves that - rather, we are GPs or dentists with a special interest in aesthetics. We generally concentrate on the nonsurgical aspects of facial enhancements, whereas plastic surgeons are specialists who focus on surgical reconstruction and aesthetics (many also do nonsurgical work). How did you end up doing what you do today? I've been wanting to do this sort of work since I was 15. I used to follow a doctor called Jamuna Pai and read all her magazine articles as well as her column in the Indian edition of Femina. After 20 years, I got to meet her when we were both sp...
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