good afternoon I’m dr. Ivy Aguilar tail
and I am a cosmetic dermatologist so you
might be thinking oh she’s a cosmetic
dermatologist she’s a doctor who makes
people beautiful she’s in the business
of beauty vanity and encouraging and
promoting people to look good from the
outside well that’s right that’s me and
that’s what I do but people don’t know
that our job does not end there there’s
transformation is a word that’s very
familiar to me as we all know
transformation comes from the word
transform and what does transform mean
trans means to change and transform
means to change form and every single
day day in and day out that’s what I do
I transform people I transform people’s
physical appearance I transform people’s
faces and bodies for example I can
change people’s lips to make them pouty
or fuller and sexier I can change
people’s eyes to make them bigger and
wider I can change people’s noses to
make them sharper and thinner and it
doesn’t end there
I can change people’s bodies do from big
waist lines arms and thighs we can
change it into a slimmer shape and form
so the list goes on and on there’s more
to what we can do that’s me and that’s
my team of doctors and together we can
make people’s wishes come true so move
aside Photoshop and face
because we are the real deal sounds
interesting right that’s why I love my
job we have the ability and the means to
make people happy to work on the
features that they don’t like to work on
their insecurities and make them feel
good about themselves my job can be
glamorous too I get to meet interesting
people who I would normally not have if
it were not for my job but to be honest
with you it’s a lot of hard work it took
me 15 long years to be a cosmetic
dermatologist and in the course of my
practice I founded a group of clinics
which I call the IV clinics and later on
I founded a for wellness and surgical
center which I call the a Institute and
this is where the magic happens this is
where we do a lot of Rekha’s Matic
dermatology and surgical procedures two
years ago I also opened the Ida cafe to
offer and encourage healthy eating and
living to my patients and just this year
I launched the ivy water to encourage
people to drink healthy hydrogen water
in my industry people are always looking
for our fountain of youth our miracle
breakthrough or an instant treatment to
make them look younger and prettier in
fact in my research I found out that the
global market value of the beauty
industry is around three hundred twenty
six billion dollars so obviously there’s
really an interest in being beautiful
attractive youthful and perfect so the
question is why is the beauty industry
so lucrative
why is beauty so important to people I
guess it boils down to one word which is
conformed in this day and age people
feel the
to live up to society’s standard of
beauty for example everybody wants to
have white skin because white and fair
skin is the beautiful and superior
that’s why there’s so many whitening
products coming out in the market almost
all big cosmetic brands have their own
version of whitening products and mind
you they’re all doing very well a lot of
people also want to look like
celebrities how many times have I seen
patients asking me to recreate the lips
of Kylie Jenner or Angelina Jolie in
fact Kylie Jenner’s lips can generate up
to four million likes on Instagram and
she even made a business out of it she
put up her own lipstick line and she’s
doing very well and even men want to
look like celebrities men asked me for
the masculine jawline of Brad Pitt or
Johnny Depp and of course how can we
forget the famous Kardashian but
everybody seems to want to have one even
here in Asia there seems to be an
obsession about Korean celebrities or
k-pop stars these stars have
encapsulated the standard of beauty
those big doll eyes those high noses
through small lips those fair olive skin
the v-shaped face and the long black
hair these are the features that define
beauty in Asia in fact in my research
they came up with this finding that
Korean celebrities have influenced the
younger generation to get plastic
surgery most of the clientele
who get plastic surgery are under the
age of 30 half of which are under the
age of 18 so obviously the plight of
perfection has trickled down to the
country’s youth
and schoolgirls are being given plastic
surgery like nose jobs and double
eyelids as graduation gifts in fact a
lot of teenagers from all over Asia will
fly to South Korea just to get their
desired look
it’s no wonder everybody starting to
look alike I guess there’s a big desire
for people to be accepted of wanting to
belong of wanting to fit in or one thing
to be popular and I think we have
correlated beauty with success now there
are people who will go into the extremes
and completely change who they are and I
will call this reform so look at this
photo is this actual human people or are
they dolls
well these are actually real people this
is Valeria Lukyanova she’s a Ukrainian
model who calls herself the human Barbie
and we have Justin jedlica he’s an
American guy who underwent multiple
surgeries and he calls himself the human
can and even closer to home there’s a
Filipino Superman fan who underwent 26
surgeries just to look like his favorite
comic character Clark Kent
so of course this could be dangerous
because if we reform ourselves too much
we lose our identity and we can
eventually end up being deformed so a
lot of patients would come to me
thinking that if they conform and they
reform they will be transformed but the
real question is thus conforming and
reforming lead to extreme transformation
what this transformation mean to all of
us what does transformation
to me as a doctor I believe the
transformation is not just about
changing your form it means going beyond
your form I believe that I can truly
transform someone if I can change them
not only from the outside but also on
the inside on one hand I have to admit
that physical beauty is important
otherwise I won’t be here today standing
in front of all of you and I’ll probably
be out of my job but on the other hand I
need to emphasize the importance of
physical beauty not only from the
outside but also beauty from the inside
how many times have patients come to my
clinic asking for more and more
treatments thinking that that will make
them happy but the question is are they
truly contented and satisfied and I have
to say no to these patients countless
times because I believe the real change
should not happen only from the outside
but inside in the hearts and minds of
these patients transformation starts
from the mind I have to let my patients
know they did not have to conform to be
beautiful they do not have to live up
and to a certain mold or to look like a
certain celebrity to be accepted all of
us are made unique and we have to
embrace our individuality because if we
don’t we will never be truly happy and
it’s men only you’re unique
and you’re different that you will shine
above there is transformation also
starts from the heart we have to let
people know that they are special and
that they are loved and we have to love
ourselves all of us have our flaws and
insecurities but we have to work on it
and we have to transform ourselves to be
the best version of ourselves big
if we don’t we will never truly be happy
and satisfied transformation also means
creating a positive change or impact in
the lives of people in the work that we
do in my job and just not contented with
treating my patients in the four corners
of my clinic I believe that I can make a
transformation outside my comfort zone
two years ago I set up my own foundation
which I call Beauty Beyond Borders and
this is to reach out to the poor and
impoverished communities in the country
who have no access to dermatological and
surgical services together with my team
of doctors nurses and volunteers we
visit these communities to give our
expertise our time and our knowledge to
give them something that they cannot
afford something that is considered
luxury to them we treat this lumps bumps
and we do a lot of dermatological and
surgical procedures and this with this
we hope we can send the message that
beauty is not superficial and beauty has
no borders so my challenge to all of you
today is in whatever field or profession
you may be in I hope that we can create
a positive change and the people around
us in the society and hopefully in the
world
some people may deem my job a
superficial or even outright
narcissistic but I believe that with my
work I can create a positive and
meaningful transformation to the lives
of people thank you [Applause]
and I am a cosmetic dermatologist so you
might be thinking oh she’s a cosmetic
dermatologist she’s a doctor who makes
people beautiful she’s in the business
of beauty vanity and encouraging and
promoting people to look good from the
outside well that’s right that’s me and
that’s what I do but people don’t know
that our job does not end there there’s
transformation is a word that’s very
familiar to me as we all know
transformation comes from the word
transform and what does transform mean
trans means to change and transform
means to change form and every single
day day in and day out that’s what I do
I transform people I transform people’s
physical appearance I transform people’s
faces and bodies for example I can
change people’s lips to make them pouty
or fuller and sexier I can change
people’s eyes to make them bigger and
wider I can change people’s noses to
make them sharper and thinner and it
doesn’t end there
I can change people’s bodies do from big
waist lines arms and thighs we can
change it into a slimmer shape and form
so the list goes on and on there’s more
to what we can do that’s me and that’s
my team of doctors and together we can
make people’s wishes come true so move
aside Photoshop and face
because we are the real deal sounds
interesting right that’s why I love my
job we have the ability and the means to
make people happy to work on the
features that they don’t like to work on
their insecurities and make them feel
good about themselves my job can be
glamorous too I get to meet interesting
people who I would normally not have if
it were not for my job but to be honest
with you it’s a lot of hard work it took
me 15 long years to be a cosmetic
dermatologist and in the course of my
practice I founded a group of clinics
which I call the IV clinics and later on
I founded a for wellness and surgical
center which I call the a Institute and
this is where the magic happens this is
where we do a lot of Rekha’s Matic
dermatology and surgical procedures two
years ago I also opened the Ida cafe to
offer and encourage healthy eating and
living to my patients and just this year
I launched the ivy water to encourage
people to drink healthy hydrogen water
in my industry people are always looking
for our fountain of youth our miracle
breakthrough or an instant treatment to
make them look younger and prettier in
fact in my research I found out that the
global market value of the beauty
industry is around three hundred twenty
six billion dollars so obviously there’s
really an interest in being beautiful
attractive youthful and perfect so the
question is why is the beauty industry
so lucrative
why is beauty so important to people I
guess it boils down to one word which is
conformed in this day and age people
feel the
to live up to society’s standard of
beauty for example everybody wants to
have white skin because white and fair
skin is the beautiful and superior
that’s why there’s so many whitening
products coming out in the market almost
all big cosmetic brands have their own
version of whitening products and mind
you they’re all doing very well a lot of
people also want to look like
celebrities how many times have I seen
patients asking me to recreate the lips
of Kylie Jenner or Angelina Jolie in
fact Kylie Jenner’s lips can generate up
to four million likes on Instagram and
she even made a business out of it she
put up her own lipstick line and she’s
doing very well and even men want to
look like celebrities men asked me for
the masculine jawline of Brad Pitt or
Johnny Depp and of course how can we
forget the famous Kardashian but
everybody seems to want to have one even
here in Asia there seems to be an
obsession about Korean celebrities or
k-pop stars these stars have
encapsulated the standard of beauty
those big doll eyes those high noses
through small lips those fair olive skin
the v-shaped face and the long black
hair these are the features that define
beauty in Asia in fact in my research
they came up with this finding that
Korean celebrities have influenced the
younger generation to get plastic
surgery most of the clientele
who get plastic surgery are under the
age of 30 half of which are under the
age of 18 so obviously the plight of
perfection has trickled down to the
country’s youth
and schoolgirls are being given plastic
surgery like nose jobs and double
eyelids as graduation gifts in fact a
lot of teenagers from all over Asia will
fly to South Korea just to get their
desired look
it’s no wonder everybody starting to
look alike I guess there’s a big desire
for people to be accepted of wanting to
belong of wanting to fit in or one thing
to be popular and I think we have
correlated beauty with success now there
are people who will go into the extremes
and completely change who they are and I
will call this reform so look at this
photo is this actual human people or are
they dolls
well these are actually real people this
is Valeria Lukyanova she’s a Ukrainian
model who calls herself the human Barbie
and we have Justin jedlica he’s an
American guy who underwent multiple
surgeries and he calls himself the human
can and even closer to home there’s a
Filipino Superman fan who underwent 26
surgeries just to look like his favorite
comic character Clark Kent
so of course this could be dangerous
because if we reform ourselves too much
we lose our identity and we can
eventually end up being deformed so a
lot of patients would come to me
thinking that if they conform and they
reform they will be transformed but the
real question is thus conforming and
reforming lead to extreme transformation
what this transformation mean to all of
us what does transformation
to me as a doctor I believe the
transformation is not just about
changing your form it means going beyond
your form I believe that I can truly
transform someone if I can change them
not only from the outside but also on
the inside on one hand I have to admit
that physical beauty is important
otherwise I won’t be here today standing
in front of all of you and I’ll probably
be out of my job but on the other hand I
need to emphasize the importance of
physical beauty not only from the
outside but also beauty from the inside
how many times have patients come to my
clinic asking for more and more
treatments thinking that that will make
them happy but the question is are they
truly contented and satisfied and I have
to say no to these patients countless
times because I believe the real change
should not happen only from the outside
but inside in the hearts and minds of
these patients transformation starts
from the mind I have to let my patients
know they did not have to conform to be
beautiful they do not have to live up
and to a certain mold or to look like a
certain celebrity to be accepted all of
us are made unique and we have to
embrace our individuality because if we
don’t we will never be truly happy and
it’s men only you’re unique
and you’re different that you will shine
above there is transformation also
starts from the heart we have to let
people know that they are special and
that they are loved and we have to love
ourselves all of us have our flaws and
insecurities but we have to work on it
and we have to transform ourselves to be
the best version of ourselves big
if we don’t we will never truly be happy
and satisfied transformation also means
creating a positive change or impact in
the lives of people in the work that we
do in my job and just not contented with
treating my patients in the four corners
of my clinic I believe that I can make a
transformation outside my comfort zone
two years ago I set up my own foundation
which I call Beauty Beyond Borders and
this is to reach out to the poor and
impoverished communities in the country
who have no access to dermatological and
surgical services together with my team
of doctors nurses and volunteers we
visit these communities to give our
expertise our time and our knowledge to
give them something that they cannot
afford something that is considered
luxury to them we treat this lumps bumps
and we do a lot of dermatological and
surgical procedures and this with this
we hope we can send the message that
beauty is not superficial and beauty has
no borders so my challenge to all of you
today is in whatever field or profession
you may be in I hope that we can create
a positive change and the people around
us in the society and hopefully in the
world
some people may deem my job a
superficial or even outright
narcissistic but I believe that with my
work I can create a positive and
meaningful transformation to the lives
of people thank you [Applause]
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