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Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

271: Five Minute Friday: From Being a Pre-Med Student To Becoming LA's Pink Gloved Injector

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

Business, Fashion & Beauty, Health & Fitness, Arts, Management & Marketing, Medicine

4.9608 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Happy Friday, Beauty Byters! 

In this week’s Five Minute Friday, I am joined by my Pre-Med student, Jacqueline Ayestas. She asks me questions about my journey from med-school, struggles of being pregnant with twins during my residency, and starting my own practice. I dive into the secrets of becoming Pasadena's pink gloved boss lady and my plans for the next five years. To hear more about being a girl boss tune in to this weeks podcast. I love informing my Beauty Byters with new information! Have a question or something you’d like covered on the podcast? Send me a DM or email info@beautybydrkay.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

0:19.9

and today on the podcast, it's time for a five-minute Friday.

0:23.9

We have a special treat because I have my pre-med student, Jacqueline, here with me.

0:30.0

Jacqueline's a junior at SMU.

0:32.2

And she's interviewing me to find out all about how to become a doctor, a plastic surgeon, an injector, a boss girl, a mom,

0:41.9

a wife, all the things. Jacqueline say hey to our audience. Hi guys. And as we are doing this,

0:50.2

we're multitasking a little bit because that's what we boss girls have to do. So Jacqueline's going to ask me questions and I always get a lot of questions about what does it take to become a doctor.

1:00.0

What does it take to be a plastic surgeon?

1:03.0

How do I get to be an injector?

1:05.0

So let's start with maybe premed.

1:08.0

So Jacqueline ask me what you want to ask.

1:10.0

Ask what all those pre-meds and all those

1:12.0

injectors want to know about the process. So what was it like in med school? Did you feel that you had

1:17.5

to prove yourself more compared to the boys? That is a great question. And I actually have never felt

1:24.9

like that. I've always, silly me, have always felt to be smart,

1:29.4

and I've always felt I could compete with the guys all through grade school, elementary school.

1:34.9

I guess, you know, I was not one of the popular kids, for sure,

1:39.4

but I definitely was one of the kids who studied really hard,

1:42.7

and I always had confidence in my skills

1:44.9

of being able to achieve whatever I set my mind to. So I think, and that's a message to all

1:49.9

guys and girls out there, like if you invest in your skill set and you can get those skills and

1:56.3

you prove yourself by suffering, enduring, working hard, learning, you're never going to doubt yourself

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