394: Aesthetic Hot Takes: Fillers vs. Sculptra, To Thread or Not to Thread and A Physician’s Opinion on Face Tape with Dr. Alexander Rivkin

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Alexander Z. Rivkin, MD is a facial aesthetic specialist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen / UCLA School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. His practice, RIVKIN Aesthetics, is focused on developing and perfecting non-invasive, non-ablative cosmetic treatments. He is best known globally for pioneering and popularizing the Non Surgical Rhinoplasty procedure. He joins the show to discuss the subconscious ways our brains are wired to see beauty, and the ideal facial harmony. We also talk whether there are true botox alternatives (including his take on face tape), fillers vs. sculptra, threads, non surgical nose jobs and the most underrated procedures.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.9	In a world of ever-changing wellness trends and information, what does it mean to truly be well?
0:12.2	I'm Ariel Lurie and I'm going to explore this with you.
0:16.0	I am bringing you candid conversations that will equip you with everything you need to live your best life
0:21.2	and look good doing it. Think of Well is your go-to resource for all of the latest in wellness
0:26.2	and me as your internet bestie. Well, let's get into it. Hi, everybody, welcome to the show. I have such a
0:36.1	great episode for you today because we are talking aesthetics and we're
0:40.7	talking things that I haven't covered in the podcast before. So my guest is Dr. Alexander Rivkin.
0:48.3	He is a facial aesthetic specialist. He's an assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen, UCLA School of Medicine. He
0:57.5	received his undergrad degree from Columbia and his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine.
1:03.7	And he has a practice in Los Angeles called Rivkin Esthetic. So one of the things that he is
1:09.8	known for globally is for pioneering and
1:12.9	popularizing the non-surgical rhinoplasty procedure, which we get into a lot in this episode. And we also
1:20.0	talk about really interesting things such as the subconscious ways that our brains are wired to
1:26.4	see beauty, things that we notice when we look
1:29.3	at people that we don't necessarily think of on a conscious level. We talk about facial harmony,
1:35.3	whether there are true Botox alternatives, including his take on face tape. I was ready to
1:40.5	debate him on this one. We talk fillers versus sculptor, which is something that people
1:45.1	ask me all of the time, threads, non-surgical nose jobs, of course, underrated procedures, and so
1:50.8	much more. So please enjoy Dr. Alexander Rivkin. Welcome. Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.
1:57.2	I'm going to put you on blast right now in front of my whole audience. When we met in the lobby,
2:02.4	I was like, nice to see you again. Dr. Rivkin didn't remember that he treated me a few years ago,
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