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Skincare Anarchy

Ava Shamban, MDCosmetic Dermatologist / Owner of Ava MD and Skin Five

Skincare Anarchy

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Fragrance, Fashion, Entertainment News, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Entrepreneurship, Skincare, Skin, News, Makeup, Style, Dermatology, Self-improvement, Beauty, Arts

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Ava Shamban M.D., the renowned board-certified Dermatologist, is a true skin visionary, clinician, author, anti-aging expert, and prejuvenation proponent. Founder of Ava MD Dermatology and SkinFive, her curated, maintenance-focused medical spa concept, she also runs the Santa Monica based Ava T. Shamban Research Clinic, where she is the principal investigator on clinical trials for Allergan, Evolus, Merz, Galderma, Revance, and others engaged in the pipeline of future treatments, products, technologies, and protocols. Most recently she launched The Box by Dr. Ava, the first and only seasonal subscription boxDr. Ava, a master injector and Hollywood “go-to” for all cosmetic aesthetics is known as Dr. Pretty Pout. Her artistic prowess is also well known from her tenure as the Extreme Makeover resident dermatologist, a featured expert on the Emmy-winning daytime talk shows The Doctors, Steve Harvey, and the syndicated entertainment program Extra. She is the author of a best-selling beauty book Heal Your Skin: The Breakthrough Plan for Renewal. Additionally, she hosted her own digital series for Condé Nast Entertainment, “Dr. Ava Says” as an Allure Insider.Dr. Shamban is an Editorial Board Member for New Beauty Magazine and continues to be featured in publications including Allure, Harper’s Bazaar, Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Prevention, MSN, Yahoo, and others.She is currently working on her second book focused on the physical and psychological aspects of the “signature feature” and developing her own television show where she will travel globally presenting people, protocols, ancient rituals and the latest experts in beauty.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/supportSupport the show

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is Dr. Ava Shambin. She is a cosmetic dermatologist and owner of Ava MD and Skin 5.

0:07.3

She is a renowned board certified dermatologist and truly a visionary. Dr. Shambin has been on the

0:13.9

editorial board for New Beauty Magazine. She's always featured in big publications like A Lure,

0:20.2

Bazaar, Wall Street Journal. She's been on L, MSN, Yahoo, many. So without further ado, I want to

0:28.0

introduce you guys to Dr. Shambin. Dr. Shambin, thank you so much for making the time for her show.

0:32.4

Oh, I'm so happy to be here. It's such a pleasure to host you. I would love to learn more about

0:38.9

your background because I know I covered very little. Well, I've had a spotty background.

0:46.0

Well, very impressive background, that was great. Well, I actually did, I actually did a lot of,

0:52.9

I started out in bench research like in a laboratory looking at the expression of the

0:57.2

collagen and elastin gene. So a lot of my background really begins from a very science oriented

1:02.5

perspective. Then I went undergrad to Harvard and then I went to medical school at Case Western

1:08.1

in Cleveland. Oh my gosh, I'm an alum of Case Western. You are? It's the best school.

1:13.9

Yes, I got my doctors and medical physiology there. Oh my gosh. That's the best school ever.

1:19.1

It's the best school ever. Absolutely. Go ahead. I interrupted you though. No, not at all.

1:25.2

And so then I, so then I, let's see, I worked for actually Howard Mirad who came up really,

1:31.3

he was one of the big creators of glycolic acid and its use in skin care. And then I opened my

1:37.4

own practice. And then shortly after I opened my own practice, I started to do, and I was, so I was

1:42.8

there at the very beginning of, I would say, aesthetic medicine where we just started like when I first

1:48.8

bought my practice, we had three lasers. And that's like all their work. And there was just

1:56.1

injectable collagen. There was no Botox. There was no all these hyaluronic acid fillers. And so I

2:01.5

was privileged to be at the very beginning of all of this work. And then over the years, so I did

2:07.3

all the dermatology for the show extreme makeover. Yeah. Was the most profound experience of my career

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