Starting My First Job as a Plastic Surgeon (What I Had to Buy)

Cut & Tell · Jul 23, 2026 · 21m

Starting your first attending job means more than just showing up on day one. It means building an entire practice from the ground up.

In this episode of Cut & Tell, I take you behind the scenes of what it actually takes to launch a career as a plastic surgeon, from spending nearly $10,000 in a single day on essential equipment to building my website, planning patient workflows, setting up my office, and figuring out how to create a practice that reflects my values.

We talk about:

• The expensive equipment every plastic surgeon needs (and what's actually worth buying)

• Why I invested in a…