From Family Medicine to Cosmetic Surgery: Dr. BBL on Medical Tourism, Social Media & Success
Dr. Antonio Webb sits down with Dr. Balgobin, better known as Dr. BBL, for a wide-ranging conversation about cosmetic surgery, physician entrepreneurship, medical tourism, social media, weight loss, peptides, and building a career outside the traditional path of medicine. Dr. BBL shares how losing 120 pounds transformed his health, confidence, and career—and ultimately led him from family medicine and obstetrics into aesthetics and cosmetic surgery. They discuss the reality of traveling overseas for plastic surgery, including a patient who was quoted $100,000 in the U.S. versus $10,000 in Turkey, the risks of inadequate postoperative care, and what patients should look for when choosing a cosmetic surgeon. Dr. Webb and Dr. BBL also explore physician training, social media culture in cosmetic surgery, the “Dr. Miami effect,” running multiple medical practices, male enhancement procedures, physician entrepreneurship, financial literacy, GLP-1 medications, peptides, work-life balance, and building generational wealth. This conversation offers a candid look at what happens when medicine, aesthetics, business, social media, and entrepreneurship collide. Subscribe for more conversations with physicians, surgeons, entrepreneurs, and leaders changing healthcare.
