Dr. Catherine Chang, FACS

Dr. Chang and Team, As today is my official two week mark post-surgery, I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for the outstanding front-end service, pre-care, after-care and moreover, the amazing surgical results. As you know, plastic surgery is a personal decision, but facial plastic surgery highlights the importance of making the right surgeon choice since the face is likely the first thing we notice with everyone we encounter in our daily lives. Choosing Dr. Catherine Chang and team was absolutely the best decision I could have made. Each and every step on this journey was meticulously planned and executed in an incredibly proactive and measured way. Dr. Chang has a naturally calming demeanor and her surgical skills and attention to detail is simply….Masterful. I would also like to acknowledge that not only is Dr. Chang extraordinary, but she has surrounded herself with an incredibly smart, skilled, and compassionate team around her. From the lovely and professional Yvette as my first point of contact and the front office team. To the outstanding Jay and Christiana who were diligent in all communication, pre-surgery preparation instructions and post-surgery follow-ups and regular check-ins with me. I cannot begin to express how much I have appreciated this communication as I always felt a tremendous support system around me. You have an incredible ability to explain every step along the way and what to expect and that put me at great ease. My all-female surgical team was amazing from the surgical nurse, Jen to my anesthesiologist, Dr. Frankel, all who made me feel extremely comfortable throughout the entire surgery process. And then there was Carollee and my four loving and compassionate private nursing care ladies, Susan, Meagun, Judy, Racquel who from the recovery room to the day I went home from the hotel, made me feel incredibly safe and cared for. Even post-surgery from a lateral brow lift, upper-eyelid lift, face and neck lift, fat transfer and CO2 laser, I was very comfortable and did not worry for one single moment about anything as they were right there with me the entire time and they took care of my every need. We even had some fun along the way walking the halls and the gardens. Dr. Chang, thank you. As I approach my 59th birthday in a couple weeks, I feel like me again. The results are very natural and I look like a younger version of myself, but still “myself”. That was exactly what I wanted. Before the surgery, there was a disconnect between the active, healthy person I am versus what I was seeing when I looked in the mirror the last few years. And as much as I have tried to maintain my skin over all these years on the planet, time has a way of catching up with you and you reach a point where there is no cream or laser that will essentially help you revert things back physically to the way you feel mentally. You did that for me. So, I want to thank you again. Your surgical work is unsurpassed and anyone out there who is looking for an expert plastic surgeon, you need look no further. I assure you, based on my experience, you are in the very “best of hands” in every sense of the word.

Dr. Chang is one of the most talented doctors you could ever meet as well as one of the kindest souls. In fact her entire staff makes you feel welcome and supported throughout the process. I have only the highest recommendations to share.

My experience with this Dr.Catherine Chang and the Privé Beverly Hills team was exceptional. The level of care, detail, and intention behind every step felt truly bespoke. Everyone moved with precision, the after-care nurses were incredible, and the communication and follow-up were seamless from start to finish. I felt cared for, informed, and completely supported throughout the entire process. A beautiful experience with a beautiful result.

No Better Pair of Hands, Literally and Figuratively I came to Dr Chang for a revision of a craniofacial surgery elsewhere that had resulted in multiple, serial complications, including infection, and nearly two years of disfigurement. I was only prepared to trust the most expert (and careful) set of hands capable of the most delicate work to put me back together. On every level, Dr Chang delivered that, and then some. Thanks to Dr Chang, as well as her team, I'm whole again, and on track to being essentially unblemished, for the first time in over two years. At no time have I felt alone, uninformed, or unsafe in the process. Since her credentials, experience, and results in general speak for themselves, I'll focus on what working with Dr Chang is like. The throughline of my experience with Dr Chang is caution -- it always comes first, from high-altitude planning to the most niggling of post-op care details. No risk has been overlooked when I've been in her care. Having experienced the alternative, I can assure you: this is what you want, folks. With that said, she has done the absolute utmost to cover the most ground possible, functionally and aesthetically, within those confines of caution. To spell it out plainly, I'm thrilled with my result so far. In other settings, I might have mistaken her initial quiet manner for deadpan, were it not immediately obvious that she speaks from a deeply centered and intensely focused place of care, with the clarity and brevity of someone who truly knows their stuff and weighs every detail, yet evincing zero need to tell people what they don't need to hear - or what they want to hear instead of the truth. Somehow amidst all this, space still remained for me to be neurotic out loud - a lot - in the examination room, and still be met with open ears and a compassionate smile. I've not met another human who can balance all of these things in the moment like that. Dr Chang's team also deserves enormous credit for making a major medical undertaking on the other side of the country as seamless, manageable, and - amazingly - even pleasant, as could be. Her coordinator showed great warmth, unshakable patience with my traumatized skittishness, and undeniable perseverance in finding solutions for logistical obstacles to arranging and completing my surgery. Her medical assistants are also amazing at what they do and just amazing human beings period. They're like a team of ultra-friendly ninjas, always on the lookout for an incoming message, on-point with guidance, and lightning fast in their responsiveness for any and every issue. Of course, credit for assembling such an outstanding and complementary team in the first place must redound to Dr Chang herself. If you have the means and the opportunity to work with Dr Chang, whether for a revision or for a primary surgery that you'd prefer never to need revising, do yourself a favor and get yourself to her office as soon as you can. And bring your questions about risks and expectations - she'll tell you what you need to know and give it to you straight.