At Millennial Plastic Surgery, the New York plastic surgeon is building a practice where advanced technique, individualized care and a more open conversation around aesthetics meet.
Plastic surgery has entered a different era.
For many patients, the conversation is no longer simply about changing a feature or chasing an ideal. It is increasingly about refinement, restoration, confidence and having more choices about how—and whether—to address something that has bothered them.
It is within that changing landscape that Dr. David Shokrian, founder and primary plastic surgeon at Millennial Plastic Surgery, has built his practice.
With locations serving Manhattan and Great Neck, New York, Millennial Plastic Surgery offers both cosmetic and reconstructive care, ranging from facial and body procedures to breast surgery, injectables, skin rejuvenation and advanced nonsurgical treatments. Its Manhattan flagship also houses an accredited surgical facility designed to support patients throughout the process, from consultation through recovery.
But behind the growing practice is a philosophy that remains distinctly personal: no two patients—or their motivations—are exactly alike.
An Education Built Beyond Aesthetics
Dr. Shokrian’s approach to cosmetic medicine is informed by a surgical background that extends well beyond traditional aesthetics.
He earned his medical degree from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine before completing his general surgery residency at Nassau University Medical Center. He went on to complete plastic surgery fellowship training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, along with specialized burn surgery training at the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
That reconstructive foundation matters.
Understanding how tissue heals, how scars develop and remodel, and how the body responds to surgical intervention has influenced the way Dr. Shokrian approaches aesthetic procedures today. His experience has included cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, burn care and philanthropic surgical work, including pediatric cleft lip and palate missions.
The result is an approach that considers more than what a patient wants to change. It also considers anatomy, healing, proportion, lifestyle and what can realistically and safely be achieved.
The Era of the Individualized Patient
Perhaps one of the biggest changes in plastic surgery has been the patient.
Today’s patient arrives more educated—and often with considerably more questions.
Social media has made aesthetic medicine more visible than ever. Facelifts, liposuction, injectables, skin resurfacing and body contouring are openly discussed online, while celebrity transformations can generate thousands of comments and endless speculation within hours.
That visibility has helped remove some of the stigma once attached to cosmetic procedures. It has also created a new challenge: separating an appropriate treatment from a trend.
At Millennial Plastic Surgery, consultation and individualized planning are therefore central to the process.
Rather than treating a procedure as a one-size-fits-all solution, the practice emphasizes understanding a patient’s goals and creating a treatment plan around that individual’s anatomy and circumstances.
That distinction becomes increasingly important as patients encounter an expanding menu of surgical and nonsurgical options.
What Women—and Men—Are Asking For
The modern aesthetic patient also looks very different from the stereotype of decades past.
Women continue to seek procedures ranging from breast surgery and body contouring to tummy tucks, facial rejuvenation and minimally invasive treatments. But men have become an increasingly visible part of the aesthetic conversation as well, seeking treatments designed to sharpen, restore or maintain their appearance.
For Dr. Shokrian, that broader audience represents an important shift: aesthetic medicine is becoming less about conforming to a singular beauty standard and more about giving patients options.
Millennial Plastic Surgery’s offerings reflect that range. The practice provides procedures including liposuction and body contouring, tummy tucks, breast augmentation, lifts and reductions, facial and neck procedures, as well as nonsurgical treatments including neuromodulators, fillers, radiofrequency-based treatments and laser skin resurfacing.
The common denominator is customization.
A treatment that makes sense for one patient may be completely inappropriate for another, and sometimes the most responsible recommendation is not the procedure a patient originally thought they needed.
Where Surgery Meets Technology
One of the most significant developments in contemporary aesthetics is the increasingly sophisticated space between traditional surgery and routine skincare.
Technologies designed to address skin laxity, texture, scarring and collagen remodeling have created additional possibilities for patients who may not need—or want—a traditional surgical procedure.
Millennial Plastic Surgery incorporates technologies and treatments including Morpheus8, fractional CO₂ laser resurfacing and radiofrequency-assisted procedures alongside its surgical offerings.
Dr. Shokrian’s reconstructive training is particularly relevant in the treatment of scars.
Rather than viewing a scar solely as something on the surface of the skin, treatment can involve understanding the underlying remodeling process. Modalities such as microneedling and fractional CO₂ laser resurfacing may be used in appropriate patients to stimulate collagen remodeling and improve aspects of a scar’s texture and appearance.
It represents a broader philosophy increasingly shaping aesthetic medicine: the best result may come not from one dramatic intervention, but from strategically combining treatments based on the biology of the individual patient.
