Sean Younai, MD

Sean Younai, MD is a board-certified plastic and cosmetic surgeon practicing in Beverly Hills, where he leads a plastic and cosmetic surgery practice. He holds an MD from the UCLA School of Medicine (1989), after a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from UCLA (1985), and the site lists 25 years of cosmetic surgery experience.

His postgraduate training began with a general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco East Bay (1993), followed by a plastic surgery research fellowship at the University of Southern California (1994), a microsurgery and hand surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (1995), and a plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at the Lahey-Hitchcock Clinic in Massachusetts (1997), an affiliate of the Harvard Plastic Surgery Program. He holds hospital staff privileges at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center and Encino Hospital.

His work centers on body contouring, with large volume liposuction and all types of tummy tuck, including for patients with stubborn fat pockets and plus-size patients. He routinely performs breast augmentation, breast reduction and breast lift, especially for patients who have lost a large amount of weight, and he also performs eyelid surgery, facelifts and dermal fillers including Botox and Restylane. The site describes him as an expert in body contouring and as one of the best liposuction and tummy tuck specialists in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, and says he has performed thousands of tummy tuck procedures. He treats patients who travel to Beverly Hills from other countries and states.

Earlier in his career he was principal investigator on cellular wound healing and growth factor research (1993 to 1996) and co-investigator on a study of skin tightening with the CO2 laser (1995 to 1997), and he has co-authored published articles on wound healing and scar tissue. He received a 1997 presentation award from the American Society of Aesthetic Surgery and several research awards. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, the Wound Healing Society and the American Medical Association.