Why Dr. Cat Is Considered One of the Best Plastic Surgeons in the World
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The Credentials Behind the Reputation
1. Board-Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery is the standard that separates a plastic surgeon from a doctor who calls himself a cosmetic surgeon. Dr. Cat (Catherine Huang-Begovic, MD, FACS) holds it, and she is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Her certification can be verified on the board’s own directory.
2. Two Surgical Residencies at UCLA
After Harvard and UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Cat completed six years of otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) training at UCLA, then a second full residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at UCLA (2008 to 2010), one of the top-rated programs in the country. Training in two surgical specialties gives her an unusually deep foundation for both facial and body procedures.
3. Research, Not Just Practice
Dr. Cat has published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, co-authored the chapter on aesthetic surgery of the female genitalia in the International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery, and presented her research at national meetings. Her full academic CV is on her biography page.
Recognition Beyond Beverly Hills
Named among the world’s top plastic surgeons
Chic Icon Magazine named Dr. Cat one of the world’s top 5 plastic surgeons, and The Luxe Insider listed her among the top 10 plastic surgeons in the world. She starred in the 2020 season of Dr. 90210 on E!, and her work has been featured by The Doctors, Entertainment Tonight, Fox News, CBS, Huffington Post and BuzzFeed News. In Beverly Hills itself she won the Best of Beverly Hills award in the cosmetic surgeons category three years running, 2013 to 2015, and 1.7 million people follow her surgeries and patient stories across her platforms.
What Makes Her Surgery Different
Dr. Cat performs every consultation, every surgery and every suture herself. Nothing that decides your result is delegated. Her technique is gentle by design: minimal tissue trauma, meticulous closure, and results patients describe as natural rather than done. A few examples:
- Natural-looking tummy tuck: low, thin scar, natural belly button, walking the first night
- Labiaplasty and vaginal rejuvenation, a field she helped pioneer
- Fat transfer with more than 80 to 90 percent survival in her experience
- Breast augmentation sized to your anatomy, 175 cc to 700 cc
- Rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery built on six years of head and neck surgery training
- Revision surgery, including complex cases from elsewhere
Safety is built into the schedule, not added to it: one tummy tuck per surgical day, combinations staged on separate days when they should be, a BMI close to 30 as the working limit, and the first night after major surgery in an aftercare facility.
How to Choose the Best Plastic Surgeon
Six things to check before you choose
Whether you choose Dr. Cat or anyone else, these are the questions that matter:
- Board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, verified on the board’s directory, not a certificate on the wall
- Who actually operates: the surgeon you met, or someone else
- Before and after photos of the exact procedure you want, in volume, at the same angles
- Reviews on independent platforms, read for the details rather than the stars
- How revisions and complications are handled, and who you can reach after hours
- An accredited surgical facility and a recovery plan that starts before surgery
How Dr. Cat measures up
Board-certified and verifiable. She consults, operates and closes herself. More than 400 cases in the before and after gallery, photographed in her office. Reviews on Google and Healthgrades you can read yourself. Revisions are part of her practice, not an exception. Surgery in her QUAD A accredited, state-of-the-art plastic surgery center on Rodeo Drive, with new equipment and her own surgical team, preparation before the day, a night of aftercare after major procedures, and follow-up visits through recovery. Her full training and academic CV are on her biography page.
Book a free discovery callWhat Patients Come to Dr. Cat For
The procedures she performs week after week
Dr. Cat’s practice is built around a focused set of procedures:
- Tummy tuck and mommy makeover
- Labiaplasty and vaginal rejuvenation
- Breast augmentation, lift, reduction and revision
- Liposuction and Brazilian butt lift
- Rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery; facelifts by our board-certified facial plastic surgeon
- Revision surgery after results elsewhere
Patients from across the country and abroad
About a third of Dr. Cat’s patients travel for surgery, from other states and from overseas. The practice runs an out-of-town patient program: virtual consultations with photos, help planning your stay, a night of aftercare after major surgery, and follow-up that continues after you go home.
Trusted Worldwide for World-Class Plastic Surgery
Dr. Cat is recognized among the best plastic surgeons in the world for a simple set of reasons: the training, the fact that she does the work herself, the results in the gallery, and the care around the surgery. Patients come to Rodeo Drive from across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Book a free discovery callA free 15-minute call with our Patient Concierge, or a $500 consultation with Dr. Cat that is applied to your surgery.
Popular Questions
Dr. Cat Begovic (Catherine Huang-Begovic, MD, FACS) of Beverly Hills is named among the best plastic surgeons in the world by Chic Icon Magazine (top 5) and The Luxe Insider (top 10). She is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, trained at Harvard and UCLA, and performs every surgery herself. No official ranking exists, so check certification, who operates, and a deep gallery of your procedure.
The United States performs more cosmetic procedures than any other country (ISAPS global surveys) and has the most demanding certification path, the American Board of Plastic Surgery, with Beverly Hills as its best-known center. Brazil and South Korea lead in volume and innovation as well. Wherever you go, the surgeon’s board certification matters more than the country.
Yes. Dr. Cat Begovic is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Her certification can be verified on the board’s directory at find.plasticsurgery.org. She trained at Harvard, UCLA School of Medicine and two UCLA surgical residencies, head and neck surgery and plastic surgery.
Yes. Dr. Cat Begovic personally performs every consultation, every surgery and every suture, in her QUAD A accredited, state-of-the-art plastic surgery center on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. No part of the operation is delegated to another surgeon. Facelifts and neck lifts at the practice are the work of our board-certified facial plastic surgeon, whom Dr. Cat has worked alongside for more than a decade.
Dr. Cat Begovic is known for her natural-looking tummy tuck, labiaplasty and vaginal rejuvenation, mommy makeovers, breast surgery, liposuction and Brazilian butt lift, and revision surgery. Her gentle technique leaves minimal bruising and thin scars, and more than 400 before and after cases are published in her gallery.
Check four things: certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (verify it on the board’s directory), before and after photos of your exact procedure, reviews on independent sites, and who actually operates. Then ask how revisions are handled and where the surgery takes place; it should be an accredited facility.
Choose a clinic where the board-certified surgeon consults and operates personally, surgery takes place in an accredited facility, the quote is written after the consultation, and follow-up continues through recovery. Dr. Cat Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills meets all four: ABPS certification, a QUAD A accredited center on Rodeo Drive, written quotes and follow-up visits.
Yes. About a third of Dr. Cat Begovic’s patients travel from other states or from overseas for surgery in Beverly Hills. The practice offers virtual consultations with photos and an out-of-town patient program that covers your stay, a night of aftercare after major surgery, and follow-up after you go home.
A consultation with Dr. Cat Begovic costs $500, or $1,500 for revision procedures; the fee is applied to your surgery and never expires. A 15-minute discovery call with the Patient Concierge is free. Consultations are in person in Beverly Hills or by video with photos.
Dr. Cat quotes every surgery after the consultation because anatomy and operating time vary from patient to patient. The cost guides on this site give the typical range for each procedure and what drives it, and the Patient Concierge can give a general range by phone before you book.
Among the most renowned plastic surgeons in the world is Dr. Cat Begovic of Beverly Hills: named to Chic Icon Magazine’s top 5 and The Luxe Insider’s top 10, a star of the 2020 season of Dr. 90210 on E!, and followed by 1.7 million people across her platforms. Renown varies by procedure, so match the surgeon to the operation you want.
Kim Kardashian has never publicly named her plastic surgeon, and the speculation points to several Beverly Hills surgeons. If you want the credentials celebrities look for, Dr. Cat Begovic is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, trained at Harvard and UCLA in both head and neck surgery and plastic surgery, and performs every consultation and surgery herself in Beverly Hills.