00:00Dr. Griffin, you're in private practice now.
00:03What do you tell people?
00:05How do they know you're doing this?
00:07How do you market what you do?
00:09You know, interestingly, so I did everything at the DMC.
00:11So I was there eight years.
00:14I did five years of general surgery,
00:15and then I did three years of fellowship.
00:18And then, you know, my wife is from Florida.
00:21See, I picked her up when I was at family.
00:22Well, when you went to school, there you go.
00:24I put your toe.
00:25So she's like, get me out of here.
00:26Get me out of this cold weather.
00:27But I'm like, you know what?
00:28I got this job opportunity.
00:29So I started at a hospital in Trinity in Livonia,
00:34fresh out of residency,
00:35and then kind of built my practice from there.
00:37But, you know, kind of people kind of knew who I was,
00:41but then I just built a name for myself over time.
00:44And then, you know, Detroit is small.
00:46Detroit, everybody knows everybody.
00:47Now, when you say you do cosmetic surgery,
00:49explain what your specialty of it is.
00:53So, yeah, I do your typical breast lift,
00:57breast augmentations.
00:58I do tummy tucks, and, of course, I do, you know, I do BBLs.
01:02Okay, which is the most popular now.
01:06It's one of the more popular procedures, you know.
01:08It's controversial, but, you know.
01:10People leave the country to have it done when they could have got it done right here.
01:14Right here.
01:14I capture a fair amount of the market here.
01:17Do you really?
01:18He does.
01:18You got to look at his Instagram.
01:20That's amazing.
01:21How do you meet a charity, Dean?
01:24Where did we meet?
01:25I think you met at one of my Detroit Medical Society events.
01:32Probably.
01:32On the rooftop.
01:33Yeah.
01:33Probably, yeah.
01:34Yep.
01:35I don't know if you weren't doing what you were doing now.
01:38No, it was probably back when I was at the city.
01:39Yep.
01:40Oh, yeah, that's right.
01:41That's right, yeah.
01:41And then you joined the Black Business Alliance when?
01:43I did.
01:43It's been a few years now.
01:45It's probably been, what, shortly after I started my practice here.
01:49How helpful is it for you?
01:52It's very helpful.
01:53You met how helpful is being?
01:55In the Black Business Alliance, yeah.
01:56Very helpful.
01:58The connections that you make are tantamount, you know.
02:01You're able to kind of really expand your network.
02:05Things that you never thought you would need, like attorneys, you know, real estate people.
02:12Yeah.
02:12That networking is just expansive and really has been a big boon in my practice in a variety of ways.
02:23You had a question?
02:26If someone would like plastic surgery, is it very expensive?
02:30Oh, yeah.
02:31So it's relative, right?
02:34No, no, no.
02:34I like how you put it, because that's how he would put it.
02:37No, no.
02:37I want to go back and make people understand this, because I have a story behind it.
02:42You, you, you, to answer her question, is plastic surgery expensive?
02:46You said.
02:48Yes.
02:49Well, expensive is relative, because.
02:51It's relative.
02:52Again, like you said, people are going out of town, and because of the price a lot of the time.
02:56And leaving the country.
02:57You know.
02:58So it costs.
02:59There's a cost.
03:00Some things are supposed to cost a certain amount of money.
03:02You go into the Mercedes dealership, you're expecting to pay a certain price.
03:06There you go.
03:07If you don't pay enough for a Mercedes, you're questioning why you're not paying that much.
03:11Am I driving?
03:12Am I buying a lemon?
03:13Yes, you are.
03:14If you're getting cheap plastic surgery, where is this plastic surgery being done?
03:18That's right.
03:19Is it a strip mall?
03:20You know, so.
03:20You say that.
03:21You got to take these things into consideration.
03:24When they see you, they would say, were you a former NFL player?
03:31Did you play NBA basketball?
03:34They proceed as maybe an athlete.
03:37Did you participate in any sports?
03:39Yeah, I mean, I played football in high school.
03:42I didn't do much at the collegiate level.
03:45But I just had to look.
03:47You had to look.
03:48Yeah, I just had to look.
03:49But wait a minute.
03:50I was a perfectly good waste of heights.
03:53No, no, no.
03:54It goes with your look.
03:55It goes with your look.
03:56It's not a waste.
03:59That's fascinating.
04:01Okay, well, you know, I understand there's a cost.
04:03Do you work with people?
04:04Or how does that work if they don't have the full amount?
04:07Or they need the full amount when they come see you?
04:09Yeah, so we finance.
04:10We take care of credit.
04:11We take cherry.
04:12We do payment plans.
04:14We have programs, like a loyalty program, to where you could take, you know.
04:18A loyalty program?
04:20Yeah.
04:21Yeah.
04:22You get, you get.
04:23Buy one, get one.
04:26That's where you want to run.
04:27By the left breast, you give me a right one free.
04:32It's all relative there.
04:33It's all relative.
04:35This is fascinating.
04:38You're like Dr. Ben Carson.
04:41I don't know.
04:42Well, I'm not Ben Carson in the sense that he was life changing.
04:47You know, you know, hated my life.
04:49And so are you.
04:49He was, yeah, I improve lives.
04:52I don't necessarily save lives.
04:54How about auto accidents?
04:56You help people in.
04:57Yeah, I've done that.
04:58I don't do so much of that anymore.
04:59But when I worked for the hospital, I did a lot of facial reconstruction, lacerated dog bites, burns, sometimes gunshots
05:07to the face, yeah.
05:08So, is it, obviously it's fun.
05:11Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
05:13Have a work a day doing the things you love.
05:16That is amazing.
05:18Because people would think, oh, it's so tedious.
05:21It is.
05:22But it's fun.
05:23It's fun.
05:24It's a challenge.
05:26That is cool.
05:27Charity Dean.
05:28Yes.
05:28Did it again.
05:30Another great guest.
05:32And Dr. Griffin, what would you like us to know?
05:37Since we have you in here with the mic on.
05:39Well, where to find me.
05:40I'm in West Bloomfield.
05:44I'm always accepting new patients.
05:47Just got to call.
05:48Call our number.
05:49248-557-7788.
05:52And find me on Instagram.
05:55Griffin underscore plastic underscore surgery.
05:59Griffin?
06:00Griffin underscore plastic.
06:02Underscore surgery.
06:03Surgery.
06:04That is cool.
06:05And the phone number, twice again slow.
06:08248-557-7788.
06:11Or visit our website too.
06:13Griffinplasticsurgery.com.
06:15Cool.
06:16Charity, your thoughts?
06:17Yeah.
06:18Congratulations on all your success, Dr. Griffin.
06:21You can learn more about the Michigan Black Business Alliance at www.blackbizalliance.com.
06:28And we have an event coming up.
06:30First Wednesday of the month, we do an all-member meeting at our office.
06:33So 28 West Adams.
06:35But you can just go on our website or our social media at Black Biz Alliance on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn,
06:42and get all the details.
06:43Dr. Griffin, thank you.
06:45It is incredible, man, what you do.
06:49Yes.
06:50And this is Men's Health Month coming up in June.
06:52And we're going to do a lot of things.
06:53I don't work with a lot of men, maybe about 10%.
06:57But we're going to be doing a lot of things in terms of educating people on men's health, mental health,
07:03as well as physical health, manhood stuff, and, you know, like hormonal, testosterone replacement.
07:10I'm going to say this about African American women when it comes to plastic surgery.
07:16Their fear is the doctor doesn't really know them and the way they are.
07:25And if they could just find a black physician who is an expert, they would just be thrilled to death.
07:34They'd tell you their whole life.
07:36I'm sure patients do.
07:38Absolutely.
07:39Now, there's a whole thing going on with find-a-blackdoctor.org where they're being sued by a white doctor.
07:47That's insane.
07:49See, this is the problem.
07:50Not having access to those black patients.
07:52This is the problem.
07:53They knew the history, you know.
07:55It's a lot of discriminatory things that happen, racism that happens in medicine, both on the patient side and the
08:00doctor side.
08:01Wow.
08:02Yeah.
08:02Yeah, because especially black women, if they could find a young black doctor, man,
08:09man, to them, you're their son, you're, you know, you're their husband.
08:15They would, the trust factor just goes up a hundred.
08:20Give your socials again for people.
08:24Okay.
08:25So, yeah, you can find me.
08:27I'm mainly on Instagram.
08:28My girls run my TikTok in the office.
08:31But Instagram is Griffin underscore plastic underscore surgery.
08:37And then, yeah, not really on Facebook.
08:42Not on the business side.
08:43No, but Instagram.
08:44That's all right.
08:44They'll find it.
08:45He didn't tell you about it.
08:46He removed tattoos, too.
08:47Oh, yeah.
08:48So, that's a big come up.
08:50Oh, no.
08:50Stop.
08:50All right.
08:51Yeah.
08:51So, we have the most advanced laser tattoo device on the market.
08:56And I'm the only one in Michigan that has it.
08:58It's faster, almost pain-free, and works on black people.
09:03So, he can get that tattoo off the face.
09:06From the movie New Jack City, with Wesley Snipes sitting in the Jeep as they're riding down the street in
09:14New York.
09:14Get them!
09:17Wow, that is amazing.
09:20That is amazing.
09:22Thank you all, Charity Dina, again.
09:26See you next week, Mason.
09:27Dr. Griffin, thank you.
09:29Thanks for having me again.
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