Masoud Saman, MD

The Face with Masoud Saman

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The Face with Masoud Saman is a podcast about beauty, identity, and the human face. Hosted by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Masoud Saman, each episode explores the depths beyond what social media and the beauty industry show us. From filtered selfies to cultural ideals, we unravel how faces are judged, altered, and celebrated. It's not about chasing perfection. It's about understanding what we value, and why.

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Masoud Saman, MD

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Episode 5: Emotion on the Face | What We Show, What We Hide with Dr. David Matsumoto 06.04.2026 47:13

What does the face reveal before we say a word? In this episode, Dr. Masoud Saman speaks with world-renowned psychologist Dr. David Matsumoto about microexpressions, emotional leakage, nonverbal communication, and the universal language of the face. They explore how we detect authenticity, how culture shapes expression, and why the face remains one of the most powerful tools of human connection. T...

Episode 4: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and How We Perceive Our Own Attractiveness with Dr. Toni Pikoos 25.03.2026 51:37

Some patients get a technically perfect result… and still hate what they see. Why? In this episode of The Face Podcast , Dr. Masoud Saman sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Toni Pikoos to unpack one of the most misunderstood problems in aesthetic medicine: Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) This is not just about plastic surgery. It’s about identity, perception, and the dangerous gap between ho...

Episode 3: When Faces Look Distorted |The Brain Disorder You’ve Never Heard Of w/ Dr. Brad Duchaine) 07.03.2026 33:16

What would it be like to wake up one morning and see every face around you distorted? Eyes shifted, mouths stretched, features warped. You know the face is normal, but your brain shows you something completely different. In this episode of The Face Podcast, Dr. Masoud Saman speaks with Brad Duchaine, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. Hi...

How Does the Brain Recognize Faces and What Happens When It Fails? 04.03.2026 32:13

How do we recognize a face? Most of us do it effortlessly, thousands of times a day. But the process behind that simple act is extraordinarily complex. The human brain has specialized systems devoted specifically to faces, allowing us to recognize identity, emotion, familiarity, and social meaning in fractions of a second. In this episode of The Face Podcast , Masoud Saman speaks with Dr. Marlene...

Episode 1: The Human Face 25.02.2026 2:19

The human face is more than anatomy. It is identity. It is communication. It is culture. As a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon, I have spent my career studying how the face develops, ages, heals, and expresses who we are. But the face extends far beyond medicine. It is studied by actors, sculptors, archaeologists, artificial intelligence engineers, and even intelligence officers. Courtroo...