Dr. Alexander Rivkin

Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Alexander Z. Rivkin is a globally recognized expert and lecturer on minimally invasive aesthetics and non-surgical facial sculpting. Educated at Yale School of Medicine and Columbia College, Dr. Rivkin is the ​founder of RIVKIN Aesthetics – a national clinical and research center of excellence for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. He is best known for inventing and popularizing the Non Surgical Rhinoplasty procedure. In 2020 he published the largest statistically comprehensive study on Non Surgical Rhinoplasty in the medical literature.

Education and research are an important part of Dr. Rivkin’s practice. He is Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and has published a number of scholarly papers and textbook chapters. He has been a lead investigator on many FDA and NIH clinical trials and is an award winning research investigator. He lectures at conferences all over the world and conducts intensive physician education seminars at RIVKIN Aesthetics. Many of the doctors and nurses performing injections in the Los Angeles area learned their skills in his office.

Dr. Rivkin understands that no one relishes the thought of “going under the knife.” He believes that ​modern medical technology can provide today’s patients with superior alternatives to invasive surgery. He has dedicated his career to developing these alternatives, creating exceptional cosmetic solutions that his patients can access without the ​fears​ of pain, unnatural appearance, side effects and expense​ that have so long been associated with cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Rivkin has been featured throughout the national and international media, on shows such as Good Morning America, the TODAY Show and the DOCTORS show for the revolutionary procedures that he has pioneered.