I was burned out myself—many times. Overwhelmed, overworked in my clinic. Being a good practitioner, I had people flying to me from all over the world. Having a waiting list six to eight months long started to take a toll on me—because patients always wait and show up, and for them I had to be in and at my best.
But to be at the best and perform surgeries at the highest quality—like I would be doing them to myself—every day is more than physical. It is mental exhaustion.
And I made that rule for myself: only do to the patients what I would do to myself. Because I knew that I would never do anything cheaper, or shortcut, or compromise, or something what looks initially good but has a bad long-term prognosis. Never.
I never did in thirty years one case where I would disobey that rule.
And patients felt it.
And even now, when I am going totally upstream and turning from surgeon to non-surgeon and have developed a skin and health care line—it's all only for the same reason. I would not do any surgeries or short-term fixes like injectables, acids, and all that stuff on myself—and therefore would never advise it to others. And that's how the roots of AB BIO were born.
Where money flows, but nobody talks about side effects in the long run.
Only now I can see some surgeons who have some more dignity coming out publicly about the side effects like pillow face, nerve paralysis, etc.
But there was more. I saw soldiers suffering in the VA, and it was breaking my heart. I saw professionals collapsing from exhaustion.
So I bought the most beautiful piece of land in Latvia, divided by a river.
I started to build a recreational center for sick and burned-out people in nature.
We built a barn, living spaces. Planted hundreds of trees for the alleys. Five hundred sheep. Nineteen horses. Ponies. Dogs. One cat.
Everyone who stayed with us could choose a chore which was most calming and fulfilling.
We had a girl with seizures—she loved to feed the dogs and weed vegetables. So that's what she did.
Some liked to ride horses. Some fished.
It was working. People were healing.




