Deborah Alessi in the Press
FIVE Palm Jumeirah, the trendiest hotel in Dubai!
Forbes | June 4, 2022
An article on FIVE Palm Jumeirah, the home of Deborah Alessi’s Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics Clinic center
Taking Pride In Putting Their Best Face Forward After Violence
Forbes | June 20, 2022
“Face Forward International works to promote the wellbeing of all underserved survivors of violence, many of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community, and provides services regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or faith. Because violence does not discriminate, and neither do we.” – Face Forward International Founder Deborah Alessi
Here’s Why Morpheus 8 Is the Hottest New Laser Treatement
Grazia | December 5, 2021
“To find out exactly why the Morpheus 8 is the hottest new laser treatment, we sat down with Ms. Deborah Alessi, CEO and founder of Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics Clinic located in Five Palm Jumeirah, Dubai.”
Money & Me: ‘If I want something, I have to work hard to make it happen’
The National | February 18, 2022
“Scotland-born entrepreneur Deborah Alessi opened her Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics clinic in Five Palm Jumeirah Dubai hotel in 2021 and has plans to open a second branch later this year.”
Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics Welcomes Expert in Anti-Ageing and Laser Treatments, Dr. Fiona Cowie
Middle East News 247 | November 7, 2021
“The busy season is back up and running and with that comes the need for some well-deserved self-love and care amongst the daily life of Dubai’s hustle and bustle. Dubai’s hottest new Aesthetics Clinic based in the FIVE Palm Jumeirah, offers a range of treatments from some of the best professionals in the business, promoting beauty, health, and longevity in all that they offer.”
25 ways to find serenity in Dubai
What’s On | May 31, 2022
“Exported from the cosmetics capital of the world, Beverly Hills Wellness & Aesthetics is here to tone thighs and abs with its cellulite-busting Evolve Trim treatment. Non-invasive, the heat and radio frequency-based treatment sees six heated plates strapped to the target area to heat and smooth stubborn cellulite. Sessions can be 20 to 30 minutes, with best results achieved from three to eight sessions.”
Intravenous therapy and its role in improving skin with Deborah Alessi
Haya | June 2, 2022
“Dubai attracts the most important international figures active in the fields of beauty, health and wellness. For this reason, Deborah Alessi, founder of Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics, chose to transfer her expertise in this field to Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics and open an aesthetic center there.” [Translated]
When a charity helps victims of violence around the world move forward with their lives
Marie Claire | January 6, 2019
“She is a strong, smart and dedicated businesswoman from Glasgow, Scotland who overcame many challenges in her life at a young age, including domestic violence. It is true that Deborah Alessi was a victim of this violence in a previous relationship, but she succeeded in moving forward and embarking on her own journey of healing.” [Translated]
Female Founders: Deborah Alessi of Beverly Hills Wellness and Therapy On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder
Medium | Authority Magazine | August 11, 2021
“Deborah Alessi is a Scottish-born business woman and the Founder & CEO of Face Forward International, a non-profit helping survivors of domestic abuse, human trafficking, and other acts of violence by providing pro-bono reconstructive surgeries and emotional therapy. Along with her husband, world-renowned plastic surgeon to the stars Dr. David Alessi, Deborah and her team at Face Forward have provided more than 500 life-changing surgeries, giving patients a renewed sense of empowerment and self-confidence.”
Domestic abuse survivor aims to ‘heal the lives’ of other victims by founding a nonprofit that provides them with free plastic surgery for their injuries
Daily Mail | March 27, 2019
“Los Angeles-based nonprofit Face Forward first started in 2007 as a side project for founders David Alessi, a board-certified head and neck surgeon, and his wife, Deborah Alessi. The nonprofit was important to Deborah as she previously suffered from domestic abuse in a past relationship. .”
Behind a woman, there is a great woman! Lessons in universal living from a resilient, Deborah Alessi, a fixture from Beverly Hills to Dubai
Forbes | October 9, 2023
“Many women entrepreneurs will recognize themselves in Deborah Alessi’s journey. The Californian of Scottish origin had planned everything in her plans for happiness and professional fulfillment, except the divorce from her traveling companion and business partner.” [Translated from French]
Ways to Remove the Stigma Around Plastic Surgery
Vocal Media | September 14, 2023
“Plastic surgery can be a controversial field in medicine. It is surrounded by stigma and is often looked at negatively. People think plastic surgery procedures are the product of vanity and promote unreasonable beauty standards. While this may be true in some cases, plastic surgery is a much larger area of practice than most people realize and has a demonstrably positive impact on numerous patients.”
Taking Pride In Putting Their Best Face Forward After Violence
Forbes | June 20, 2022
“Face Forward International works to promote the wellbeing of all underserved survivors of violence, many of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community, and provides services regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or faith. Because violence does not discriminate, and neither do we.” – Face Forward International Founder Deborah Alessi
Money & Me: ‘If I want something, I have to work hard to make it happen’
The National News | February 18, 2022
“Scotland-born entrepreneur Deborah Alessi opened her Beverly Hills Wellness and Aesthetics clinic in Five Palm Jumeirah Dubai hotel in 2021 and has plans to open a second branch later this year. While based in the US, she grew another brand – Beverly Hills IV Therapy – with branches in the Maldives, Brazil and the UK.”
‘I couldn’t smile for 23 years’: The charity offering life-changing plastic surgery to domestic violence survivors
Independent | November 27, 2016
“Around three years ago, Mabrey approached Face Forward, set up in 2007 by domestic violence survivor Deborah Alessi and her husband, plastic surgeon David Alessi. Since then, Mabrey has had one procedure to replace scar tissue on her neck with smooth skin taken from her back, another to rebuild part of her ear and a third to reduce the height of scarring around her mouth.”
Acid attack survivor gets reconstructive surgery by Face Forward non-profit in Beverly Hills
Fox | August 3, 2020
“She left her home country of Ethiopia for reconstructive surgeries in Beverly Hills through Face Forward International. The non-profit was founded by Deborah Alessi, who says she too was a victim of domestic violence in the past. Her husband Dr. David Alessi performs the surgeries.”
Hope in sight for the scarred
Khmer Times | September 6, 2019
“In July this year, Debora Alessi, the Founder and CEO of Face Forward International, another humanitarian NGO, flew to Phnom Penh to meet Chenda and Malita at CCF. Alessi said her organisation will offer them reconstructive surgery in the US. The treatments, from “Los Angeles-based specialist surgeons, will take about five years and cost around 300,000 dollars.”
Face Foward Foundation Annual Gala With ‘Face Foward’ Founder & CEO Deborah Alessi & Domestic Violence Survivor Dan Matakayia
KTLA 5 | September 9, 2019
“Founder and CEO of Face Forward, Deborah Alessi and special guest Dan Matakayia joined anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker to discuss the non-profit Face Forward and this year’s upcoming gala.”
Nonprofit Face Forward Changes the Lives of Domestic Violence Survivors With Free Plastic Surgery
Allure | March 26, 2019
“The mission is personal for the founders, David Alessi, a board-certified head and neck surgeon, and his wife Deborah Alessi, a former aviation executive who experienced domestic violence in a past relationship. “I didn’t realize I was still carrying some baggage from that experience around. When I started Face Forward, it was very healing for me,” Deborah tells Allure. “I realized this was something kind of hidden — people don’t talk about it because there’s a lot of shame that goes with domestic violence.””
Abused Woman Wore a Mask for 12 Years Before a Nonprofit Helped Her
The Epoch Times | June 6, 2019
“Crockett later met a woman named Deborah Alessi, who started a nonprofit called Face Forward, which in seven years has provided reconstructive facial surgery to hundreds of people around the world who have been physically abused. “They have to look in the mirror and be reminded this man or this woman or this mother did this to me,” she said.”
Domestic abuse survivor aims to ‘heal the lives’ of other victims by founding a nonprofit that provides them with free plastic surgery for their injuries
The Daily Mail | March 27, 2019
“Los Angeles-based nonprofit Face Forward first started in 2007 as a side project for founders David Alessi, a board-certified head and neck surgeon, and his wife, Deborah Alessi. The nonprofit was important to Deborah as she previously suffered from domestic abuse in a past relationship. ”
Red Carpet Interview with CEO/Founder Face Forward LA Gala 2018 Deborah Alessi
YouTube | October 26, 2018
“Interview by Bullies Keep Out volunteer Shelly Rodriguez on the red carpet with the CEO/Founder of Face Forward LA Deborah Alessi. We had a quick chat with her about at the 2018 La Dolce Vita gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel event 2018. Face Forward is an amazing organization that we are partners in advocacy with that provides pro bono reconstructive surgery & emotional support for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking & other cruel acts of crime. You can find them faceforwardla.org and on Twitter @faceforwardla”
Face Forward 2019 Willa Amai, Deborah Alessi, Christine Devine
YouTube | March 19, 2019
“Willa Amai, Deborah Alessi, Christine Devine”
Deborah Alessi – Face Forward
Daily Motion | 2013
“Deborah Alessi is the founder of Face Forward organization that helps that people who are victim of domestic violence. Mrs. Deborah Alessi is a business woman who works for the people to recover emotionally and physically.”