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The First Signs of Capsular Contracture After Breast Implants
Episode 69
Months or years after surgery, one side can suddenly feel firmer than the other, and most women assume they did something wrong.Dr. James Koehler and…
1 day, 12 hours ago
Facelift: What Recovery Really Looks Like, Day by Day
Episode 68
Most people know what a facelift looks like on the outside. Almost nobody talks about the weeks in between — the swelling, the numbness, the moment a…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Body Lift: What Recovery Really Looks Like, Week by Week
Episode 67
Six months. That's about how long it takes for swelling to fully settle after one of cosmetic surgery's biggest transformations — and the first ten d…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Can You Really Get Rid of a Scar After Surgery?
Episode 66
There's no such thing as erasing a mark on your skin. The best a cosmetic surgeon can do is trade it for a thinner, flatter line placed where a waist…
1 month, 1 week ago
Where Did My Butt Go?
Episode 65
You did the work and the pounds are gone, but the skin didn’t disappear.
Dr. Vincent Gardner walks through what a full body lift actually does after m…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
2026 Trends: What’s Real and What’s Hype?
Episode 64
Filler migration is all over TikTok, biostimulators get sold as a “natural” alternative, and people are choosing a surgeon by follower count. Dr. Jam…
2 months, 1 week ago
What GLP-1 Weight Loss Does to Your Face (And How to Fix It)
Episode 63
We hear about the weight loss, the body changes, the transformation. What almost nobody mentions is what that same transformation does above the coll…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What Happens to Your Skin After GLP-1 Weight Loss
Episode 62
Drug companies want you on these injections for life. Dr. Vincent Gardner sees it differently — and if you’re planning cosmetic surgery on the other …
3 months, 1 week ago
Unhappy After a Facelift? What a Revision Can (and Can't) Fix
Episode 61
The hardest consults in cosmetic surgery aren't the first-timers. They're the people sitting across from Dr. Koehler with someone else's incisions, s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Red Flags We Watch For in a Cosmetic Surgery Consultation
Episode 60
Picking the wrong provider for your procedure is a problem no one wants to fix. Before any of the technical details matter, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Jame…
4 months ago