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Breast Implant Recovery Day By Day: The Bruises, Zingers, and Bad Days Nobody Films

Breast Implant Recovery Day By Day: The Bruises, Zingers, and Bad Days Nobody Films

Breast Surgery

Watch Listen Everyone posts the after photo. Nobody films day two, when your hair is unwashed, the purple marker won’t budge, and getting off the couch is a project. Dr. Kat Gallus and Bri walk through a real breast augmentation recovery hour by hour and week by week — the nerve zingers, the one side […]

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Skinny Girl Problems: Getting Curves Without Enough Fat for a BBL

Skinny Girl Problems: Getting Curves Without Enough Fat for a BBL

Body Surgery, Non-Surgical

A Brazilian Butt Lift sounds simple enough: take fat from where you do not want it and put it where you do. But that plan only works if you have fat to spare in the first place. Patients told they are too skinny for a BBL are really being told they do not have enough […]

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Breast Implant Illness & Busting the ‘En Bloc’ Myth

Breast Implant Illness & Busting the ‘En Bloc’ Myth

Podcast

Watch: Listen: Every few months a celebrity announces she’s “taking her implants out”—and suddenly the internet declares breast implants canceled. Dr. Gallus and Bri aren’t buying it. This episode cuts through the noise with a full breakdown of breast implant removal: who actually needs it, what BII really is (and isn’t), why en bloc removal […]

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Labiaplasty: When Is It Covered By Insurance?

Labiaplasty: When Is It Covered By Insurance?

Plastic Surgery

Want to know if labiaplasty will be covered by insurance? Women consider a labiaplasty procedure for many reasons. Labiaplasty is a procedure that reduces the excess skin of the vaginal area, known as the labia. Studies have shown that the most common reason for having labiaplasty surgery is to correct enlarged or elongated labia that […]

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Bouncing Back After Surgery: Why Burpees, Bowling, and Your BBL Floatie Can Wait

Bouncing Back After Surgery: Why Burpees, Bowling, and Your BBL Floatie Can Wait

Podcast

Watch: Listen: Three weeks out, you feel amazing, and your group chat is full of friends checking into LaGree class—that’s exactly when the trouble starts. Dr. Kat Gallus and Bri break down the recovery questions people actually ask (usually on day three, not week three): can I scuba dive, can I ski, can I do […]

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Should You Read Online Breast Implant Forums Before Surgery?

Should You Read Online Breast Implant Forums Before Surgery?

Breast Surgery

You’ve been doing your research to prepare for breast augmentation. You found a forum, joined a group, and now you’re three hours deep into a thread on r/PlasticSurgery about implant profiles and capsular contracture and someone’s two-week post-op photos. Sound familiar? Online breast implant communities can feel like a lifeline when you’re trying to make […]

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