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November 14, 2026 | Face, Injectables, Lip Lift
Carmella says a Botox lip flip left her unable to move her upper lip for months. The lesson is not “never get a lip flip.” It is that three different lip problems have three different fixes, and the consult is where you sort out which one you have.
November 14, 2026 | Body Contouring, Weight Loss
Newsweek ran a story in August on “Ozempic butt” and whether it is really muscle loss. I sent the reporter my answer and it did not make the cut. Here it is: what is fat, what is muscle, what is skin, and which of the three a surgeon can fix.
November 13, 2026 | Body Contouring, Brazilian Butt Lift, Patient Safety
An undercover reporter asked an overseas clinic about a tummy tuck and got a “skinny BBL” added to the quote fourteen minutes into a messaging chat. Here is what a real BBL consult looks like, when adding a BBL to a tummy tuck is right, and the questions that expose a sales pitch.
November 13, 2026 | Body Contouring, Weight Loss
Newsweek ran a story in August on GLP-1 use pushing up demand for body contouring, and the risk that comes with it. I sent the reporter my answer in July and it did not make the cut. Here it is: who is actually a candidate, what the devices cannot do, and why I make patients wait.
November 12, 2026 | Facial Procedures, Injectables
BOTOX Cosmetic Day, November 18, puts two $50 gift cards in your Allē Wallet for $50. Good. Here is what I tell patients the deal does not change: the dose, the product, the aftercare, and the point where a brow or an eyelid has stopped being a toxin problem.
November 12, 2026 | Body Contouring, Male Procedures, Weight Loss
Reuters ran a story in August on men turning to cosmetic clinics to finish a GLP-1 transformation. I sent the reporter my answer in June and it did not make the cut, so here it is: what the weight loss does to a man’s face, chest and body, and the order I fix it.
