Considering CoolSculpting? Don't just take what you read on the internet as gospel. Hear from a real live patient! In the podcast below, you'll hear from Nancy, a CoolSculpting patient that was very skeptical but now a true believer!

Nancy discusses how she was bothered with her lower abdomen and flanks and didn't really want liposuction. So she decided to try CoolSculpting and since she was so pleased with the results, got a second round of treatment to her upper abdomen. Now she feels like her abdomen is flatter and smoother without any ripples that may occur with liposuction.

While not everyone will have the same doctor or recovery, her insights are very helpful. She was very pleased with the "natural" improvement in her contours over 6 weeks even though she could see the results as early as 3 weeks. Listen below to her experience in this installment of our POP podcast series.

To check pricing on CoolSculpting from a doctor near you, click here. And to see the show notes for this podcast, click here.

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After seeing a patient for one procedure or another and after going through all of the details, they often ask to speak to a patient that went through the same journey. Breast augmentation is no different. Finding a former breast augmentation patient to speak to a new patient is not difficult. But you do worry it's an inconvenient request for your former patient. That's no longer a concern...introducing podcasts with former patients to educate future patients!

In this BuildMyBod Health podcast, we speak with a former breast augmentation patient, "Janet." Patients can hear about her concerns and goals for breast augmentation. She discusses the night before surgery and the last thing she remembers before "going under!"

While not everyone will have the same doctor or recovery, her insights are very helpful. A few pearls of wisdom are to do your research and don't price shop and most importantly, don't go too big! Listen to this interview with a breast augmentation patient on the BuildMyBod Health podcast.

To check pricing on a breast augmentation from a doctor near you, click here.

Listen to more of the BuildMyBod Health Podcast by clicking here. And if you have an interesting story to tell and want to be a part of the BuildMyBod Health podcast, email us at pr@buildmybod.com

Photography isn't just for selfies! A very interesting field within photography is medical photography and of personal interest to me is the before and after photos of cosmetic surgery patients. It's not a matter of just pointing and shooting.

Before and after photos, to get them right, takes real skill. In this episode of the BuildMyBod Health podcast, we speak to Pat Shoda, a professional photographer with the Cleveland Clinic. She details the important aspects of taking good before and after photos and why it's so important.

For example, if you're doing a lower eyelid operation to fix the dark circles, you can't have before and after photos with a flash because this can camouflage the extent of the dark circles. Similarly, you want to avoid the flash during the 'before' photo and a flash for the 'after' photo because you can't be sure what has improved the dark circles - surgery or the flash.

This is important to plastic surgeons to practice their skill well but it's important for the consumer as well so they are informed, discerning individuals when evaluating the quality of a surgeon's work on their website.

Pat has been at the Cleveland Clinic for over 30 years and is a wealth of knowledge. Check out the podcast below for pearls of wisdom regarding medical photography but also vacation photography!

For more information or questions about photography, you can find Pat Shoda on LinkedIn - just search Pat Shoda. Or send her a message through the comments sections on our show notes page at www.buildmybod.com/blog.

Listen to more of the BuildMyBod Health Podcast by clicking here. And if you have an interesting story to tell and want to be a part of the BuildMyBod Health podcast, email us at pr@buildmybod.com