My Surgeon Says...

Today we’re talking about scarless surgery. Right up top you should know: if you plan on having cosmetic surgery with effective, impactful results – you’re going to have scars. Instead we discuss how we conceal scars, how to minimise them in recovery and which areas tend to heal the best.

Today we’re talking about travelling for surgery. Recent AHPRA guidelines have drastically changed accessibility for patients who either live regionally or want to travel interstate for cosmetic surgery. Richard and Kim explain how the changes impact you and what the new policy looks like at Re.

We also reveal the major red flags to look out for when it comes to cosmetic tourism overseas. The biggest lesson? Cheap can be very, very expensive…

Look, we’ve all woken up at some point with giant bags under your eyes – maybe from a big night or allergies just showing you who’s boss – but it’s definitely not an uncommon experience.

But some people have really noticeable bags that just never seem to go away, no matter how many cold spoons they press in the morning, and it tends to get worse with age. That's when the humble lower blepharoplasty steps in.

In this ep, Richard and Kim explain why under eye bags form as we age, how a blepharoplasty can help, and in what cases the surgery could actually cause real damage.

A labiaplasty is a surprisingly common surgery that doesn’t get the same airtime as our other operations so, it’s time to change that. There’s a misconception labiaplasties are the quest for a designer vagina, and while that may be the case in some places, our patients are overwhelming trying to overcome discomfort and pain.

Richard and Kim join me to explain what a labiaplasty actually is, what kind of down time you need, and why it’s not something to be embarrassed about in any way.

Patients who've had C Sections are always keen to hear how it compares to an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or lower body lift.

In this ep, Kim and Richard will explain the differences between the surgeries, what happens to a C Section scar during a tummy tuck, and whether a bigger scar means worse pain.

“Is it too late to go back???”

This week, we chat about which trendy operations you can forget ever happened and which ones are forever (spoiler: it's bad news for buccal fat removal and BBLs)

We also chat about how fashion can inform surgical techniques, how to spot a fad surgery, and the biggest changes Kim and Richard have seen while they’ve been operating.

Today I’m joined by dermatologist Dr Alice Rudd, founder of Skindepth in Melbourne.

Skindepth is not your usual dermatology clinic – they focus heavily on holistic treatments so they can tackle skin from the inside and out. Alice has curated a team of exclusively female dermatologists, started an in-house vulvar clinic with a gynaecologist, and believes the principles learned in her yoga training can help mitigate some of the effects stress has on your skin.

In this episode, we chat about the fact that issues don’t need to be life threatening to make a huge impact on your sense of self, what exactly a vulvar clinic is, and how stress can manifest in rashes and perioral dermatitis.

Internal bra is probably a term you hear a lot, but what actually *is* it?

Does everybody get an internal bra who has breast surgery?

Which breast surgeries include an internal bra?

Why do some people need one more than others?

Today, we’re unpacking revision surgery. Revision is a pretty loaded word and, in this case, can cover anything from some slight dog ears after a tummy tuck to completely overhauling a prior surgery that didn’t deliver the promised results.

Kim and Richard chat about what exactly revision surgery looks like for different operations; the most common types of revision surgery they need to perform; and red flags to watch out for before going under the knife.

Australia’s regulatory bodies have proposed some major changes to the current cosmetic surgery landscape, including mandating GP referrals, restricting what we can post on social media and compulsory body dysmorphic disorder testing.The details across the board are currently pretty scant, but I’m joined by Richard Bloom to discuss what these changes mean for patients If they do come to pass and what we think of them (spoiler alert: it's not great).