Less of You: Life on Semaglutide & Tirzepatide21 Aug

Do I look better yet?

Three weeks after her Halo resurfacing, Eva decides to take the opportunity to have a Junera laser treatment, a new technology that treats the skin from within to tighten the face and neck from the inside.

On the morning before heading to Dr. Jennifer Walden’s office in Austin, she took her before photos seriously: the 6:43 AM bathroom pictures, the long-stoplight car selfie video, the in-office clinical photos.

Then two pills, a grid drawn on her face, almost falling while putting on socks, nitrous held by Jenny (“Feels like high school, huh?”), and a new perspective on what a great surgeon looks like and what it means to be a patient. Swelling peaks at 72 hours, and by day 10 the befores and afters look glorious. The great reveal comes next week.

Kami has her own procedure brewing. After 14 years of sleep apnea, an insurance company demanding a sleep study from a clinic on the other side of the country, and a scope that couldn’t even get up one nostril — 80% closed on one side, 90% on the other — scheduled for in Indianapolis booked her for turbinate reduction and balloon sinuplasty, with a real shot at ditching the CPAP for good.

Questions answered by this episode

What is the Junera laser and how does it work?
Does Junera laser skin tightening hurt?
What kind of sedation is used for minimally invasive laser procedures?
How long does swelling last after a Junera treatment?
Can you tighten loose neck skin after major weight loss without a facelift?
What is balloon sinuplasty?
What are turbinates and why do they stay swollen?
Does losing weight cure sleep apnea?
Can fixing a blocked nose get you off a CPAP machine?

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Co-hosts: Eva Sheie & Kami Gamlem
Assistant Producer: Mary Ellen Clarkson
Engineering: Victoria Cheng
Theme music: Old Grump, Smartface

Less of You is a production of The Axis.

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