I'm Arial Lori and this is the Blond Files podcast where I talk to experts,

influencers, and inspirational people in the world of wellness and beyond.

Whether it's mental health, spirituality, nutrition, gut health,

hormones, exercise, meditation, entrepreneurship, beauty hex, and procedures, I cover it here with real conversations and even realer

guests. I know you're as curious as I am, so I'm asking the questions for you, and you get to

listen in.

Okay, I don't know why I'm nervous right now to do this episode. I've always been so open about what I've done

beauty-wise, but I guess condensing it into a tell- all episode.

Deep breath is just intimidating. Plus the negative nancies have been out in full force lately,

so I guess I'm just kind of bracing myself. So before I delve into

everything here I want to say a few things. So consider this a disclaimer. After I did an episode a few

weeks ago on going back to school I got so many messages saying that it inspired so many of you to consider going back and

take steps in education and things that you guys have wanted to do but haven't for whatever reasons.

So I'm so happy about that but it also makes me a little nervous about this.

Like does that mean that now tons of you are going to want to go out and get

plastic surgery? I want to use my quote-and-quote influence for good, but at the end of the day day we're all adults, it's your body, your choice, my

body, my choice, and if I can deter you from either doing the wrong type of treatment or finding out about a better

treatment that you could do in place of another one, then that's a win.

So I feel like I'm going out on a limb here and I'm probably going to get some pushback, but just know that I'm coming from a place of transparency, not promotion.

And that said, I also totally support and understand

why people who do these things want to keep them private.

But just for the sake of my platform, I really prefer honesty and I like to have open conversations about this stuff.

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