Calling the Shots - Botox, Filler & Feminism
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction
Danielle Belardo
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, the highly sought-after facial plastic surgeon to the stars, Dr. Kay Durairaj. On today’s episode, Dr. Belardo gets a full rundown of the pros and cons of Botox, fillers, rhinoplasty, and liposuction, and the two share their favorite non-surgical treatments. Dr. Kay empowers her patients (including Danielle) to call their own shots when it comes to beauty and provides them with the autonomy to make decisions about their aesthetics that stay true to who they are. The pursuit of beauty is on your terms.
Danielle and Kay discuss:
- The pretty vs. brainy dichotomy that is present in today’s society
- The positive and negative effects of social media on beauty standards and self-image
- The differences between non-surgical and surgical rhinoplasty and the costs associated with both interventions
- What to look for on a specialist's resume to ensure you’re in good hands
- What Kybella is, how it differs from liposuction, and its efficacy
Dr. Kay Durairaj completed her surgical training at UCLA and is a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Her expertise is in Botox and neurotoxins, facial injectables and fillers, and she was voted one of the top 100 injectors in the country by her peers. She is Chairman of the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery at Huntington Memorial Hospital, and she serves as an advisor to multiple aesthetic industry organizations.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:08.0 | Beauty is so fundamental. |
| 0:10.0 | We're made to feel that beauty is superficial, not important, materialistic. |
| 0:15.7 | And yet it's not. |
| 0:16.8 | It's what drives human passion and beauty is essential to human existence, actually. |
| 0:23.0 | Like, what would life be without beauty? |
| 0:25.2 | And so the pursuit of beauty can be a very serious and important thing that every day I'm looking for beauty in my life. |
| 0:31.6 | I really value clients who feel the same way. |
| 0:33.9 | Just that little touch of confidence building changes your outlook. |
| 0:44.5 | Welcome to wellness, fact versus fiction. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm Dr. Danielle Bellardo and I'm a cardiologist who loves evidence-based medicine and |
| 0:51.8 | nutrition science. |
| 0:52.7 | But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness vads take over social media. |
| 0:57.5 | It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top expert physicians and scientists |
| 1:02.2 | to help us determine what is fact versus fiction when it comes to your health. |
| 1:07.1 | It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it comes to our wellness. |
| 1:20.5 | Hi, everyone. Welcome back to wellness fact versus fiction. And today we have a really exciting episode we have the famous most brilliant |
| 1:33.0 | most beautiful dr k on today she's a fellow of the american college of surgeons she's a member of the |
| 1:38.7 | american academy of facial plastics and reconstructive surgery board certified surgeon by the |
| 1:43.9 | american board of e nt head and neck surgery of facial plastics and reconstructive surgery, board certified surgeon by the American Board of |
| 1:45.3 | E&T, head and neck surgery. |
| 1:48.4 | She's chair of the department of E&T at Huntington Memorial Hospital and a clinical professor |
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