Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, and today's episode is an interesting one,

and I'll tell you why. As a woman, there is no escaping perimenopause and menopause. I'm sorry,

ladies, but everyone is going to go through it. Is there a manopause? Yes, there absolutely is a

manopause, but that is for an entirely different episode.

So men, listen to this one because you may be able to learn some things, but ladies, this is for you.

One of the things that I find, honestly, a little bit comical, is we have so many things to make us feel better.

And right now, if you're not wearing a weighted

vest as you walk outside, you're not part of that perimenopause menopause club, apparently.

I have yet to purchase one, but it's certainly on my list. People love it. And I do want to be a part of that

club, I guess. But here's the question I have. Yes, I know that

taking, you know, our life into our hands with some wellness stuff, changing our diet, exercising,

wearing weighted vests, weightlifting, and all these other things can be really good for us.

It doesn't just make us look better, feel better, but it actually makes us healthier and improves our quality in life.

May even help us live longer, healthier and longer. But one of the things that is less talked about

is that there are actually some surgical interventions that might be able to help women get to the

place where they feel better as well. And yes, I'm talking about plastic surgery, but I'm not talking

about plastic surgery kind of as you traditionally think about it. One of the things that we don't

talk about as much is, yes, there are all these things that we can do to look better, feel better, but there's a lot

of stigma around some of it. Okay, there's not a lot of stigma around, you know, weightlifting

for women, eating healthier, wearing these weighted vests. They kind of go in that pool of acceptable

things we can do to make ourselves feel better. But what about plastic surgery? Now, I'm not

talking about cosmetic plastic surgery and, you know, that traditional sense where it's like, oh,

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