When Is Post-Op Pain an Emergency? Warning Signs After Surgery | Body By Poly Podcast Dr. Alain Polynice explains what postoperative pain is normal after surgery and when it may signal an emergency. While incision-site pain, tightness, and muscle-related discomfort (such as after a tummy tuck with muscle tightening or…
When Is Post-Op Pain an Emergency? Warning Signs After Surgery | Body By Poly Podcast Dr. Alain Polynice explains what postoperative pain is normal after surgery and when it may signal an emergency. While incision-site pain, tightness, and muscle-related discomfort (such as after a tummy tuck with muscle tightening or…
Post-Op Fever After Plastic Surgery: When to Worry About Infection Dr. Alain Polynice discusses postoperative fever after plastic surgery, noting that a mild temperature rise right after surgery can be common, but fever around day three or four may signal infection—especially with spreading redness, significant warmth, purulent drainage, or pus.…
Post-Op Fever After Plastic Surgery: When to Worry About Infection Dr. Alain Polynice discusses postoperative fever after plastic surgery, noting that a mild temperature rise right after surgery can be common, but fever around day three or four may signal infection—especially with spreading redness, significant warmth, purulent drainage, or pus.…
Bleeding After Plastic Surgery: Warning Signs, Drains, and When to Call 911 This episode covers postoperative bleeding as a potential complication after plastic surgery, especially procedures like tummy tucks and mommy makeovers that create large raw surface areas. It explains how surgeons cauterize and secure vessels during surgery, yet bleeding…
Bleeding After Plastic Surgery: Warning Signs, Drains, and When to Call 911 This episode covers postoperative bleeding as a potential complication after plastic surgery, especially procedures like tummy tucks and mommy makeovers that create large raw surface areas. It explains how surgeons cauterize and secure vessels during surgery, yet bleeding…
n this episode of Body By Poly with Dr. Alain Polynice we discuss a serious but uncommon post-surgery complication: pulmonary embolism. Polynice explains that during longer surgeries poor circulation—especially in the lower extremities—can allow blood to pool and form a clot that may dislodge and travel to the lungs, causing…
n this episode of Body By Poly with Dr. Alain Polynice we discuss a serious but uncommon post-surgery complication: pulmonary embolism. Polynice explains that during longer surgeries poor circulation—especially in the lower extremities—can allow blood to pool and form a clot that may dislodge and travel to the lungs, causing…
n this episode of Body By Poly with Dr. Alain Polynice we discuss a serious but uncommon post-surgery complication: pulmonary embolism. Polynice explains that during longer surgeries poor circulation—especially in the lower extremities—can allow blood to pool and form a clot that may dislodge and travel to the lungs, causing…
What Does Plastic Surgery Cost Include? A Breakdown of Your Global Fee with Dr. Alain Polynice Body By Poly Podcast Dr. Polynice explains what patients are paying for when quoted the cost of plastic surgery and advocates for a comprehensive “global” price that includes everything. It breaks down typical components…
What Does Plastic Surgery Cost Include? A Breakdown of Your Global Fee with Dr. Alain Polynice Body By Poly Podcast Dr. Polynice explains what patients are paying for when quoted the cost of plastic surgery and advocates for a comprehensive “global” price that includes everything. It breaks down typical components…
Breast Implant Safety and Informed Consent with Dr. Alain Polynice Dr. Polynice emphasizes the importance of detailed informed consent before breast implant surgery, highlighting that a thorough discussion of risks, benefits, and complications helps build a strong patient-doctor relationship and ensures patients understand their decision. It outlines potential surgical and…
Breast Implant Safety and Informed Consent with Dr. Alain Polynice Dr. Polynice emphasizes the importance of detailed informed consent before breast implant surgery, highlighting that a thorough discussion of risks, benefits, and complications helps build a strong patient-doctor relationship and ensures patients understand their decision. It outlines potential surgical and…
Why Some Mommy Makeovers and Body Transformations Need Multiple Surgeries Dr. Alain Polynice explains why extensive body transformations and mommy makeovers are sometimes split into two or three separate surgeries for patient safety. When multiple procedures are needed—such as breast lift with augmentation, tummy tuck with liposuction or lower body…
Why Some Mommy Makeovers and Body Transformations Need Multiple Surgeries Dr. Alain Polynice explains why extensive body transformations and mommy makeovers are sometimes split into two or three separate surgeries for patient safety. When multiple procedures are needed—such as breast lift with augmentation, tummy tuck with liposuction or lower body…
Smaller Breast Implants, Big Expectations: Planning for Natural Results Dr. Alain Polynice discusses the current trend toward smaller breast implants, noting that implant sizes in his practice have shifted from 400–450cc 20 years ago to 300–330cc 10 years ago, and now commonly as small as 175–195cc. He explains that achieving…
Smaller Breast Implants, Big Expectations: Planning for Natural Results Dr. Alain Polynice discusses the current trend toward smaller breast implants, noting that implant sizes in his practice have shifted from 400–450cc 20 years ago to 300–330cc 10 years ago, and now commonly as small as 175–195cc. He explains that achieving…
Revision Plastic Surgery: Why Specialist Experience Matters Dr. Alain Polynice explains that revision surgery is among the most complex areas of plastic surgery because surgeons must work around prior scars, internal scarring, existing or ruptured implants in revision breast procedures, and scar tissue or past liposuction that can cause contour…
Revision Plastic Surgery: Why Specialist Experience Matters Dr. Alain Polynice explains that revision surgery is among the most complex areas of plastic surgery because surgeons must work around prior scars, internal scarring, existing or ruptured implants in revision breast procedures, and scar tissue or past liposuction that can cause contour…
Breast Implant Illness (BII) and Rare Implant-Associated Cancers: What to Know This episode discusses key concerns related to breast implant surgery, including breast implant illness (BII), breast implant–associated large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and breast implant–associated squamous cell carcinoma (BIA-SCC). Dr. Polynice describes BII as vague but real symptoms—fatigue, mental fog,…
Breast Implant Illness (BII) and Rare Implant-Associated Cancers: What to Know This episode discusses key concerns related to breast implant surgery, including breast implant illness (BII), breast implant–associated large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and breast implant–associated squamous cell carcinoma (BIA-SCC). Dr. Polynice describes BII as vague but real symptoms—fatigue, mental fog,…
Why Liposuction Patients Get Disappointed: Weight Loss vs. Body Sculpting Dr. Alain Polynice explains that patients may be disappointed after liposuction when it’s used for the wrong goals or the wrong candidate. Liposuction is a body sculpting and shaping procedure, not a weight-loss solution, and there are limits to how…
Surgery Scars Explained: Keloids vs Hypertrophic Scars & How to Heal Better Dr. Alain Polynice explains that all surgery creates scars, but visibility varies due to genetics and technique. He distinguishes keloids, which grow beyond the original incision, from hypertrophic scars, which stay within the incision but may become wider…
Surgery Scars Explained: Keloids vs Hypertrophic Scars & How to Heal Better Dr. Alain Polynice explains that all surgery creates scars, but visibility varies due to genetics and technique. He distinguishes keloids, which grow beyond the original incision, from hypertrophic scars, which stay within the incision but may become wider…