Alabama The Beautiful: The Eastern Shore Cosmetic Surgery Podcast

To slow down the effects of aging in your 40’s, Dr. Koehler and Kirstin reveal the must-have products and must-do treatments in the second episode of our mini-series on skin care throughout the decades.  In your 40’s, it’s all about prevention and a little bit of reversal too. Forget the drugstore basics and start looking at Retin-A and medical grade skin care products. Get serious about microneed...

In the first episode of our mini-series about taking care of your face throughout the decades, Dr. Koehler and Kirstin share tips for your 30’s to keep yourself looking young. Entering your 30’s calls for a solid anti-aging treatment plan you can stick to. Start with a nightly skin care ritual and don’t be out sun-worshiping with no SPF. How quickly our skin ages depends on lots of factors—some wi...

Sometimes breast implants need a little help within the first year, while others have implants for decades with no need to make a change.  But trends and feelings change, and someday you might want to be smaller or larger, or just want them out completely.  Dr. Koehler and Kirstin talk through the different types of breast revision surgeries available depending on your concerns.  Find out what the...

The secret to great breast augmentation results is getting the right size and style of implant for your body.  Kirstin asks Dr. Koehler the most common questions about breast augmentation and a few weird ones, including how big can you really go?  What is the best incision location? Do I really have to have them replaced later? In this conversation about all the things women worry about before bre...

Losing weight and looking great feels amazing, but for some people there’s loose skin hanging around that won’t go away on its own. When this happens, there’s a range of non-surgical and surgical approaches to solve the problem, including a tummy tuck, extended tummy tuck, or body lift. Dr. Koehler explains why some of these surgeries are better done in a hospital or may require multiple procedure...

While trends come and go and fewer people are seeking the full booty look, the BBL is so not over. Thanks to better awareness and stricter regulations, BBLs are much safer now than before. Dr. Koehler breaks down the techniques he uses to safely achieve the best possible results. Learn the risks of bargain shopping, what the skinny BBL is and who it’s for, how to sit down during recovery without p...

You can have the best results in the world, but being mentally and physically unprepared for recovery will affect your experience. Dr. Koehler and his team believe the more you know at the pre-op appointment about what to expect, the less anxiety and questions you’ll have later and the better the outcome. Compression isn't going to make or break your result, but it is helpful and speeds up your re...

No amount of exercise or diet can correct skin laxity and muscle separation. Although Dr. Koehler finds the term “mommy makeover” to be overused, it represents the surgical options designed to get the pre-kids body back. Most commonly, it’s the breasts and tummy. Some women just need a breast augmentation and tummy tuck, others need a breast lift with implants and tummy tuck, and others need it al...

Is it safer to have surgery in a hospital or an in-office surgery suite? Both are safe, of course, and ultimately it is the surgeon doing your surgery which makes it safe, not the location. But what you might not think to verify ahead of time is whether or not your surgeon has hospital privileges. While it may seem mundane, the reasons for understanding these important credentials are a major fact...

Eyelid surgery (the procedure that “fancy people” call blepharoplasty) is how we help fix dark circles and eye bags. The goal isn’t to make you look different, just less tired or old. Eyelid surgery techniques differ for men and women. Unless you’re going for a feminine look, you don't want to show much upper eyelid as a man. Dr. Koehler restores men’s eyes without throwing their masculinity out t...

Each fall, Dr. Koehler serves on the faculty of an advanced facial rejuvenation surgery course led by Dr. Mike Nayak at St. Louis University. Doctors from all over the country and around the world travel to this course to refine their techniques and learn from the best. In the course of teaching this course, Dr. Koehler has also learned a thing or two, refining his own approach to delivering natur...

Dr. Koehler does it all, but the procedure he’s most known for around the Eastern Shore and beyond is the face lift. Unapologetically candid with patients, if someone’s concerns call for additional procedures he may recommend some TLC to the eyes because, after all, the curtains need to match the carpet. His #1 rule is to always achieve a natural look with the least noticeable scars and the least...

Nestled in a quiet corner of Fairhope, Alabama, people from all over the Southeast are pleasantly surprised to find a team of world-class aesthetic professionals led by an exceptional cosmetic surgeon. No matter who’s asking or why, when it comes to the life-changing decisions of cosmetic surgery, Dr. James Koehler tells it like it is. For this honesty, he’s well known and loved in the area for hi...

Alabama the Beautiful is the cosmetic surgery podcast co-hosted by Dr. James Koehler, a surgeon with over 2 decades of expertise in cosmetic surgery and his trusty co-host Kirstin, your best friend, confidante, and the snarky yet loveable “swiss army knife” of Eastern Shore Cosmetic Surgery. Have a question for Dr. Koehler or Kirstin? Record your voicemail at https://alabamathebeautifulpodcast.com...