Body By Poly Podcast

Breast Reduction Surgery: Benefits, Candidates, Insurance Criteria & Recovery Concerns In this episode of the Alain Polynice Body By Poly Podcast, Dr. Polynice explains breast reduction surgery, noting a roughly 95% patient satisfaction rate and frequent immediate relief from symptoms. He outlines who may be a good candidate—patients with large breasts causing back or shoulder pain, rashes und...

Gynecomastia: Causes, Grades, and Surgical Treatment Options Dr. Alain Polynice discusses gynecomastia, the overdevelopment of male breast tissue that often begins during puberty and usually resolves, but can persist in some men. He explains contributing factors such as medications like finasteride, steroid use, marijuana use, and rapid weight loss from GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, which can wo...

Body By Poly Podcast with Dr. Alain Polynice Restoring Breasts After Pregnancy & Breastfeeding: Lift, Implants, or Fat Transfer This episode explains how pregnancy and breastfeeding can enlarge the breasts and later lead to volume loss, overstretched skin and ligaments, and drooping. It outlines three restoration options: a breast lift alone, a lift with implants, or a lift with auto-augmentat...

Ozempic & Surgery: Why One Shot Can Raise Aspiration Risk Under Anesthesia Dr. Alain Polynice explains that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic can delay gastric emptying, causing food to remain in the stomach longer than expected and increasing the risk of reflux and aspiration during general anesthesia, which can lead to serious, potentially life-threatening aspiration pneumonia. He emphasizes st...

Peptides Explained: Benefits, Risks, and What to Know Before Using Them Dr. Alain Polynice explains what peptides are—short-chain amino acids that can regulate body functions—using insulin as an example. He discusses the growing use of peptides among patients, noting that some are controversial due to limited human research and lack of FDA approval. He highlights peptides like BPC-157 and TB-500 f...

Ozempic Body & Skin Laxity: Plastic Surgery Considerations After Rapid GLP-1 Weight Loss Dr. Alain Polynice discusses Ozempic/GLP-1 medications, rapid weight loss, and the resulting “Ozempic body” skin laxity seen in many patients who lose large amounts of weight quickly and dislike the loose skin in areas such as the neck, arms, breasts, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs. He explains that skin of...

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 breast implants placed under the muscle) are expected, pain should generally improve over two to three days. Pain that continues or worsens by day three or four may i...

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. He explains that slight warmth or redness limited to...

Bleeding After Plastic Surgery: Warning Signs, Drains, and When to Call 911 This episode of Body By Poly Podcast with Dr. Alain Polynice 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 can...

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 an occlusion. Dr. Polynice reviews key warning signs after surgery, incl...

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 of the fee: the surgeon’s fee for expertise, operating room costs at a surgery cente...

Breast Implant Safety and Informed Consent The script 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 implant-related risks such as malposition, bleedin...

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 lift, arm lift with lipo, and thigh lift with lip...

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 lift, arm lift with lipo, and thigh lift with lip...

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 lift, arm lift with lipo, and thigh lift with lip...

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 excellent results with less volume requires meticulous preoperative plan...

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 deformities in revision body surgery. He emphasizes t...

Breast Implant Illness (BII) and Rare Implant-Associated Cancers: What to Know with Dr. Alain Polynice/Body By Poly Podcast 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 re...

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 much fat can be safely removed. Being overly aggressive—especially in patien...

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 or thicker. While genetics can’t be changed, scar outcomes can...

Surgical Tourism: The Hidden Costs and Risks of Surgery AbroadDr. Alain Polynice discusses surgical tourism and the real costs and consequences of having surgery abroad, drawing on experience performing revision surgery for patients who return with complications. He emphasize's that many qualified surgeons exist worldwide, but patients should thoroughly research surgeon qualifications, reviews...

BBL Safety: How to Reduce Risks in a Brazilian Butt LiftDr. Alain Polynice, Body By Poly , explains that Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) remain popular but carry one of the highest mortality risks in plastic surgery, citing about a 1 in 15,000 chance of serious complication or death. It describes the procedure as fat harvested by liposuction from other body areas and transferred to the buttocks, empha...

Dr. Alain Polynice Body By Poly Podcast gives his 5 non-negotiables before surgery. Before proceeding with major surgery or a major transformation: Patients must stop smoking due to wound-healing complications and increased infection risk; stop GLP-1 medications at least three weeks pre-op to reduce risks like regurgitation, aspiration, and post-op pneumonia; be close to an ideal weight with a BMI...

Dr. Alain Polynice Body By Poly Podcast The Importance of Surgical Drains: A Surgeon’s Perspective: In this episode, we explore the role of drains in surgical procedures, such as tummy tucks and breast reductions. Despite patients' discomfort, drains are crucial for managing excess fluid, ensuring tissue adherence, and detecting complications like excess bleeding. Alternatives to drains are di...

Body By Poly with Dr. Alain Polynice: In this episode, we explore the key differences between breast lifts and breast implants, including when you might need one, the other, or both. We delve into the intricacies of mastopexy (breast lift) and breast augmentation, providing a detailed explanation of how each procedure works, what they entail, and how to determine the correct procedure based on fac...