Six months after her breast implants came out, a young woman handed Dr. Luke Swistun a full, untouched bottle of Xanax — the same prescription she had been burning through at three to four pills a day before the explant. Stories like hers are why Monique Ramsey is marking 230 episodes and five years of the La Jolla Cosmetic Podcast by going back to the archive.Monique counts down one moment from each of the five LJCSC surgeons — Dr. Johan Brahme on why a brow lift feminizes women but makes men look permanently surprised (with Jim Carrey as Exhibit A), Dr. Kiersten Riedler's gingerbread cookie answer about what natural facial plastic surgery should actually look like, Dr. Diana Breister on the women who walk back into her office with a skip in their step after fixing something they were too embarrassed to bring up with their gynecologist, Dr. Swistun's full account of the patient whose intractable anxiety vanished the day her implants came out, and the one question Dr. Hector Salazar-Reyes says will tell you whether the surgeon across from you is the real deal.
Then there is the moment that did not make the countdown because it did not belong on one — Marie Olesen on episode 100, telling the story of the 1988 woman who sat in a waiting room next to sick people, walked into the office, and told Dr. Merrel Olesen, “I need to get a life.” That patient is why LJCSC exists.
Links
Meet the San Diego plastic surgeons of LJCSC: https://www.ljcsc.com/about/meet-the-team/plastic-surgeons/
Browse five years of the La Jolla Cosmetic Podcast: https://www.thelajollacosmeticpodcast.com/
Please request your free consultation online at https://www.ljcsc.com/ or call La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, San Diego, at (858) 452-1981 for more information.
Questions answered by this episode
1. What questions should I ask my plastic surgeon during a consultation?
2. Why are hospital privileges important when choosing a cosmetic surgeon?
3. How do I know if my cosmetic surgeon is qualified to do my procedure?
4. Can breast implants cause anxiety or panic attacks?
5. Will breast implant removal help anxiety caused by implants?
6. Why do some brow lifts make people look permanently surprised?
7. What does a natural-looking facelift actually look like?
8. What is recovery like after labiaplasty?
9. Should an OB/GYN or oral surgeon be doing cosmetic procedures like breast augmentation or tummy tucks?
10. How long has La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre been performing cosmetic surgery in San Diego?
About this podcast
Learn from the talented plastic surgeons inside La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre (https://www.ljcsc.com/), the 12x winner of the San Diego’s Best Union-Tribune Readers Poll, global winner of the 2020 MyFaceMyBody Best Cosmetic/Plastic Surgery Practice, and the 2025 winner of Best Cosmetic Surgery Group in San Diego Magazine’s Best of San Diego Awards.
Join hostess Monique Ramsey as she takes you inside LJCSC, where dreams become real. Featuring the unique expertise of San Diego’s most loved plastic surgeons, this podcast covers the latest trends in aesthetic surgery, including breast augmentation, breast implant removal, tummy tuck, mommy makeover, labiaplasty, facelifts and rhinoplasty.
La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre is located just off the I-5 San Diego Freeway at 9850 Genesee Ave, Suite 130 in the Ximed building on the Scripps Memorial Hospital campus.
To learn more, go to https://www.ljcsc.com/ or follow the team on Instagram @LJCSC (https://www.instagram.com/ljcsc/).
Watch the LJCSC Dream Team on YouTube @LaJollaCosmeticSurgeryCentre (https://www.youtube.com/@LaJollaCosmeticSurgeryCentre/).
The La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Podcast is a production of The Axis: https://www.theaxis.io/
Theme music: Busy People, SOOP
Chapters
00:00 Five years and 230 episodes of LJCSC
00:53 #5 — Dr. Brahme on brow lifts (and Jim Carrey)
02:31 #4 — Dr. Riedler: soft with a little spice
04:35 #3 — Dr. Breister on the skip in their step
06:18 #2 — Dr. Swistun's explant patient and her anxiety
10:25 #1 — Dr. Salazar-Reyes: the one question to ask
12:13 Marie Olesen and the 1988 patient who started it all
