Monique Ramsey has hosted 65 Episodes.
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I’m a Plastic Surgeon, I had Halo Laser Treatment and Here’s What Happened (Part 2 of 3)
May 31st, 2022 | 20 mins 23 secs
bbl laser treatment, halo laser treatment, laser skin resurfacing, pigmentation, sciton, sun damage, visia skin analysis
LJC’s laser expert Julia Jowett, PA-C, lets us in on her strategy for treating plastic surgeon Dr. Luke Swistun’s fine lines and sun damage. Dr. Swistun had treatment on a Friday and he was back to the clinic working with a practically healed face on Monday.
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I’m a Plastic Surgeon, I had Halo Laser Treatment and Here’s What Happened (Part 1 of 3)
May 24th, 2022 | 12 mins 33 secs
bbl, halo laser, laser resurfacing, sciton
It’s not every day that the surgeon becomes the patient! Moments just before his broadband light (BBL) & Halo laser treatment, Dr. Luke Swistun shares what he thinks it will be like and gives insight into why he’s having laser resurfacing.
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Septoplasty + Septorhinoplasty: Combining Deviated Septum Surgery and Cosmetic Nose Surgery to Breathe Better (and Look Great!) [Part 2 of #RiedlerKnowsNoses]
May 10th, 2022 | 18 mins 57 secs
botched, breathing problems, cocaine, deviated septum, ear cartilage, facial plastic surgery, michael jackson, nose job, nose surgery, rhinoplasty, rib cartilage, saddle nose deformity, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty
Breathing through your nose is one of those basic things you take for granted until you can’t do it anymore. Guest host Laura Cain talks with facial plastic surgeon Dr. Kiersten Riedler about nose surgery, specifically the septoplasty and rhinoplasty surgeries she does to fix the inside and outside of the nose.
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Rhinoplasty: Everything You Need to Know About Changing Your Nose [Part 1 of #RiedlerKnowsNoses]
April 26th, 2022 | 28 mins 50 secs
endonasal surgery, facial plastic surgeon, nose surgery, rhinoplasty, septoplasty
Facial plastic surgeon Dr. Kiersten Riedler answers important questions about noses and rhinoplasty, like do your nose and ears really keep growing as you age? How old do you have to be to have rhinoplasty? What should you do if you get hit in the nose with a baseball?
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Meet the Team: Karina Thompson, Patient Care Coordinator
April 12th, 2022 | 14 mins 2 secs
california state university, encinitas, patient care
Karina Thompson has been a surgical patient care coordinator here at LJC for nearly three years. A big part of her job is delivering the details about procedures to patients who need more information to move forward, and then guiding them to the doctor who is the best fit.
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Meet the Team: Kristen Heard, LVN
April 6th, 2022 | 18 mins 21 secs
licensed vocational nurse, lvn, scripps
Kristen Heard is a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) at LJC who regularly floats from the med spa down to the surgery center. She helps with fillers, Botox, injections, PDO threads, and more in the med spa and works alongside all of LJC’s doctors in the surgery center assisting with pre-op and post-op appointments.
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Meet the Team: Kiersten Riedler, MD
March 22nd, 2022 | 19 mins 12 secs
botox, fillers, revision rhinoplasty, rhinoplasty
Facial plastic surgeon Dr. Kiersten Riedler shares her unique perspective on preventing aging of the face and her layered approach to preventing wrinkles, replacing lost volume, and reversing the effects of gravity.
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The Fastest Way to a More Defined Jawline (Without Surgery)
March 15th, 2022 | 26 mins 25 secs
dermal filler, injectable filler, jawline contour, lower face, neck rejuvenation, pdo threads
As we age, the lower half of our face slowly begins to fall, causing despair and confusion over how to slow it down or reverse it. Anh Bridgewater, expert injector at LJC, walks us through the non-surgical options for lower face rejuvenation including threads and fillers. Hear how these innovative treatments work in tandem to contour the jawline for immediate improvement without surgery.
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Meet the Team: Ruth D., RN, BSN
March 8th, 2022 | 32 mins 46 secs
breast augmentation, dr. lori saltz, face lift, mommy makeover, nurse
Nurse Ruth has served patients at LJC for almost twenty years, mostly as Dr. Lori Saltz’s nurse and right hand. Ruth’s earliest introduction to LJC was through her father who served the practice as an accountant in the early years. After nursing school, she worked for several years as an emergency room and urgent care nurse before landing a position at LJC at age 27. She loved LJC so much, the rest is history!
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3 Treatments for Reversing Melasma that ACTUALLY work
March 1st, 2022 | 26 mins 20 secs
azelaic acid, brown spots, cosmelan peel, halo, hydroquinone, kojic acid, melasma, moxi
LJC’s esthetician and skin care expert Cameron Vessey takes us through treatments for melasma that actually work, including hydroquinone, kojic acid, azelaic acid, the Cosmelan peel, and lasers like Moxi or Halo.
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Meet the Team: Anesthesiologist Steve Saltz, MD
February 22nd, 2022 | 17 mins 35 secs
anesthesia, anesthesiologist
Anesthesiologist Steve Saltz, MD took the “long way” to anesthesiology. He first trained in internal medicine, then served full time in an ER, trained some more in pulmonary and critical care before landing on anesthesiology and staying there ever since
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Sandra’s Story: How We Reversed Decades of Sun Damage
February 15th, 2022 | 26 mins 56 secs
botox, cooliebar, halo, laser resurfacing, sciton, skinmedica, tns
Sandra felt self-conscious about her sun-damaged skin and dark spots on her face. Like most of us, she worshiped the sun growing up and never gave a thought to the consequences. At 57, she enlisted the help of LJC’s laser specialist Britney who knew the Halo laser would turn Sandra’s skin right around.
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Meet The Team: Anh Bridgewater, PA-C, Injectable and Laser Specialist
February 8th, 2022 | 16 mins 38 secs
chin fillers, elastin, injectable fillers, physician assistant, retinol, skinbetter, skinmedica
Injectable and laser specialist Anh Bridgewater, PA-C has an uncanny ability to make each patient feel as if they are her only one. Find out which procedures Anh believes make the biggest difference for the face and the number one skin care product she would recommend to almost everyone.
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Meet the Team: Taylor Camarena, Medical Assistant
February 1st, 2022 | 23 mins 54 secs
baby botox, botox for tmj, co2 laser, halo, hydroquinone, medical assistant, profractional laser, skinbetter
As a medical assistant at LJC, Taylor Camarena is one of the first people you’ll meet, and she’s just the beginning of a warm and memorable experience. Her kindness, relatability, and her capacity to convey important information are key to helping people safely and comfortably achieve their goals.
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What Losing 100+ Lbs Does to Your Body (& How We Can Fix It)
January 25th, 2022 | 48 mins 52 secs
body lift, excess skin, skin removal surgery, weight loss
There’s nothing quite as magical as the elation of someone who’s lost weight and then had a complete body lift. LJC plastic surgeon Dr. Hector Salazar-Reyes is here to address all the complexities surrounding this life-changing intervention.
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Is Anesthesia Dangerous? We Asked Our Anesthesiologist
January 18th, 2022 | 44 mins 34 secs
aesthetics, anesthesia, anesthetics, general anesthesia, iv, lal mask airway, mommy makeover, narcotics, outpatient, oxygen, plastic surgery, pre-op, surgical technology, trac heel tube
How often is it that “you have two doctors taking care of you at one time”? In the spirit of “a full dose of reassurance”, Anesthesiologist Dr. Steve Saltz, details what safety measures they take at LJC for before, during, and after surgery, addresses some of the most common concerns, and suggests how everyday driving might actually be riskier than undergoing anesthesia