says he has concerns and plans
to take this information to
Mayor Turner.
>> Helped out his only TV
health reporter Haley Hernandez
is back with us with a unique
way. Folks are celebrating the
Barbie
craze. Haley.
>> Yeah, I mean, we all have
Barbie fever right now. I came
dressed in my paying, you know,
just paint the town pink.
And joining me now is Doctor
Edward Lee from Nouveau plastic
surgery. He says you’re not
going to believe how Barbie
is actually motivating cosmetic
procedures to rate for people
coming in. Like what? What are
they asking for? They being
inspired by Barbie? Absolutely.
Since the movie came or
possibly came out, people have
been really interested in.
>> What Bobby stance from the
forest new group, Barbie Puff,
New Generation. It’s it’s it’s
kind of new for them. Rise to
call right now in a forest.
So, you know, Obama is out
with it. So you know what
Barbie stands now. This is
different. You know things
about that. But people will
look and feel their best.
Right. And so whatever they can
to enhance their natural look
whether the surgical and
non-surgical coming in. So,
you know, fillers to enhance
for volume of the face. You
want
a body non-surgical skin things
to kind of in pretty good shape
and sort of plea as You know,
to Nash are a natural part of
the body. Yeah, a lot. So we’re
referencing the Barbie and,
you know, as as much as Barbie
has been an icon, she’s also
been a source of controversy
because of her looks. So do you
ever tell people too?
>> Scale it back or that they
have unrealistic expectations
when they come in asking for
these things, right. The most
important thing that we have to
establish is that whatever we
offer is can be the right
treatment for the patients.
So many times the turn patients
away say, you know what, that’s
not the right thing that we
should be focusing on.
>> Or we would recommend things
that would, you know, really
be more realistic for that
particular patient.
>> So you do have a variety of
options that you are somebody
that would be good for. I know
like skin pigment is sometimes
an issue that I have to worry
about, too. So right. So you
have something you can cater
to? Yes, absolutely. So like
lasers are wonderful treatments
for payment issues. But again,
it just depends on the patients
that we offer full spectrum of
things that we for for each
each individual patient.
Yeah. So speaking of having
unrealistic expectations
sometimes, you know, if you’re
told me 2 years ago that we
would have a weight loss drug
that was affective out on the
market. I would have thought
that was unbelievable, right.
But now you’re seeing in your
office as well as we’re seeing
all across Hollywood, that
people are just going crazy
for ozempic.
>> And other likes this mega
tied the other like weight loss
types, drugs. I mean, what is
that is that a craze is going
to die down anytime soon.
What are you seeing? How do
people get it now? Absolutely.
It’s incredible. How much is
change what we
>> This class of drugs through
were develop for diabetes.
But a side effect. You get
weight loss and incredible
weight loss. Actually, we’re
seeing tense, 2030, pound
weight loss and patients.
And so.
>> So, yes, I mean, it’s going
to be unfortunately, you know,
from insurance time point ICE
cover for diabetic patients.
And so we’re seeing a lot of
patients who come in and to one
in that are not diabetic.
And we are offering a for and
obviously it has to be
controlled and monitored
because it is a medication.
However, done right and done
and safe manner. It’s an
incredible tool that we have
so insurance won’t cover unless
you have some kind of a chronic
Otherwise you’re paying a price
like you would for, like a
cosmetic Yes, procedure $1000
per weekly. A trio wound
looking at, oh, wow. Okay.
And then winter honors him You
know, we see a lot of
celebrities cutting back on
alcohol is that is that a
special type of diet that you
have to be on? Actually, it’s
interesting to their studies
coming out showing that was
him pick a or some of the tech
can also suppress the alcohol,
the system. And so
>> there are kind of working
on the now, but they’re seeing
that it can help with alcohol.
Also related us symptoms,
alcohol related symptoms.
So that makes sense because I
also read a study about how
it’s impacting people with just
other types of addictions, like
gambling decisions and some
it’s doing something inside of
the brain. And I’m not sure if
they know the right answer is
to like right how they’re doing
it. But they know that it’s
tapping on something of this,
making us a little have
addictive behaviors, right?
It’s incredible what it can
do. But we’re also seeing the
>> effects of it, too. So we
thought that we lost its kind
of like 20 years ago when we
had weight loss surgeries,
people have lost a lot of
weight.
>> Had a lot of extra scanned
and then s*** all of that.
So we see patients for for that
now is as well. People talk
about was handpicked face
wasn’t big body where you have
a lot of skin laxity. And
sister, interesting how the
strongest changing not only
allies, but also what I do as a
plastic surgeon.
>> Yeah, so and but then
they’re in the right place
right there in a plastic
surgeon’s office. You have to
deal with those other side
effects of that weight loss.
Right? Very interesting.
Doctor Lee, thank you so much
for coming in and talking to me
alive. I know it’s I know it’s
sometimes stressful to do a
live interview and you did