How to Look Younger WITHOUT Filler or Botox! | Dr Chesnut

Dr. Cameron Chesnut is one of the most sought-after facial plastic surgeons in the world, and honestly, this is the episode I've been waiting eight months to record. He operates on ONE patient a day, says no to about 80% of the people who reach out to him, and looks at every single procedure as a metabolic event. We get into all of it: what he actually thinks about Botox (his answer surprised me!), why filler is basically a semi-permanent implant, the study where lip filler had migrated to the base of the nose in 49 out of 50 patients, why he refuses opioids and benzos in his OR, and the two "unsexy" things he says matter more than any treatment you could buy. I also asked him about my own Botox, my lip filler that migrated, and what I should be doing before my wedding in September. Plus a rapid fire round at the end that I did not expect to end on creatine.

Timestamps:

[1:32] - His mom the dietitian who was 40 years ahead of everyone 

[4:37] - The red flags he saw in training 

[7:39] - How little nutrition med school actually teaches (about 12 hours) 

[10:19] - Why recovery deserves as much attention as the surgery itself 

[12:24] - Pre-hab: how he lowers your inflammatory load before you ever arrive 

[13:01] - The photo screening process (he says no to about 80%)

[14:48] - "I want a brow lift" - why the answer is usually something else 

[17:48] - If you're in your 30s or 40s thinking about eyelid surgery, pause 

[18:47] - Transformation vs. rejuvenation (this reframed everything for me) 

[20:01] - "When I look in the mirror, I don't look how I feel"