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and welcome to a grand new Year. This is the first Saturday to kick
off an incredible bald once. Welcometo America's Favorite Pharmacist, brought to you
by tri Quertra Health. We're chattingwith my amazing co host, pharmaceutical expert
and contributor Phil Kelly, joined bymy dear friend, actress Mackenzie Wesmore and
founder of Wesmore Beauty. Today we'rechatting about the increased use of semi glue
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tide and is it safe for children, the side effects you must be aware,
and the risks you may not knowabout. Semi Glutide is a medication
that has taken the world by stormwith its remarkable close to twenty percent weight
loss in just six months. Itbelongs to a class of medications known as
glucagon like peptide one, what theycall GLP one receptor agonists. It mimics
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the GLP one mormone that is releasedin the gastro intestinal track in response to
eating one roll of GLP one isto prompt the body to produce more insulin,
which reduces blood glucose, what wecall sugar. Now, Phil and
I are going to highlight its diverseapplications from reducing partyovascular risk to aiding in
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weight loss and controlling glucose levels.The conversation will then shift to McKenzie,
a veteran in the beauty industry,and her perspective on the widespread use of
semi gluetide in Hollywood among non diabeticpatients. And finally, I'm going to
provide insights into the challenges and riskspotential pitfalls, particularly addressing that the jurning
rise of semi blue tide use amongnon diabetic teenagers. Welcoming now to the
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show are my experts at hand,Phil Kelly and Mackenzie Westmore. Welcome to
the show, superstars. Hey,thank you eightpl Phil taking away a my
darling. So nobody's gonna argue thatthe world has changed because of ozebic and
prepacitite. I mean, you're seeingpeople drop weight left and right. We're
seeing all sorts of celebrities going onand they're being very open and this has
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been fantastic for all of us.But now I'm new to the gay But
the two of you have been inthe beauty industry forever. I mean,
you're both gorgeous people who've worked reallyhard at it for years and years.
But I see these GLP one medicationsand I start to wonder what are the
long term effects. I mean,if you start looking back in history,
we used things like adderall for weightloss. Ben Fenn was a colossal bust
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after everybody started having heart attacks.So here we are seventeen percent weight loss
six months, you're seeing twelve percentreduction of your cardiovascular wrisk. You're even
seeing planes buying less jet fuel becauseof this. But Mackenzie, you've gone
through this beauty industry for so long, I'm kind of curious what your gut
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feeling is. Where does this endup and how does this fit in.
When it first hit the scene,I was very angry because I was seeing
it as simply the brand medication comingfrom a pharmacy, people paying one thousand
dollars a month, And next thingI know, my mom can't get her
diabetes medication. So that's where theanger first started for me. Now,
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as we progressed into the world ofsemi gluetide. I'm seeing these compounds come
out that are not coming from apharmacy and they're not what would be given
to a diabetic. And that's whereI'm like, Well, if somebody wants
to pay the money and they wantto lose weight and they're doing other things
to go along with it and changinglifestyles and not just having a one and
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done shot, maybe I don't know, but I'm I'm curious to see where
this will end up, where thiswill go. I have seen it be
very successful for some people, notfor others. But you know, like
you said, our great dealing wasanother fence then, you know. I
know personally, back when I wasin my twenties and I was battling anorexia,
I went through a problem with rippedfuel. I was taking about eight
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ripped fuel a day and I actuallyended up in the emergency room to the
point where my doctor, my personalMD, said he was going to sign
me off as a patient because hewas not going to sign my death certificate
if I didn't change my habits.I don't know. I'm really curious to
see where this is going to go. I love the fact that you brought
up anarexic, because if you lookat anorexia and bolimia, they had these
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dysregulations of the way that we getour dopamine, our serotonin ursace eighty from
food, and it really messes up. People don't understand that when you're anorexic,
you actually change everything around and youactually feel better because you're not eating
like it makes a mess up theneurochemistry. And so the last couple of
weeks it's really started pushing that they'reusing semaglue tide, they're using terpazitide now
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to help with addictions, and alarmswent off in my net, like went
off immediately, because anytime you knowyou're messing with a bunch of cells in
your head that, by the way, they just discovered which cells they were
in November. So this isn't likewe really know this stuff. It creates
this this artificial potential for creating anxietyand dopamine pathways, which to me are
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very concerning. And so the onlyreason why I'm concerned is not because I
think that there's a problem with usingit. It's more of what we don't
know than what we do know.Because it's been around for twenty years,
but it's only been to the marketnow for three years, and so AI
that like throws up huge red flagswhen we know we're messing with neurochemistry,
but we didn't even know what wewere doing. So zen I was gonna
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always ask, you've been in thisindustry forever too, and eating in models
have always had somewhat of a tieto having issues together. When you see
this kind of medication being used inteenagers, which you know as many times
it's being used good, there's goingto be somebody out there who thinks that
they just need to get down fora dress size or to go to a
dance. What do you think,as a mother, as a model,
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as being in this forever, whatdo you think is going to happen to
these kids if this becomes a pattern. This is very frightening because motherhood air
number one is by far the hardestjob in the world, and watching addiction
potentially unfold right before my eyes isvery scary and if prescribed appropriately, sure
could have a positive effect on metabolichealth and weight management in certain individuals.
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And we're talking about maybe you know, over eighteen at this point, right,
but semi glue tide back to yourconversation with Mackenzie. Is used for
the treatment of type two diabetes inadults, right, But the long term
safety of using medications like semi gluetide and non diabetic teenagers is just not
well established. And I feel veryI feel very defensive as a mom because
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it feels very counterintuitive and relying onmedications without addressing underlying lifestyle factors doesn't necessarily
lead to sustainable health improvements. Infact, we know it doesn't, and
lifestyle modifications from a mom's perspectives,like a healthy diet and regular exercise are
so crucial. And the use ofmedication in non diabetic individuals, especially young
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individuals children that their bodies are stilldeveloping, Without a doubt, that's going
to influence their perception of health andwell being. Right, So we're going
to leave them back into addiction andit could potentially contribute without a doubt.
Here, we're going to go backto a culture of relying on pharmaceuticals like
we did back in the eighties andnineties when we had the opioid crisis for
weight management, this time rather thanmental health versus adopting healthy lifestyle choices.
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So I am not on board withthis. I don't think that this is
a kickstarter to anything other than thedeep dark rabbit hole of addiction and then
big pharma cashing in. So I'mnot for this addictions to the thing that
always comes. So when I waslike eight or nine, my mom told
me I had really high hips,and I'm not kidd in. From that
day, I've always had this problemwith my hips. I hate looking at
my hips. It's funny how fastthe negative reinforcement of body image comes around.
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So I'm hearing it being used forkids. And Mackenzie, you're a
huge advocate of loving yourself, makingsure that you take care of yourself,
looking in the mirror and liking whatyou like, because you've been down the
road of this is completely safe andthen later on it wasn't safe at all.
When we look at completely safe andyou see that being completely safe,
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do you think that we're creating maybea new type of body dysmorphia from all
of this for these kids, Yeah, I definitely do. And I think
you know the people that are notsaying anything about this, and they're on
social media. I mean, Isee my son, he's constantly on his
phone and constantly with Instagram, andyou know, I know most teens usually
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are. So when you have peoplethat are on social media and they're looking
amazing and they're not being vocal aboutit, that's one issue. And then
then when you have the other onesthat they are honest about it, but
they've made lifestyle changes of you know, weight training and dietary changes. I
mean, I think maybe that's adifferent conversation, but when it comes to
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this whole concept of teenagers taking this, that's disgusting to me, that's beyond
disturbing. Then we all know thatthere's danger in dopamine, Like we know
that things that are dopamine chasing,you know, people that drink heavily.
We create these pathways in our brain. It doesn't matter what you do.
When you think about the dopamine chasingcomponent of weight loss and what it does
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to people, what is your firstthought process of what's going to happen for
individuals who don't make lifestyle changes,and what lifestyle changes would you recommend?
I mean, you've done, you'vebeen in this business forever. Well,
let's adjust the fact that without adiet, it becomes evident that some like
Blue Tide is a double edged sword. So we know this, right,
So offering offering remarkable what I callremarkable short term benefits, but potentially carrying
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long term risks. That's what we'retalking about, right, That's the conversation.
So the discussions are around rebound effectsin my opinion, and artificial substances
altering brain functions, and the ethicalconcerns of its increasing use in non diabetic
I keep saying that non diabetic teenagersraises important questions about the trade offs between
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immediate results and what I always advocatefor, which is sustainable health. And
I can't emphasize enough the need fora holistic approach to health, considering not
only the physical outcomes, but alsothe psychological and long term consequences of these
medications. I'm certainly left with anuance of very nuanced perspective after hearing both
sides, and I would encourage everymother, every father, even teenagers out
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there considering this to really weigh thepositives and the negatives before resorting to such
disruptive it's a disruptive pharmaceutical intervention becauseit's not made for the masses, and
it's being taking as it's being takenas if it is, and that's where
I feel. You know that inorder if you're going to use this,
you're gonna have to come up witha really, really strong schedule of not
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just your your your your eating habits, but to maintain your exercise and a
regiment that you're gonna be able toadhere to for the rest of your life.
Because although they're going to call thisa magic bill, this is also
you just sold yourself to the devil. And when you sold, when you
sell your soul sold to the devil, you got to keep making the devil
happy. And that's how I considerthese pills. Now, if you need
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the pill and it's of medical necessity, that's an entirely different conversation. But
that's not why kids are taking rightand there are some that they're using it
for type two, and I lovethose kids. So I do want to
bring up the fact that when welook at this problem, we're not actually
even looking at the root of theproblem. So part of the reason why
I always push with people, whetheryou're taking Semaglue tide or not, you
want to make sure to look atwhat's causing the issue underlying. So Triquert
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to help and I work together ona product called GLP act of it,
And the reason why we did thatis because you need cap sayesin to help
reduce the amount of inflammation that youhave in the stomach. The L cells
produce this chemical and they're only foundin the intestine, So if you have
inflammation there, you're never going toget away from this stuff. And then
if you add berbering as well asECGC, which I can say if I
say it quit epple GALICATCHI can,I can't say it slow. Those things
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help that feed the microbe that thenfeed the gut lining, and so we
get most of our energy from thegut lining. So for people who are
considering it, or you're even onit, you do need to take care
of everything naturally along with it.Even if you're taking it, if you're
not taking care of the microbe withberbering and ECGC, or if you're not
taking care of the chronic inflammation withthings like ALIVERA and and your epic galicatchi
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can, you're never going to beable to get away from this stuff at
all. So you want to makesure you're taking care of all of it
together. And that's the reason whyyou work with good companies like Triquertra that
you can count on. Now,McKenzie, you're gorgeous. You've done this
for years. When you talk tosomebody about how you stay the way you
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want to look, you're positive.What is the first thing you tell people
you need to work on before anythingelse, healthy eating habits. It's changing
your habits in the kitchen, becauseyeah, I've been a certified trainer for
twenty years and this has always beenthe number one thing. It's eighty percent
nutrition, twenty percent exercise, andthat's the biggest thing. Is that making
sure I'm even dealing with this rightnow with my son where you know,
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as a teenage, as a seventeenyear old boy, talking to him about
eating healthy foods all throughout the day, not just one meal here, one
meal there, because that's just goingto slow the metabolism down anyhow. So
it's really to me about eating andmaking healthy choices between that and then yes,
exercise, you know, to me, it's always you know, once
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you get to a certain point thatyou do your cardio and your weight training.
But when you get to a certainage, too much cardio becomes counterproductive.
So there's that fine balance of exercising, moving. I'm more of a
big advocate having a fitbid and gettingmy ten thousand steps in, not necessarily
going for a run by getting toactually over ten thousand. If I can.
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Water for me personally, I drinka gallon of water a day,
and I make sure that I getat least eight hours asleep. See I
love it. I love the factthey're always talking about your kids. I
know that that's what we all thinkof. And I think we give better
advice to our kids than we givethat we do our cells. Yeah,
and so zen when it comes aroundall of this stuff. If you were
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going to give your kids just apiece of advice on looking beautiful, staying
beautiful, and loving yourself, whatwould you say. I always tell my
daughter, you know, don't tryto change who you are. Just love
yourself. You are perfect the wayyou are. And I don't allow her
to compare herself to anybody or anything. I tell her she is her own
unique footprint in this world and there'snot a single living soul that can ever
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replicate her, and she needs tojust be proud of the vessel that she
was given. And though that's myadvice to her, See I love all
of this because I'm concerned with asixty six percent rebound on every person.
That's not sixty six percent of thepeople. Everybody gains at least sixty six
percent, and they're thinking it'll behigher with these medications. And I think
that I like people, and thelast thing I want to see is I'm
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hurting themselves by dropping all this weightand thinking that's who we liked. Because
I've never met somebody and thought,well, I'd sure like you better if
you lost some weight. I've neverthought that, and I don't think any
of the rest of us do.Thank you so much for this. This
was fantastic. This is the conversationI want to have so people will talk
amongst each other. Thank you somuch for joining me. Phil, You
are amazing as an incredible co hostand regular contributor. Mackenzie, thank you
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so much for your expertise. Thankyou thanks for having me. This is
definitely a hot topic that you're right, Phil, More people need to speak
about it. That was America's favoritepharmacist segment, brought to you by trepart
Your Health. That was the awesomepharmaceutical expert Phil Cali. You can check
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Sam's up in just a few minutes. In our Going Deep segment, brought
to you by CO two Lift,We're featuring doctor Michael Sominek, He's a
facial plastic surgeon focusing on rhinoplast andDoctor Troy Pittman. He's an aesthetic breast
expert and reconstructive plastic surgeon. DoctorSalminek is double board certified specializing in revision
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rhinoplasty surgery and is one of thenation's top experts in deep plane facelifts.
Doctor Troy Pittman is Board certified bythe American Board of Plastic Surgery and he's
an award winning surgeon internationally recognized.He has specialized training and expertise in aesthetic
surgery of the breast, including complexrevision breast surgeries. They have practices both
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in Washington, DC and New YorkCity. They joined me today to chat
why New York City has become theplastic surgery hub, what carboxy therapy means
for your skin, and top trendingsurgical and non surgical procedures for twenty twenty
four. Welcome to the show,Superstars. Hi there, Thank you for
having us. Then, all right, let's dive right in. Recent advancements
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in deep plane facelifts include focusing ondeeper tissue layers for more natural, youthful
repositioning and longevity. Now, thistechnique minimizes a visible scarring and reduces risks
like nerve damage. Doctor Sominik asan expert in deep plane facelifts and revision
rhinoplasty. What are the key advancementsin these procedures that have emerged recently?
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Well, I think over the pastfive to ten years, specifically with deep
plane facelifts. We've really gained anda more extensive understanding of what it means
and the kind of results that wecan get with it. And what we've
seen over time is that it reallyincreases not only the longevity, but the
naturalness of the lip because what you'redoing is you're essentially releasing a lot of
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those tissues that have fallen as aresult of gravity. And as you release
those tissues and you resuspend them backup in a more neutral position, it
recreates that natural volume that we allhad with you. And so what we're
seeing is not only the more naturallooking scars and incisions that we have with
this, but a much longer lastingresult that's just very natural and refreshed.
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I couldn't agree more. And youknow, without a doubt, in New
York City is becoming a hub forplastic surgery once again. Everyone is flocking
back here to find experts like yourselves. What unique factors about in New York
City contribute to this trend and whyhave you decided to focus your practice on
New York City for two twenty twentyfour. Well, you know, we
have a lot of patients that havebeen coming to d C for years from
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New York City and have colleagues inNew York that we work with, and
we're sending patients to DC. Andas we grew a New York patient population
and they wanted to refer friends,there was kind of this roadblock because not
everyone wants to get on the trainor get it a car and come down
to DC for surgery. And sowe had all of these patients that were
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seeking our services that really were inNew York and didn't want to come to
DC. So we thought, whatbetter way than to bring the practice and
the brand to New York to beable to serve those patients without a doubt.
I mean, the city's status isa center of American culture and technology
and innovation extends to the plastic surgeryfield without a doubt, where patients have
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access to a wide range of specializedprocedures and specialists like yourself. And additionally,
many practices in New York City theycatered to out of town patient offering
services that helped travel, in accommodationsand post operative care, making it a
very convenient choice for those seeking highquality cosmetic surgery. So definitely in New
York City, bring it back tobasics, Now, doctor Pittman, with
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your specialization in esthetic surgery of thebreast and the body, what are the
most significant changes you've seen in patientpreferences and techniques over the past few years.
Well, you know, it's suchan interesting question because I always say
that plastic surgery trends really follow fashionedtrends, and so when you think of
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the dynasty look of the eighties,big shoulder pads, big hair, people
wanted to really look enhanced. Therewas there were the little sloped Rhino classies,
the very thin noses with the skislopes, and that was really the
look that followed the fashion trends.We went through the early two thousands where
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the fitted, tight clothing were wasit and so resilient butt lifts, the
big butts, the very tiny wastethat was really a trend. As we're
getting into this new decade, certainlypost COVID, there's much more of a
holistic or a natural desire of patients. Fashion is a little bit more understated.
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We're getting back into kind of slowy, baggy clothing, and so for
body, patients are wanting to beton toward, but they want to be
more slim looking. They want smallerbreast implants. They want more natural facial
work, and so that's really followingthese cultural trends. You're so right,
bringing me to my next question,something non invasive, something that we can
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all agree on. Interestingly enough,the number one skincare trend in Google search
twenty twenty three for Q three wascarboxy therapy. So people are googling,
like, what is that? Socarboxy theory be. It's a treatment that's
been around since what nineteen thirty thoughthe method of course of delivery has improved
since then with this new gel deliverysystem called CO two lyft, But carboxy
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therapy is gaining popularity as a skintreatment. Can you explain what it really
is and how it benefits the skin? You know, CO two lift is
so revolutionary because when we look atcarboxy therapy even five years ago, we
needed to use a needle to injectcarbon dioxide into the skin. Being able
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to topically treat the skin is wonderful. So the way that carboxy therapy works
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so what we need to heal whenwe're talking about facial contour, facial healing
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is really the key to healing andhydration of the skin. And there's a
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really strong anti inflammatory component to itas well. I use it for all
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it's driving the oxygenation, it's drivingthe growth factors and the anti inflammatory components
into the skin to really expedite recovery. And that's what we're looking to do
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with all the treatments that we're lookingto incorporate our patients with that a doubt,
there's a science there. I meanthe CO two lift Pro. I
tried it, and in particular COEtwo lift pro that's the strongest version of
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to understand what we're talking about here, conceptually visualize it's an in office or
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thirty five minutes to an hour,and it's transdermal, it's non invasive,
it's a facial mask, and it'srecommended for post procedure care after invasive procedures
such as needling laser. Now we'reeven talking about medical you know, surgery.
So yeah, definite fan of it. Now let's segue into looking at
this current year twenty twenty four.All right, so what are the top
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end you both could take a shotat this one top trending surgical and non
surgical procedures and what makes them standout. I think this year has been
particularly popular with in terms of thenon surgical market. With collogen stimulation,
we're seeing all different types of collagenstimulators out there. We have sculpture,
we have hyperdilute radias that we're injectingwithin the skin because what we're doing is
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we're looking to really thicken that dermis. We're looking to tell the skin,
hey, you need to stimulate collogenand that truly is the anti aging component
that we're looking to restore. Andso you know, we're kind of shifting
gears a little from the highlyuronic fillers. They're always going to have a place
in the market, but we're lookingto complement them, if not replace a
little bit of them with collegen stimulations. So I definitely see that as a
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really trending thing going into twenty twentyfour. You know, we look at
twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, the number one surgical procedure has been
liposuction. Everybody got chubby during COVIDand so we're doing more liposuction than ever.
I think it still remains the numberone treatment for me. It's one
of the number one things that patientsare coming and asking for. But beyond
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surgical liposuction, we have real advancesin non invasive body contouring, So we
have devices that can actually, ina minimally invasive way in the office with
no downtime, help melt that helpbuild muscle. And I think that those
trends are going to continue through thewhole year in twenty twenty four. I
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couldn't agree more so, Doctor Sominick. In the context of complex revision surgeries,
how do you approach cases that havehad less than desirable outcomes from previous
surgeries if you will not so muchbotch. No, I get what you're
saying. I mean, it's avery popular thing that I see in the
office. It's frequent. And thenthere's two components here. One is with
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revision surgery, you have to rememberthat this person may be on their second,
third, sometimes fourth, or fifthsurgery on a given body part.
And with that in mind, there'sbeen maybe two, three or four surgeons
that have operated on that given body. That adds an element of complexity because
the anatomy may be altered, theremay be extensive scarring. There's many other
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factors that you have to put inperspective. And I think the other component
is the emotional component. These patientsthat are getting revision surgery tend to be
very emotional about it, understandably sobecause they've been through several procedures, many
of them hoping to get the resultthat they want and have only gotten suboptimal
outcomes. And so I take alot, I spend a lot of time
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with them really trying to explore theirmotivations and trying to get them a reasonable
result or expectation for their results.So now you're a psychologist as well,
because you must based on the weightof the world. When they're in your
office, I can imagine it's alot of pressure. Doctor Pittman, could
you discuss the latest techniques in breastsurgery, especially in revision breast surgery,
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since we're talking about revision surgeries herethat are setting new standards in the field.
Yeah, I think that one ofthe things that we are seeing as
really a revolution is a surgical meshthat is used. Now. We were
using meshes in the past, butthose ended up being permanent meshes and they
had problems. Now we have resorbablemeshes that we use as soft tissue scalp
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so in revision surgery, whether it'sto support an implant, whether it's to
support breast tissue, we're using thesesynthetic meshes that really acts as a scaffold.
So, just like a scaffolding supportsa building, when the building is
complete and the concrete is dried,the scaffolding comes down, and so with
these surgical scaffolds, our body resorbsthat or melts that scaffolding, so it's
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not around all the time. Theother thing that we're really seeing is an
improvement in implant technology. We've movedon to the fifth generation silicone implant.
Those implants are like a gummy bear, So if you cut that implant in
half, it's like you built agummy bear in half and turned it on
its side. That results in lowerrupture rates, It results in lower rates
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of capsular contraction or scar tissue thatforms around the implant. And the other
thing we're seeing with this new implanttechnology is we're able to use a smaller
implant to give the same amount offullness and roundness to the breast. We
used to be using these large implantsto do that, and large implants sometimes
just don't hold up over time.So a smaller implant supporting that implant with
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the synthetic soft tissue scalfold, that'sgoing to really give us longevity at our
revisions and our reconstruction. Well,you guys do what you do incredibly well,
and you do it together and that'swhat I love about you. You
are a dynamic duo without a doubt. Thank you so much for your time.
You guys were incredible, so muchfun, full of knowledge and just
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a pleasure to chat with. Thankyou, Zen, Thanks Ed. That
was our going Deep segment brought toyou by co two Lift that was the
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here on seven to ten. WRthe voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm
your host, zen Zam's up injust a few minutes. In our music
Madness segment, brought to you byImaginative Media, live in studio right here
at WR in Midtown Manhattan, atiHeart Headquarters, We're featuring the awesome Anne
Maria Ferentz. She's a Romanian singersongwriter who recently dropped her new single Christmas
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Is Near Now. She was bornin the height of the Christmas season in
Baca, Romania, and as asolo artist, Anne Maria has been honored
with various music awards, acknowledging herpopularity and excellence in the Romanian music sixteen.
She's also appeared on popular TV shows, including one of the original Dancing
with the Stars back in twenty ten. Rominia Today, She's here to chat
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new Year's resolutions, music and plansfor twenty twenty four. Welcome to the
show, Superstar. Hello, Hello, thank you so so much for having
me. So let's chat early influencesand musical journeys. So growing up in
Backaur, Romania, how did yourhometown influence your musical style and what inspired
you to pursue a career in music. What is very interesting, as my
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mother says that I've loved music evenwhen I since I was born, because
as a baby in there in mycrib, each time my her music,
I was moving, so I'm movingmy body. So she knew that I
love music very much. And thenI didn't speak, but I sang,
you know I am and so myfirst influences they were Romanian traditional music,
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but then I evolve into pop.Then I sang opera years. I was
at the opera in Constanzi. It'sa place at the seaside in Romania,
and it was amazing. I wasperforming in Carmen in And now you've come
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full circle. Yes, so you'reback in America. Now. It's important
to note that in two thousand andone you joined forces with two talented musicians,
George Callen and Sylvia de Duta,forming the dance group Demo, and
together, to my understanding, youreleased four albums which achieved a lot of
renowned success and popularity internationally. Comingfull circle to your recent work for Christmas
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Is Near. So your new singleChristmas Is Near has just been released in
Happy twenty twenty four. For thoseof you listening, you could definitely ring
in the new year rehearing this incrediblesong. I spent all of Christmas time
playing it for my family and friendsand they loved it. Now, can
you tell us about the creative processbehind this song and how did Christmas Is
Near reflect your artistic evolution? Thatwas always thinking that I want to make
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a Christmas album, and every year, I'll do it next year, I'll
do it next year. And thisyear I was starting to write for Christmas.
And my first feeling was for thepeople that they are alone, because
many many years for Christmas I wasalone, and many years I thought that
before December, maybe I'll meet somebodyand I'll spend Christmas with somebody, not
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alone again. Of course, Iwasn't alone alone. I had family,
I had you know, my pet, my dog Supi. I had lots
of friends. But I hoped fora love, like a true love,
to have, you know, tohug on Christmas. And that's why I
wrote this song Christmas Is Near,which says that I hope you know by
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December sent out bring me you.You know, so all we want at
the end of the day, it'slove and to have someone to care for
us and be there for us.Oh you are so inspirational. Thank you
for writing that and sharing your musicwith the world. Now, can you
share a memorable experience from your timeon Dancing with the Stars. Oh boy,
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it was so challenging. You think, you know, you think that
you can dance, right. I'ma singer, so I danced on stage
or I was thinking to something,such a good dancer, And when I
went to start rehearsing for Dancing withthe Stars, I realized that I'm no
dancer at all. It was superhard. I had to learn a lot
of classical styles of dance like waltz, which looks simple but it's not,
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and foxtrot and all those types ofdancing. And I remember rehearsing from morning
tonight that when I had to gohome, I barely could walk. But
I was one of the best times, amazing, amazing experience. And plus
the people that I worked with andthat we helped because we had some like
social cases that we fought for andwe love to help, and those days
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they were my heart and I'll alwaysremember with pleasure. Yes, social activism
music extremely important, and I'm prettysure being on Dancing with the Stars Romania
and twenty ten opened up many doorsfor you, which brings me to let's
talk about your education. So witha bachelor's degree in music pedagogy, how
do you integrate educational principles into yourmusic? First? And you know,
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it's very important to take care ofyour voice, right, so we always
say as teachers that worm up yourvoice, because before you sing, like
any athlete out there, you haveto warm up your muscles. Same with
the vocal cords are some muscles,and you need to warm up and listen
music as much as you can.And you know, just listen instruments,
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listen all type of songs and musicand try to learn. Try to learn
everything, even if in especially manyother languages. For example, I think
even if I don't speak I singin Greek, Arabic, Italian, French,
Spanish. Now let's chat your literarypursuits and ask your minoon antool meokatel
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so transition name from music to literature. What inspired you to write this and
how did it feel to receive theLittle Trophy Award for the children's book.
That's that's wonderful. You know,I've been blessed in my life with people
liking my work, and I wrotethis book without thinking that I'm a writer.
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I wrote it for my dog.I had a dog Asker, which
was the funniest dog ever. Like, for example, we would go walking.
He didn't need a leash. Hewould walk like side by side,
and I saw that he's stopping andI didn't understand why he was looking in
the mirror. So each time hepassed through a store that had like big
windows and he could see himself,he would stop and look at Wow.
(41:44):
Yeah, so I wrote about himand the kids received it so well,
Oh that's beautiful. I love Ilove children, I love pets, I
love animals, and I'm really anadvocate for protecting for protecting children and protecting
animals. Now let's talk about abouttwo minutes left. Let's talk about your
future plans and what can fans expectfrom the Great Anima E Efferens in the
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coming year in terms of music andother projects. Oh, I have an
album coming this year. This ismy plan. This is my resolution to
have this album out and to havea success because I wrote it from my
heart for your hearts out there.It's with love and it's about love and
but fun in general. I writefun music, music that you can dance
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on, that you can feel good. It's also sentimental, but more very
upbeat and very positive because in thisworld full of craziness today, we need
some positive to come towards us,right, So that's my message. No
matter what's in your heart, inthat moment or your mind, just find
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something to be positive about that ringsin twenty twenty four with the amazing animory
your friends, Thank you so muchfor gracing us with your presence. It
was such such a pleasure having youin studio. Thank you, thank you,
thank you so so much, andplease listen to my music. Sure
wait, happy twenty twenty four,my dear friends. Definitely check her out.
You could check her out directly onthe Gram at Anna Maria Ferens Underscore.
You could head directly to her websiteat Anamiriaferenz dot com. You could
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check her out even on YouTube atAnna Maria Ferenz. And remember, no
matter what you do, make sureyou check out that single. Christmas time
just past, but you can alwaysmake it everlasting and ever green and feel
like there's never a moment will yoube left alone. When you're listening to
that song, You're listening to amoment of zen right here, on seven
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is it safe for our children andthe side effects you must be aware
of. Particularly, we're going tobe addressing the rising concern of this medication's
use among non diabetic teenagers. Inour Going Deep segment, brought to you
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surgeon focusing on rhinoplasty, and doctorTroy Pittman. He's an aesthetic breast expert
and reconstructive plastic surgeon. They area duo team. They joined me today
to chat why inhow New York Cityhas become the plastic surgery hub, what
carbon dioxide therapy means for your skinand top trending surgical and non surgical procedures
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War, we're featuring Anna Maria Ferentz, a Romanian singer songwriter who recently dropped
her new single Christmas Is Near thispast December. Today, she's here to
chat New Year's resolutions, music andplans for twenty twenty four, and what
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it's like making it as a Romaniansinger songwriter right here in the United States.
In our Hydration with Heart segment,we're featuring pro wrestler Mojo, Raleigh
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seven to ten Wor the voice ofNew york iHeartRadio. Happy twenty twenty four
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and welcome to a grand new Year. This is the first Saturday to kick
off an incredible bald once. Welcometo America's Favorite Pharmacist, brought to you
by tri Quertra Health. We're chattingwith my amazing co host, pharmaceutical expert
and contributor Phil Kelly, joined bymy dear friend, actress Mackenzie Wesmore and
founder of Wesmore Beauty. Today we'rechatting about the increased use of semi glue
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tide and is it safe for children, the side effects you must be aware,
and the risks you may not knowabout. Semi Glutide is a medication
that has taken the world by stormwith its remarkable close to twenty percent weight
loss in just six months. Itbelongs to a class of medications known as
glucagon like peptide one, what theycall GLP one receptor agonists. It mimics
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the GLP one mormone that is releasedin the gastro intestinal track in response to
eating one roll of GLP one isto prompt the body to produce more insulin,
which reduces blood glucose, what wecall sugar. Now, Phil and
I are going to highlight its diverseapplications from reducing partyovascular risk to aiding in
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weight loss and controlling glucose levels.The conversation will then shift to McKenzie,
a veteran in the beauty industry,and her perspective on the widespread use of
semi gluetide in Hollywood among non diabeticpatients. And finally, I'm going to
provide insights into the challenges and riskspotential pitfalls, particularly addressing that the jurning
rise of semi blue tide use amongnon diabetic teenagers. Welcoming now to the
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show are my experts at hand,Phil Kelly and Mackenzie Westmore. Welcome to
the show, superstars. Hey,thank you eightpl Phil taking away a my
darling. So nobody's gonna argue thatthe world has changed because of ozebic and
prepacitite. I mean, you're seeingpeople drop weight left and right. We're
seeing all sorts of celebrities going onand they're being very open and this has
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been fantastic for all of us.But now I'm new to the gay But
the two of you have been inthe beauty industry forever. I mean,
you're both gorgeous people who've worked reallyhard at it for years and years.
But I see these GLP one medicationsand I start to wonder what are the
long term effects. I mean,if you start looking back in history,
we used things like adderall for weightloss. Ben Fenn was a colossal bust
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after everybody started having heart attacks.So here we are seventeen percent weight loss
six months, you're seeing twelve percentreduction of your cardiovascular wrisk. You're even
seeing planes buying less jet fuel becauseof this. But Mackenzie, you've gone
through this beauty industry for so long, I'm kind of curious what your gut
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feeling is. Where does this endup and how does this fit in.
When it first hit the scene,I was very angry because I was seeing
it as simply the brand medication comingfrom a pharmacy, people paying one thousand
dollars a month, And next thingI know, my mom can't get her
diabetes medication. So that's where theanger first started for me. Now,
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as we progressed into the world ofsemi gluetide. I'm seeing these compounds come
out that are not coming from apharmacy and they're not what would be given
to a diabetic. And that's whereI'm like, Well, if somebody wants
to pay the money and they wantto lose weight and they're doing other things
to go along with it and changinglifestyles and not just having a one and
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done shot, maybe I don't know, but I'm I'm curious to see where
this will end up, where thiswill go. I have seen it be
very successful for some people, notfor others. But you know, like
you said, our great dealing wasanother fence then, you know. I
know personally, back when I wasin my twenties and I was battling anorexia,
I went through a problem with rippedfuel. I was taking about eight
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ripped fuel a day and I actuallyended up in the emergency room to the
point where my doctor, my personalMD, said he was going to sign
me off as a patient because hewas not going to sign my death certificate
if I didn't change my habits.I don't know. I'm really curious to
see where this is going to go. I love the fact that you brought
up anarexic, because if you lookat anorexia and bolimia, they had these
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dysregulations of the way that we getour dopamine, our serotonin ursace eighty from
food, and it really messes up. People don't understand that when you're anorexic,
you actually change everything around and youactually feel better because you're not eating
like it makes a mess up theneurochemistry. And so the last couple of
weeks it's really started pushing that they'reusing semaglue tide, they're using terpazitide now
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to help with addictions, and alarmswent off in my net, like went
off immediately, because anytime you knowyou're messing with a bunch of cells in
your head that, by the way, they just discovered which cells they were
in November. So this isn't likewe really know this stuff. It creates
this this artificial potential for creating anxietyand dopamine pathways, which to me are
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very concerning. And so the onlyreason why I'm concerned is not because I
think that there's a problem with usingit. It's more of what we don't
know than what we do know.Because it's been around for twenty years,
but it's only been to the marketnow for three years, and so AI
that like throws up huge red flagswhen we know we're messing with neurochemistry,
but we didn't even know what wewere doing. So zen I was gonna
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always ask, you've been in thisindustry forever too, and eating in models
have always had somewhat of a tieto having issues together. When you see
this kind of medication being used inteenagers, which you know as many times
it's being used good, there's goingto be somebody out there who thinks that
they just need to get down fora dress size or to go to a
dance. What do you think,as a mother, as a model,
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as being in this forever, whatdo you think is going to happen to
these kids if this becomes a pattern. This is very frightening because motherhood air
number one is by far the hardestjob in the world, and watching addiction
potentially unfold right before my eyes isvery scary and if prescribed appropriately, sure
could have a positive effect on metabolichealth and weight management in certain individuals.
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And we're talking about maybe you know, over eighteen at this point, right,
but semi glue tide back to yourconversation with Mackenzie. Is used for
the treatment of type two diabetes inadults, right, But the long term
safety of using medications like semi gluetide and non diabetic teenagers is just not
well established. And I feel veryI feel very defensive as a mom because
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it feels very counterintuitive and relying onmedications without addressing underlying lifestyle factors doesn't necessarily
lead to sustainable health improvements. Infact, we know it doesn't, and
lifestyle modifications from a mom's perspectives,like a healthy diet and regular exercise are
so crucial. And the use ofmedication in non diabetic individuals, especially young
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individuals children that their bodies are stilldeveloping, Without a doubt, that's going
to influence their perception of health andwell being. Right, So we're going
to leave them back into addiction andit could potentially contribute without a doubt.
Here, we're going to go backto a culture of relying on pharmaceuticals like
we did back in the eighties andnineties when we had the opioid crisis for
weight management, this time rather thanmental health versus adopting healthy lifestyle choices.
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So I am not on board withthis. I don't think that this is
a kickstarter to anything other than thedeep dark rabbit hole of addiction and then
big pharma cashing in. So I'mnot for this addictions to the thing that
always comes. So when I waslike eight or nine, my mom told
me I had really high hips,and I'm not kidd in. From that
day, I've always had this problemwith my hips. I hate looking at
my hips. It's funny how fastthe negative reinforcement of body image comes around.
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So I'm hearing it being used forkids. And Mackenzie, you're a
huge advocate of loving yourself, makingsure that you take care of yourself,
looking in the mirror and liking whatyou like, because you've been down the
road of this is completely safe andthen later on it wasn't safe at all.
When we look at completely safe andyou see that being completely safe,
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do you think that we're creating maybea new type of body dysmorphia from all
of this for these kids, Yeah, I definitely do. And I think
you know the people that are notsaying anything about this, and they're on
social media. I mean, Isee my son, he's constantly on his
phone and constantly with Instagram, andyou know, I know most teens usually
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are. So when you have peoplethat are on social media and they're looking
amazing and they're not being vocal aboutit, that's one issue. And then
then when you have the other onesthat they are honest about it, but
they've made lifestyle changes of you know, weight training and dietary changes. I
mean, I think maybe that's adifferent conversation, but when it comes to
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this whole concept of teenagers taking this, that's disgusting to me, that's beyond
disturbing. Then we all know thatthere's danger in dopamine, Like we know
that things that are dopamine chasing,you know, people that drink heavily.
We create these pathways in our brain. It doesn't matter what you do.
When you think about the dopamine chasingcomponent of weight loss and what it does
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to people, what is your firstthought process of what's going to happen for
individuals who don't make lifestyle changes,and what lifestyle changes would you recommend?
I mean, you've done, you'vebeen in this business forever. Well,
let's adjust the fact that without adiet, it becomes evident that some like
Blue Tide is a double edged sword. So we know this, right,
So offering offering remarkable what I callremarkable short term benefits, but potentially carrying
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long term risks. That's what we'retalking about, right, That's the conversation.
So the discussions are around rebound effectsin my opinion, and artificial substances
altering brain functions, and the ethicalconcerns of its increasing use in non diabetic
I keep saying that non diabetic teenagersraises important questions about the trade offs between
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immediate results and what I always advocatefor, which is sustainable health. And
I can't emphasize enough the need fora holistic approach to health, considering not
only the physical outcomes, but alsothe psychological and long term consequences of these
medications. I'm certainly left with anuance of very nuanced perspective after hearing both
sides, and I would encourage everymother, every father, even teenagers out
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there considering this to really weigh thepositives and the negatives before resorting to such
disruptive it's a disruptive pharmaceutical intervention becauseit's not made for the masses, and
it's being taking as it's being takenas if it is, and that's where
I feel. You know that inorder if you're going to use this,
you're gonna have to come up witha really, really strong schedule of not
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just your your your your eating habits, but to maintain your exercise and a
regiment that you're gonna be able toadhere to for the rest of your life.
Because although they're going to call thisa magic bill, this is also
you just sold yourself to the devil. And when you sold, when you
sell your soul sold to the devil, you got to keep making the devil
happy. And that's how I considerthese pills. Now, if you need
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the pill and it's of medical necessity, that's an entirely different conversation. But
that's not why kids are taking rightand there are some that they're using it
for type two, and I lovethose kids. So I do want to
bring up the fact that when welook at this problem, we're not actually
even looking at the root of theproblem. So part of the reason why
I always push with people, whetheryou're taking Semaglue tide or not, you
want to make sure to look atwhat's causing the issue underlying. So Triquert
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to help and I work together ona product called GLP act of it,
And the reason why we did thatis because you need cap sayesin to help
reduce the amount of inflammation that youhave in the stomach. The L cells
produce this chemical and they're only foundin the intestine, So if you have
inflammation there, you're never going toget away from this stuff. And then
if you add berbering as well asECGC, which I can say if I
say it quit epple GALICATCHI can,I can't say it slow. Those things
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help that feed the microbe that thenfeed the gut lining, and so we
get most of our energy from thegut lining. So for people who are
considering it, or you're even onit, you do need to take care
of everything naturally along with it.Even if you're taking it, if you're
not taking care of the microbe withberbering and ECGC, or if you're not
taking care of the chronic inflammation withthings like ALIVERA and and your epic galicatchi
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can, you're never going to beable to get away from this stuff at
all. So you want to makesure you're taking care of all of it
together. And that's the reason whyyou work with good companies like Triquertra that
you can count on. Now,McKenzie, you're gorgeous. You've done this
for years. When you talk tosomebody about how you stay the way you
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want to look, you're positive.What is the first thing you tell people
you need to work on before anythingelse, healthy eating habits. It's changing
your habits in the kitchen, becauseyeah, I've been a certified trainer for
twenty years and this has always beenthe number one thing. It's eighty percent
nutrition, twenty percent exercise, andthat's the biggest thing. Is that making
sure I'm even dealing with this rightnow with my son where you know,
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as a teenage, as a seventeenyear old boy, talking to him about
eating healthy foods all throughout the day, not just one meal here, one
meal there, because that's just goingto slow the metabolism down anyhow. So
it's really to me about eating andmaking healthy choices between that and then yes,
exercise, you know, to me, it's always you know, once
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you get to a certain point thatyou do your cardio and your weight training.
But when you get to a certainage, too much cardio becomes counterproductive.
So there's that fine balance of exercising, moving. I'm more of a
big advocate having a fitbid and gettingmy ten thousand steps in, not necessarily
going for a run by getting toactually over ten thousand. If I can.
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Water for me personally, I drinka gallon of water a day,
and I make sure that I getat least eight hours asleep. See I
love it. I love the factthey're always talking about your kids. I
know that that's what we all thinkof. And I think we give better
advice to our kids than we givethat we do our cells. Yeah,
and so zen when it comes aroundall of this stuff. If you were
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going to give your kids just apiece of advice on looking beautiful, staying
beautiful, and loving yourself, whatwould you say. I always tell my
daughter, you know, don't tryto change who you are. Just love
yourself. You are perfect the wayyou are. And I don't allow her
to compare herself to anybody or anything. I tell her she is her own
unique footprint in this world and there'snot a single living soul that can ever
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replicate her, and she needs tojust be proud of the vessel that she
was given. And though that's myadvice to her, See I love all
of this because I'm concerned with asixty six percent rebound on every person.
That's not sixty six percent of thepeople. Everybody gains at least sixty six
percent, and they're thinking it'll behigher with these medications. And I think
that I like people, and thelast thing I want to see is I'm
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hurting themselves by dropping all this weightand thinking that's who we liked. Because
I've never met somebody and thought,well, I'd sure like you better if
you lost some weight. I've neverthought that, and I don't think any
of the rest of us do.Thank you so much for this. This
was fantastic. This is the conversationI want to have so people will talk
amongst each other. Thank you somuch for joining me. Phil, You
are amazing as an incredible co hostand regular contributor. Mackenzie, thank you
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so much for your expertise. Thankyou thanks for having me. This is
definitely a hot topic that you're right, Phil, More people need to speak
about it. That was America's favoritepharmacist segment, brought to you by trepart
Your Health. That was the awesomepharmaceutical expert Phil Cali. You can check
them out on the ground that Phil'smy pharmacist, and that was the beautiful
and incredible Mackenzie Wesmore. You canhead directly to their website at wesmore a
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Sam's up in just a few minutes. In our Going Deep segment, brought
to you by CO two Lift,We're featuring doctor Michael Sominek, He's a
facial plastic surgeon focusing on rhinoplast andDoctor Troy Pittman. He's an aesthetic breast
expert and reconstructive plastic surgeon. DoctorSalminek is double board certified specializing in revision
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rhinoplasty surgery and is one of thenation's top experts in deep plane facelifts.
Doctor Troy Pittman is Board certified bythe American Board of Plastic Surgery and he's
an award winning surgeon internationally recognized.He has specialized training and expertise in aesthetic
surgery of the breast, including complexrevision breast surgeries. They have practices both
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in Washington, DC and New YorkCity. They joined me today to chat
why New York City has become theplastic surgery hub, what carboxy therapy means
for your skin, and top trendingsurgical and non surgical procedures for twenty twenty
four. Welcome to the show,Superstars. Hi there, Thank you for
having us. Then, all right, let's dive right in. Recent advancements
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in deep plane facelifts include focusing ondeeper tissue layers for more natural, youthful
repositioning and longevity. Now, thistechnique minimizes a visible scarring and reduces risks
like nerve damage. Doctor Sominik asan expert in deep plane facelifts and revision
rhinoplasty. What are the key advancementsin these procedures that have emerged recently?
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Well, I think over the pastfive to ten years, specifically with deep
plane facelifts. We've really gained anda more extensive understanding of what it means
and the kind of results that wecan get with it. And what we've
seen over time is that it reallyincreases not only the longevity, but the
naturalness of the lip because what you'redoing is you're essentially releasing a lot of
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those tissues that have fallen as aresult of gravity. And as you release
those tissues and you resuspend them backup in a more neutral position, it
recreates that natural volume that we allhad with you. And so what we're
seeing is not only the more naturallooking scars and incisions that we have with
this, but a much longer lastingresult that's just very natural and refreshed.
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I couldn't agree more. And youknow, without a doubt, in New
York City is becoming a hub forplastic surgery once again. Everyone is flocking
back here to find experts like yourselves. What unique factors about in New York
City contribute to this trend and whyhave you decided to focus your practice on
New York City for two twenty twentyfour. Well, you know, we
have a lot of patients that havebeen coming to d C for years from
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New York City and have colleagues inNew York that we work with, and
we're sending patients to DC. Andas we grew a New York patient population
and they wanted to refer friends,there was kind of this roadblock because not
everyone wants to get on the trainor get it a car and come down
to DC for surgery. And sowe had all of these patients that were
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seeking our services that really were inNew York and didn't want to come to
DC. So we thought, whatbetter way than to bring the practice and
the brand to New York to beable to serve those patients without a doubt.
I mean, the city's status isa center of American culture and technology
and innovation extends to the plastic surgeryfield without a doubt, where patients have
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access to a wide range of specializedprocedures and specialists like yourself. And additionally,
many practices in New York City theycatered to out of town patient offering
services that helped travel, in accommodationsand post operative care, making it a
very convenient choice for those seeking highquality cosmetic surgery. So definitely in New
York City, bring it back tobasics, Now, doctor Pittman, with
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your specialization in esthetic surgery of thebreast and the body, what are the
most significant changes you've seen in patientpreferences and techniques over the past few years.
Well, you know, it's suchan interesting question because I always say
that plastic surgery trends really follow fashionedtrends, and so when you think of
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the dynasty look of the eighties,big shoulder pads, big hair, people
wanted to really look enhanced. Therewas there were the little sloped Rhino classies,
the very thin noses with the skislopes, and that was really the
look that followed the fashion trends.We went through the early two thousands where
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the fitted, tight clothing were wasit and so resilient butt lifts, the
big butts, the very tiny wastethat was really a trend. As we're
getting into this new decade, certainlypost COVID, there's much more of a
holistic or a natural desire of patients. Fashion is a little bit more understated.
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We're getting back into kind of slowy, baggy clothing, and so for
body, patients are wanting to beton toward, but they want to be
more slim looking. They want smallerbreast implants. They want more natural facial
work, and so that's really followingthese cultural trends. You're so right,
bringing me to my next question,something non invasive, something that we can
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all agree on. Interestingly enough,the number one skincare trend in Google search
twenty twenty three for Q three wascarboxy therapy. So people are googling,
like, what is that? Socarboxy theory be. It's a treatment that's
been around since what nineteen thirty thoughthe method of course of delivery has improved
since then with this new gel deliverysystem called CO two lyft, But carboxy
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therapy is gaining popularity as a skintreatment. Can you explain what it really
is and how it benefits the skin? You know, CO two lift is
so revolutionary because when we look atcarboxy therapy even five years ago, we
needed to use a needle to injectcarbon dioxide into the skin. Being able
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to topically treat the skin is wonderful. So the way that carboxy therapy works
is when the skin sees carbon dioxide. Our body sees carbon dioxide as almost
an oxygen starvation chemical, and sothe natural bodies reaction is to cause dilation
of blood vessels to increase blood flowand increase oxygenation to the skin. And
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so what we need to heal whenwe're talking about facial contour, facial healing
is oxygen and so using the carboxytherapy to bring oxygen into the facial skin
is really the key to healing andhydration of the skin. And there's a
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really strong anti inflammatory component to itas well. I use it for all
my face slip patients and everyone thatI do laser of servicing on they get
a COE two lived on their skinimmediately after, because what that's doing is
it's driving the oxygenation, it's drivingthe growth factors and the anti inflammatory components
into the skin to really expedite recovery. And that's what we're looking to do
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with all the treatments that we're lookingto incorporate our patients with that a doubt,
there's a science there. I meanthe CO two lift Pro. I
tried it, and in particular COEtwo lift pro that's the strongest version of
carboxy gel. And it's really simpleif if those listening out there are trying
to understand what we're talking about here, conceptually visualize it's an in office or
an at home treatment that delivers ace so that delivers you too cutaneously over
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thirty five minutes to an hour,and it's transdermal, it's non invasive,
it's a facial mask, and it'srecommended for post procedure care after invasive procedures
such as needling laser. Now we'reeven talking about medical you know, surgery.
So yeah, definite fan of it. Now let's segue into looking at
this current year twenty twenty four.All right, so what are the top
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end you both could take a shotat this one top trending surgical and non
surgical procedures and what makes them standout. I think this year has been
particularly popular with in terms of thenon surgical market. With collogen stimulation,
we're seeing all different types of collagenstimulators out there. We have sculpture,
we have hyperdilute radias that we're injectingwithin the skin because what we're doing is
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we're looking to really thicken that dermis. We're looking to tell the skin,
hey, you need to stimulate collogenand that truly is the anti aging component
that we're looking to restore. Andso you know, we're kind of shifting
gears a little from the highlyuronic fillers. They're always going to have a place
in the market, but we're lookingto complement them, if not replace a
little bit of them with collegen stimulations. So I definitely see that as a
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really trending thing going into twenty twentyfour. You know, we look at
twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, the number one surgical procedure has been
liposuction. Everybody got chubby during COVIDand so we're doing more liposuction than ever.
I think it still remains the numberone treatment for me. It's one
of the number one things that patientsare coming and asking for. But beyond
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surgical liposuction, we have real advancesin non invasive body contouring, So we
have devices that can actually, ina minimally invasive way in the office with
no downtime, help melt that helpbuild muscle. And I think that those
trends are going to continue through thewhole year in twenty twenty four. I
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couldn't agree more so, Doctor Sominick. In the context of complex revision surgeries,
how do you approach cases that havehad less than desirable outcomes from previous
surgeries if you will not so muchbotch. No, I get what you're
saying. I mean, it's avery popular thing that I see in the
office. It's frequent. And thenthere's two components here. One is with
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revision surgery, you have to rememberthat this person may be on their second,
third, sometimes fourth, or fifthsurgery on a given body part.
And with that in mind, there'sbeen maybe two, three or four surgeons
that have operated on that given body. That adds an element of complexity because
the anatomy may be altered, theremay be extensive scarring. There's many other
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factors that you have to put inperspective. And I think the other component
is the emotional component. These patientsthat are getting revision surgery tend to be
very emotional about it, understandably sobecause they've been through several procedures, many
of them hoping to get the resultthat they want and have only gotten suboptimal
outcomes. And so I take alot, I spend a lot of time
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with them really trying to explore theirmotivations and trying to get them a reasonable
result or expectation for their results.So now you're a psychologist as well,
because you must based on the weightof the world. When they're in your
office, I can imagine it's alot of pressure. Doctor Pittman, could
you discuss the latest techniques in breastsurgery, especially in revision breast surgery,
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since we're talking about revision surgeries herethat are setting new standards in the field.
Yeah, I think that one ofthe things that we are seeing as
really a revolution is a surgical meshthat is used. Now. We were
using meshes in the past, butthose ended up being permanent meshes and they
had problems. Now we have resorbablemeshes that we use as soft tissue scalp
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so in revision surgery, whether it'sto support an implant, whether it's to
support breast tissue, we're using thesesynthetic meshes that really acts as a scaffold.
So, just like a scaffolding supportsa building, when the building is
complete and the concrete is dried,the scaffolding comes down, and so with
these surgical scaffolds, our body resorbsthat or melts that scaffolding, so it's
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not around all the time. Theother thing that we're really seeing is an
improvement in implant technology. We've movedon to the fifth generation silicone implant.
Those implants are like a gummy bear, So if you cut that implant in
half, it's like you built agummy bear in half and turned it on
its side. That results in lowerrupture rates, It results in lower rates
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of capsular contraction or scar tissue thatforms around the implant. And the other
thing we're seeing with this new implanttechnology is we're able to use a smaller
implant to give the same amount offullness and roundness to the breast. We
used to be using these large implantsto do that, and large implants sometimes
just don't hold up over time.So a smaller implant supporting that implant with
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the synthetic soft tissue scalfold, that'sgoing to really give us longevity at our
revisions and our reconstruction. Well,you guys do what you do incredibly well,
and you do it together and that'swhat I love about you. You
are a dynamic duo without a doubt. Thank you so much for your time.
You guys were incredible, so muchfun, full of knowledge and just
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a pleasure to chat with. Thankyou, Zen, Thanks Ed. That
was our going Deep segment brought toyou by co two Lift that was the
awesome doctor Michael Soominik, and thatwas the incredible doctor Troy Pittman. They're
practicing in Washington, DC and bothNew York City. You could head directly
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gram at Soominic MD and at doctorTroy Pittman. You're listening to a moment
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here on seven to ten. WRthe voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm
your host, zen Zam's up injust a few minutes. In our music
Madness segment, brought to you byImaginative Media, live in studio right here
at WR in Midtown Manhattan, atiHeart Headquarters, We're featuring the awesome Anne
Maria Ferentz. She's a Romanian singersongwriter who recently dropped her new single Christmas
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Is Near Now. She was bornin the height of the Christmas season in
Baca, Romania, and as asolo artist, Anne Maria has been honored
with various music awards, acknowledging herpopularity and excellence in the Romanian music sixteen.
She's also appeared on popular TV shows, including one of the original Dancing
with the Stars back in twenty ten. Rominia Today, She's here to chat
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new Year's resolutions, music and plansfor twenty twenty four. Welcome to the
show, Superstar. Hello, Hello, thank you so so much for having
me. So let's chat early influencesand musical journeys. So growing up in
Backaur, Romania, how did yourhometown influence your musical style and what inspired
you to pursue a career in music. What is very interesting, as my
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mother says that I've loved music evenwhen I since I was born, because
as a baby in there in mycrib, each time my her music,
I was moving, so I'm movingmy body. So she knew that I
love music very much. And thenI didn't speak, but I sang,
you know I am and so myfirst influences they were Romanian traditional music,
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but then I evolve into pop.Then I sang opera years. I was
at the opera in Constanzi. It'sa place at the seaside in Romania,
and it was amazing. I wasperforming in Carmen in And now you've come
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full circle. Yes, so you'reback in America. Now. It's important
to note that in two thousand andone you joined forces with two talented musicians,
George Callen and Sylvia de Duta,forming the dance group Demo, and
together, to my understanding, youreleased four albums which achieved a lot of
renowned success and popularity internationally. Comingfull circle to your recent work for Christmas
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Is Near. So your new singleChristmas Is Near has just been released in
Happy twenty twenty four. For thoseof you listening, you could definitely ring
in the new year rehearing this incrediblesong. I spent all of Christmas time
playing it for my family and friendsand they loved it. Now, can
you tell us about the creative processbehind this song and how did Christmas Is
Near reflect your artistic evolution? Thatwas always thinking that I want to make
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a Christmas album, and every year, I'll do it next year, I'll
do it next year. And thisyear I was starting to write for Christmas.
And my first feeling was for thepeople that they are alone, because
many many years for Christmas I wasalone, and many years I thought that
before December, maybe I'll meet somebodyand I'll spend Christmas with somebody, not
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alone again. Of course, Iwasn't alone alone. I had family,
I had you know, my pet, my dog Supi. I had lots
of friends. But I hoped fora love, like a true love,
to have, you know, tohug on Christmas. And that's why I
wrote this song Christmas Is Near,which says that I hope you know by
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December sent out bring me you.You know, so all we want at
the end of the day, it'slove and to have someone to care for
us and be there for us.Oh you are so inspirational. Thank you
for writing that and sharing your musicwith the world. Now, can you
share a memorable experience from your timeon Dancing with the Stars. Oh boy,
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it was so challenging. You think, you know, you think that
you can dance, right. I'ma singer, so I danced on stage
or I was thinking to something,such a good dancer, And when I
went to start rehearsing for Dancing withthe Stars, I realized that I'm no
dancer at all. It was superhard. I had to learn a lot
of classical styles of dance like waltz, which looks simple but it's not,
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and foxtrot and all those types ofdancing. And I remember rehearsing from morning
tonight that when I had to gohome, I barely could walk. But
I was one of the best times, amazing, amazing experience. And plus
the people that I worked with andthat we helped because we had some like
social cases that we fought for andwe love to help, and those days
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they were my heart and I'll alwaysremember with pleasure. Yes, social activism
music extremely important, and I'm prettysure being on Dancing with the Stars Romania
and twenty ten opened up many doorsfor you, which brings me to let's
talk about your education. So witha bachelor's degree in music pedagogy, how
do you integrate educational principles into yourmusic? First? And you know,
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it's very important to take care ofyour voice, right, so we always
say as teachers that worm up yourvoice, because before you sing, like
any athlete out there, you haveto warm up your muscles. Same with
the vocal cords are some muscles,and you need to warm up and listen
music as much as you can.And you know, just listen instruments,
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listen all type of songs and musicand try to learn. Try to learn
everything, even if in especially manyother languages. For example, I think
even if I don't speak I singin Greek, Arabic, Italian, French,
Spanish. Now let's chat your literarypursuits and ask your minoon antool meokatel
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so transition name from music to literature. What inspired you to write this and
how did it feel to receive theLittle Trophy Award for the children's book.
That's that's wonderful. You know,I've been blessed in my life with people
liking my work, and I wrotethis book without thinking that I'm a writer.
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I wrote it for my dog.I had a dog Asker, which
was the funniest dog ever. Like, for example, we would go walking.
He didn't need a leash. Hewould walk like side by side,
and I saw that he's stopping andI didn't understand why he was looking in
the mirror. So each time hepassed through a store that had like big
windows and he could see himself,he would stop and look at Wow.
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Yeah, so I wrote about himand the kids received it so well,
Oh that's beautiful. I love Ilove children, I love pets, I
love animals, and I'm really anadvocate for protecting for protecting children and protecting
animals. Now let's talk about abouttwo minutes left. Let's talk about your
future plans and what can fans expectfrom the Great Anima E Efferens in the
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coming year in terms of music andother projects. Oh, I have an
album coming this year. This ismy plan. This is my resolution to
have this album out and to havea success because I wrote it from my
heart for your hearts out there.It's with love and it's about love and
but fun in general. I writefun music, music that you can dance
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on, that you can feel good. It's also sentimental, but more very
upbeat and very positive because in thisworld full of craziness today, we need
some positive to come towards us,right, So that's my message. No
matter what's in your heart, inthat moment or your mind, just find
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something to be positive about that ringsin twenty twenty four with the amazing animory
your friends, Thank you so muchfor gracing us with your presence. It
was such such a pleasure having youin studio. Thank you, thank you,
thank you so so much, andplease listen to my music. Sure
wait, happy twenty twenty four,my dear friends. Definitely check her out.
You could check her out directly onthe Gram at Anna Maria Ferens Underscore.
You could head directly to her websiteat Anamiriaferenz dot com. You could
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check her out even on YouTube atAnna Maria Ferenz. And remember, no
matter what you do, make sureyou check out that single. Christmas time
just past, but you can alwaysmake it everlasting and ever green and feel
like there's never a moment will yoube left alone. When you're listening to
that song, You're listening to amoment of zen right here, on seven
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