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Before And After Stories

Before And After Stories

Hear the real-time stories of people who have undergone plastic surgery and aesthetic or elective treatments. What drove them to move forward? How did they choose the right doctor? What do they wish they had known before they started?

Recent Episodes

Feb. 2, 2022

How Carrington Smith Recovered From a Laser Treatment Gone Horribly Wrong

With her newly published book, “Blooming: Finding Gifts in the Shit of Life”, Carrington Smith speaks of the many trying experiences that shaped her. It is a riveting, page-turner with tremendous online reviews, but the one …
Jan. 19, 2022

Beth’s BioTe: I Want Whatever She’s Having

Beth spent ten years of her life trying to figure out what was causing her muscle weakness, fatigue, joint pain, weight gain, anxiety and insomnia. By age 56, she needed a cane to walk and didn’t look like herself anymore, a…
Sept. 16, 2021

Alison’s BioTE: Beating Back Perimenopause

Alison is a 45-year-old mom of two with a high pressure job. After a decade of poor sleep, a sluggish thyroid, and all the misery of perimenopause, something had to give. 5 weeks after starting BioTE bioidentical hormone the…
July 29, 2021

Tammy's BioTe: Married Thanks to Pellet Therapy

Painful symptoms of menopause and low libido were holding Tammy back and hurting her most important relationship. A nurse herself, the physical changes she experienced at the beginning of menopause shocked her and her own gy…
July 22, 2021

Morgan’s Septoplasty: 7 Months After Surgery

7 months after the surgery to correct the damaged inner workings of Morgan’s "signature" nose, we catch up on how life is different now that he can breathe freely again. About Before and After Stories We're helping people …
June 17, 2021

Morgan’s Septoplasty: Dr. Amit Bhrany

With Morgan’s permission, Seattle facial plastic surgeon Dr. Amit Bhrany talks with us about the case and shares how septoplasty is different from rhinoplasty. Read more about https://www.seattlefaceandskin.com/ About Be…

Recent Blog Posts

Self Care Nightmare: Photos of Carrington Smith's IPL Gone Wrong

With her newly published book, “Blooming: Finding Gifts in the Shit of Life”, Carrington Smith speaks of the many trying experiences that shaped her. It is a riveting, page-turner with tremendous online reviews, but the one thing t…

About the Host

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Eva Sheie

Founder & Podcast Producer at The Axis

Eva Sheie is a startup veteran, content strategist, podcast producer, and professional musician. She is the founder of The Axis, a podcast production agency devoted to meeting the needs of women confronting life-changing medical decisions.

With background as a public radio producer and classically trained musician, and two decades of healthcare marketing experience devoted to helping people find, evaluate, and choose good doctors, Eva's clients find her approach to marketing through podcasting a much needed counterbalance to the relentless demands of social media.

Previously as the Director of Practice Development at RealSelf, she built and scaled the RealSelf University customer education program, and hosted the RealSelf University Podcast. Today she is the host of Meet the Doctor, co-host of Breast Cancer Stories & Before and After Stories, and the executive producer of numerous titles on behalf of clients.

Away from the computer, Eva’s attention is reserved exclusively for seeing the world through the eyes of her two little girls and an occasional viola gig in or around Austin.