'Body Parts': Allison Vest helps Meghan Koziel find closure after double mastectomy
If you're fan of shows like 'Dr Pimple Popper' and 'My 600-lb Life', which follow the cast's medical journeys, then get ready to tune in to TLC's 'Body Parts'. As per the synopsis of the series -- "Anaplastologist Allison Vest creates amazing, lifelike prosthetics for patients who have missing or deformed body parts. Taking on unique and extreme cases, Allison melds medicine and artistry to help her patients both functionally and psychologically."
If you love all of TLC's reality shows, then you might want to consider checking out -- '1000-lb Best Friends', '90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' and 'Doubling Down with The Derricos'.
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Who is Meghan Koziel?
Meghan Koziel is a breast cancer survivor and advocate. She was diagnosed with 2B er/pr+/ her 2 – ductal carcinoma with a PALB2 mutation
and had a double mastectomy. Koziel made a full recovery and while she is now a mother to two healthy girls,
Kendra Jane and Makenzie Marie. Koziel recounted her story on lovewhatmatters.com, where she spoke about how she went from a seemingly normal 25-year-old woman ready to tie the knot in 2015, to a cancer survivor.
"Life with cancer is something I never in a million years would have imagined happening to me. I was a healthy 20-something-year-old who just graduated from college. I never had any health issues, I wasn't overweight, I was active, I never smoked, and hardly drank. We also didn't have a family history of cancer really at all! It just proved, cancer DOES NOT discriminate. It can literally happen to anyone!" she wrote on the post. She also became an advocate for breast cancer awarness, talking about her journey and how it affected her.
"I started attending local and national conferences for breast cancer. I met incredible friends who became my inner circle because they understood everything I was going through, physically and emotionally. They were the first ones to 'get' what scanxiety was and the fear of recurrence. It was the first time after cancer that I felt normal," she wrote.
How does Vest help Koziel?
Seeing that Koziel had a double mastectomy, she was hoping to get prosthetic nipples as a way to find closure to her journey. She believes that if Vest can find the right match for her, it will be "life-changing".
'Body Parts' premieres on TLC on Wednesday, April 6 at 10 pm ET/PT.