The Scary Leap From ICU to Aesthetics (Allie’s Journey)
✨ Welcome back to Beauty & The Brain with Dr. Chris Croley and NP Jerry Drinkard! In this special episode, we’re joined by our very own nurse practitioner, Allie Ballew, for a candid conversation about her journey from small-town roots to critical care nursing — and eventually into the world of aesthetics.
Allie opens up about:
Why she chose nursing school and her early dreams of dentistry 🦷
The challenges and lessons of working in the ICU during COVID 🏥
Making the leap into aesthetics and her fears of “not having the eye” 👀
The steep learning curve of threads, lip injections, and building…
The skinny
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