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This story is based on an interview with Mark Tortorella, 61, a retired firefighter and medic from Chicago. It has been edited for length and clarity.I don’t fit the profile of someone who has had plastic surgery. Many people think the typical patient is a well-to-do woman, not a former…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leandro Brandão Guimarães. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I first started operating on children as a pediatric ear, nose, and throat doctor 15 years ago, I remember personally struggling watching children enter the operating room with me. They…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Henry Gonzalez. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve lost nearly 350 pounds and kept the weight off. As a kid, I was never small. I was a bigger kid through my teenage years.When I was 21, I weighed 470…