Awake Surgery

Season 1

Dr. Gruber performs cosmetic surgery on patients while they are completely awake! She's developed her own techniques for numbing, calming and treating patients in order to perform their life-changing surgeries -- all without them feeling a thing.

20223 episodesTV-14

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S1 E1 - Derrick Bares His Man Boobs
December 14, 2022
43min
TV-14
Dr. Meegan Gruber specializes in performing surgery while patients are completely awake. Derrick orders lunch while getting his man boobs removed, Genny has a request to get rid of both of her chins and Megan needs surgery to fix her ballsack arms.
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S1 E2 - Jason's Pain in the Butt
December 15, 2022
43min
TV-14
Dr. Meegan Gruber faces the most daunting awake surgery of her career -- removing a giant hanging stomach. Meanwhile, Jason looks for a butt lift to help him scandalize all of Kentucky, and a patient calls her psychic mid-surgery.
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S1 E3 - Rubi Gets a Lot Less Hip
December 21, 2022
43min
TV-14
Mother-of-eight Rubi stuns Dr. Meegan Gruber when she arrives with a hip condition unlike anything the doctor's ever seen. Then, Ashley requests to have her "bat wings" clipped, and Jim seeks a solution for a giant neck that's swallowing his jawline.
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