• 63. Botox

  • Sep 16 2024
  • Length: 17 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Why do millions of people pay to have one of the world’s deadliest toxins injected into their faces? Zachary Crockett looks surprised.

    • SOURCES:
      • Dana Berkowitz, sociologist and author.
      • Jean Carruthers, pioneer of cosmetic Botox, clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of British Columbia, and owner of Carruthers Cosmetic.
      • Steven Williams, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and owner of Tri Valley Plastic Surgery.

    • RESOURCES:
      • "Botox Is More Affordable Than Ever. Is That A Good Thing?" by Krista Bennett DeMaio (Women's Health, 2024).
      • "Early Development History of Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA)," by Alan B. Scott, Dennis Honeychurch, and Mitchell F. Brin (Medicine, 2023).
      • "How Barely-There Botox Became the Norm," by Jessica Schiffer (The New York Times, 2021).
      • Botox Nation: Changing the Face of America, by Dana Berkowitz (2017).
      • "Billions and Billions for Botox," by Vauhini Vara (The New Yorker, 2014).
      • "Botox is Destroying Hollywood Acting," by Johann Hari (HuffPost, 2011).
      • "The Botox Boom," by David Noonan (Newsweek, 2002).
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