About this episode
Dr Dana Berkowitz is an Associate Professor of sociology and women and gender studies at Louisiana State University and author of Botox Nation: Changing the Face of America, an in-depth look at how injectables became a cultural phenomenon.
As a non-medical professional who has also been an injectables patient, she interviewed hundreds of Americans to understand why they seek treatment. We discuss how Botox became popular in the early 2000s, preventative messaging, the expectation that beauty looks effortless, stigma, the growth of medical spas, cost and inequality, filters and changing beauty standards, gender differences and the future of anti-ageing.
What you'll learn
- How Botox became mainstream in the 2000s
- Why stigma around injectables persists
- How social media and filters shape beauty standards
- Gender differences in aesthetic treatment
Topics
- History of aesthetics
- Sociology
- Social media
- Male aesthetics
- USA
Full transcript
The full transcript for this episode is coming soon.