How 'The Botox Psyop' Broke Our Brains in the Name of Beauty
Jul 12, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
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Jul 12, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
So Katie, it's been two years, if you can believe it, since the episode we did on injectables.
That is a, that is canon.
Yeah.
That is Diabolical Lies canon.
It is.
In the world of injectables, that is basically dog years.
[laughs]
So it's been like 14 years for our skin.
[laughs]
Yeah, what if, what if the update were, like, and so we sit here before you today, both freshly Botoxed?
[laughs] I mean, look, look, we're gonna go in some interesting directions.
[laughs]
This, this will function as a retraction for the former injectables episode-
[laughs]
... and we're taking it down.
[laughs]
Well, part of what I was thinking about when I was working on this episode is how the fact that you and I talked about injectables at that point when, like, I think I was just 30 and you were in your late 20s, right?
Mm, two years ago I would've been 29, I think.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm like, I've bravely-
[laughs]
Well, that's kind of what I'm thinking about.
Something I noticed in my research today is that, like, it, it really is funny how women in their 20s and 30s are kind of center to this conversation in media when even 10 years ago it would've been unthinkable for women in their 20s and 30s to get.
So Katie, it's been two years, if you can believe it, since the episode we did on injectables.
That is a, that is canon.
Yeah.
That is Diabolical Lies canon.
It is.
In the world of injectables, that is basically dog years.
[laughs]
So it's been like 14 years for our skin.
[laughs]
Yeah, what if, what if the update were, like, and so we sit here before you today, both freshly Botoxed?
[laughs] I mean, look, look, we're gonna go in some interesting directions.
[laughs]
This, this will function as a retraction for the former injectables episode-
[laughs]
... and we're taking it down.
[laughs]
Well, part of what I was thinking about when I was working on this episode is how the fact that you and I talked about injectables at that point when, like, I think I was just 30 and you were in your late 20s, right?
Mm, two years ago I would've been 29, I think.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm like, I've bravely-
[laughs]
Well, that's kind of what I'm thinking about.
Something I noticed in my research today is that, like, it, it really is funny how women in their 20s and 30s are kind of center to this conversation in media when even 10 years ago it would've been unthinkable for women in their 20s and 30s to get.
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