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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Is Plastic Surgery the New Makeup?

Sometime soon (or maybe already), you’re going to get some sort of injection for your face. You may get a needle full of Botox or Restylane, or take fat out of one area and inject it into another. That’s the thesis of Joel Stein’s article in Time magazine. Plastic surgery, he argues, is the new make up: everyone’s doing it.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jun 19, 2015 • 1 min read

Sometime soon (or maybe already), you’re going to get some sort of injection for your face. You may get a needle full of Botox or Restylane, or take fat out of one area and inject it into another. That’s the thesis of Joel Stein’s article in Time magazine. Plastic surgery, he argues, is the new make up: everyone’s doing it. Why, and is that a bad thing?

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Jolie Myers

    Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Producer, 'The Document'

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    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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