Episode 63
63. Botox
Why do millions of people pay to have one of the world’s deadliest toxins injected into their faces? Zachary Crockett looks surprised.
The Economics of Everyday Things
September 16, 202416m 51s
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Show Notes
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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