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As the founding editor of beauty magazine Allure, Linda Wells has seen it all, from the dawn of La Mer to the current age of plastic surgery overload. Now the editor of AirMail Look, she's been covering the craziest procedures, from rib-cracking and reshaping to $500k facelifts.

She discusses how plastic surgery has gone completely off the rails — and where this wild trend is going.

CHAPTERS:

01:15 – Beauty Trends of the 1980s

03:45 – The Wildest Trends in 2026

08:15 – The Growing Visibility of Plastic Surgery

15:05 – Why Surgeons Are Hunting for New Procedures

17:30 – The Sport of Celebrity Speculation

20:25 – Facelift Prices Are Up 400%

23:45 – The Risks of an International Operation

26:50 – Subscribe to Listen to the Full Episode!

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