86: 5 Billion views and over 30M+followers from popping pimples! Dr. Pimple Popper Sandra Lee reveals the $ecrets to the virality of pimple popping videos, the dermatology industry and the BTS of the TLC show
Trading Secrets
Audioboom Studios
5 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week, Jason is joined by board certified dermatologist, founder of SLMD skincare, and social media star known for her series on TLC, Dr. Pimple Popper, Sandra Lee!
Years before getting her own TV show, Sandra earned the nickname Dr. Pimple Popper from her YouTube videos where she posted these bizarre, yet fascinating pimple popping videos that captivated audiences across the country. After realizing that people found her field of work so interesting to watch, she soon turned her medical profession into a viral sensation. Suddenly a TV show, a skincare line, new book and a combined 30+ million followers (aka the Popaholics) across all social media platforms. Dr. Lee has supplanted herself atop her profession in the media world.
Dr. Sandra Lee gives insights to the virality of pimple popping and how it all started with posting a blackhead video on instagram,the impact of a client sharing their story in a blackhead video, the wild world of YouTube when it comes to ads and her content, why she believes some of her patients come to her, and what products she recommends.Sandra also reveals how she got into dermatology, how difficult it can be to get into the speciality, how her and her husband took over her dad’s practice when he retired and took it to the next level, how she took her revenue from YouTube and invested it into her skincare line, and what she considered before agreeing to the TLC show. How much education goes into becoming a dermatologist? How does Dr. Lee find her patients? What is her number one tip when it comes to acne and blackheads? When should you pop your pimples?
Sandra reveals all that and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a DR Media Production. |
| 0:15.0 | Big and Ed. |
| 0:15.8 | Welcome back to another episode of Trading Secrets. |
| 0:19.0 | Today we are joined by board certified dermatologist, founder of SLMD Skincare and social media superstar. |
| 0:27.0 | Known for her series on TLC, Dr. Pimple Popper ever heard of it, Dr. Sandra Lee. |
| 0:33.8 | Years before getting her own TV show, she earned the nickname Dr. Pimple Popper from her YouTube videos, |
| 0:39.6 | where she posted these bizarre, yet fascinating Pimple Popping videos that captivated audiences across the country. |
| 0:47.2 | After realizing that people found her field of work so interesting to watch, |
| 0:51.4 | she soon turned her medical profession into a viral sensation. |
| 0:56.1 | Suddenly a TV show, Skincare line, new book, and it combined 30 plus million followers, aka the Papa Hallix. |
| 1:05.3 | My mother's one of them across all social media platforms. |
| 1:08.7 | Dr. Lee has supplanted herself a top her profession in the media world. |
| 1:13.7 | Dr. Lee, thank you so much for being here today. |
| 1:15.6 | We are excited to have you on Trading Secrets. |
| 1:17.8 | This is awesome to be here. |
| 1:19.1 | Thank you for inviting me and a special hello to mom, Tartek, of course. |
| 1:23.6 | I love that. We talked a little bit about New York and stuff, families there. |
| 1:27.9 | You said your husband's from there and you were born in Queens, right? |
| 1:30.2 | Yes. |
| 1:30.7 | My mom's got some New York in her too. |
| 1:32.3 | She's very like, when I ask her, she's very direct, she's funny, she's hilarious. |
| 1:36.2 | What I do is when I have a guest on that she knows it's a rule. |
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