Hey, everyone. Welcome to Fat Mascara. I'm Jess. I'm Jen. Hi. Happy Friday. Happy Friday. So this

episode is a very, very exciting episode for us. This is a little bit by request when you guys have,

you know, sent us emails, DMs, popped into our Facebook group with suggestions whenever you guys

do that. We take them very seriously. And this episode is the result of that. It is. And I love

those suggestions. So keep them coming over the years that we've gotten this question a couple times.

And I wanted to find an expert for it. It's how to deal with the beauty side effects of cancer

and illness. It's something that like when you're worrying about your health, a lot of people are

like, why would you even care about your appearance? But there's something about looking good when you

don't feel good that just sort of elevates your mood. You know, that's who you are. Yeah,

makes you feel more like yourself. Like you can have the strength and energy to go, you know,

to fight and also just feel connected to your life and, you know, recognize yourself. Yeah.

And so we got specific questions about dealing with cancer-related beauty side effects and cancer

treatments. However, I think this interview with Caitlin Kiernan, I'll tell you about her in a

second. I think this applies to so many people who might be dealing with a chronic illness and

some of the side effects of that, you know, when your skin changes, your hair changes, or even just

a like a temporary illness or a scar. Maybe you had surgery. We talk about she has the best

advice for dealing with a scar and preventing a scar from forming. Also, even if you're not going

through something like this, I think it's important to listen to because I'm sure there's somebody

in your life who is going through this or sadly will go through this. It's just the reality of,

it's just the statistical reality. Yeah, tap the little share button and send it to someone.

It also kind of says, I think about this when I friends that are going through illness, like

you often don't know what to say and you want to be helpful. Like maybe it's just like here. I've

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