The Ugly Side of Looking Better
Between Us
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
From looksmaxxing to unregulated peptides and extreme DIY methods, Dr. Dubrow warns about the risky reality of chasing the "ideal" face.
Then, Heather questions whether celebrity procedure transparency is fueling more self-doubt than confidence.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | Guaranteed Human. I'm Heather Dubrow. And I'm Terry DeRoe. And we're going to keep this between us. Not really. Not really. No, no. I'm going to talk about it. I'm not wearing any makeup today. I'm going a little makeup free. |
| 0:21.5 | How's it going? |
| 0:22.4 | Oh, you look good. |
| 0:22.9 | You look great. |
| 0:36.9 | I have this melasma spot that I cannot get rid of. From where? From what? I don't see it. It's right here. You can't say that? Oh my gosh. Look at the belasma on my face. I remember? Well, you did a CO2 laser to fix it. |
| 0:37.3 | Yes. |
| 0:41.9 | And then you proceeded to three weeks later sit in the sun with no sun's great. |
| 0:43.9 | So that was not the smartest. |
| 0:45.5 | I have incredible melasma. |
| 0:49.0 | I just have this one spot, but it's really obvious. |
| 1:10.9 | But I went on that transexemic acid cream and the pills. Yeah, because that's what I was told to do by two different people. Right. And I'm going to tell you something. Didn't work. Yeah, you should try either some TCA, local TCA. What's that? To peel, try chlorosic acid peel or a little, and or a little hydrochronone. Cream? Yep. That's sort of the standard thing that works for that. |
| 1:13.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:14.1 | All right. |
| 1:14.7 | So, uh, interesting times right now. |
| 1:17.9 | Yeah? |
| 1:18.4 | Yes. |
| 1:19.0 | How so? |
| 1:20.3 | I mean, uh, I'm, it's because I've been doing a lot of interviewing lately, I've |
| 1:25.3 | been getting a lot of, uh, inquiries been getting a lot of inquiries to talk about |
| 1:28.4 | various hot topics that are circulating. Give me the hot topic. Well, right now it seems like |
| 1:33.3 | everyone wants to ask me about looks maxing. So I just recently became aware of looks maxing. Yes. |
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