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Jia Tolentino on ‘Our Plastic Surgery Nightmare’ | Fresh Air
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42:39Now PlayingBotox, fillers, facelifts: Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino talks to Tonya Mosley about how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.
This episode originally aired July 22, 2026.
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