I'm sitting on a couch in a multi-million dollar, multi-bedroom apartment overlooking Madison Square Park in Manhattan with Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder and a dermatologist chatting about Botox culture, and the only thing that doesn't feel unusual about this scenario is the topic at hand. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, in 2016, Botox was the number one nonsurgical procedure, with over 4.5 million Americans opting in for the treatment—and that number is only steadily increasing (over 7 million Americans went under the needle in 2017). While getting injected is clearly common practice and slipping it casually into conversation is becoming more, well, casual, there's still a stigma attached to Botox, as though admitting to artificially alleviating wrinkles is shameful and you're feigning youth, and thus, fooling society. (Though, it isn't possible to reverse fine lines without the help of something). Schroeder, refreshingly, is in the camp of destigmatizing Botox.
"The only thing that annoys me about the injectable culture is that people aren’t honest about it," she says pointedly. "They like to pretend that they’re just naturally wrinkle-free and it just annoys the crap out of me. I don’t know why it’s something that we can’t talk about. We color our hair, add extensions, get eyelash extensions, do all of this to ourselves, but we can’t just calm our wrinkles down a little bit? I’ve just never really understood why it has to be secretive. Let’s be up front about what we’re doing—there’s no shame in that."
Schroeder, myself, and today's guest dermatologist, Melissa Levin, MD spoke more about Botox, what to expect of it, and what's missing in today's conversations around it. (And, of course, we needed Schroeder to divulge her beauty routine and some behind-the-scenes Vanderpump secrets.) Our discussion, below.
Ed. note: Quotes have been edited and condensed for clarity.
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