So as we're living in this
pandemic its caused and
uptick in the number of plastic
surgeries that people are doing.
But you may be confused, not
even confused but you may not be
able to guess the reason for this.
Is because people are spending more
time in front
of their screens on Zoom.
Looking at their own faces,
deciphering what's wrong with their
face that they maybe didn't
notice before.
I'm worried that other folks
are seeing it, not liking it.
So let's get into some of
the details of what's happening.
So virtual consultations for
cosmetic procedures have
risen 64% for
surgeons in the United States since
the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the American Society
of Plastic Surgeons.
They list Botox, injections,
dermal fillers,
breast augmentation and liposuction
as among the most popular services.
Which I assume previously were
probably some of the most popular
things, but
these have increased by 64%.
Continuing on, this is from this
one particular plastic surgeon.
We have absolutely seen an increase
in the number of surgical cosmetic
procedures that people have been
seeking, directly related to Zoom.
The number one procedure that
people have been coming in for
is either their upper eyelids or
their neck.
Because they see their neck,
either hanging on the camera or
looking like a double chin.
[LAUGH] >> So one patient from Dr.
Michael Somenek, apologies for
mispronouncing your name.
Said, it's something new when you
have to stare at your face for
a couple of hours a day.
And there's only so much you can do
with good lighting and good angles.
You first discover that, with Zoom,
when you see yourself and
you're like, yikes,
that was from Hudson Young.
So people are doing this
more and more.
And also, really I won't go through
the graphics of it.
But they're also like,
I'm at home anyway, I'm not
going to see family and friends,
I'm not going in the office.
So a lot of times recovery from
plastic surgery is an issue when
people want to time it out.
And it's the perfect time because
they can sit at home, still work,
and take the time off and recover.
>> I never thought about
it that way.
And both those reasons, they see
themselves on Zoom too much and
have time for recovery makes sense.
Of course, the other thing is,
we're all trapped inside
the house, right?
So some folks go and exercise, but
a lot of folks can't go to the gym
where they used to go, right?
So now we're in even more
disastrous shape, and
trust me, I speak for myself there.
I'm in the disastrous
community, okay?
So that's why folks are getting
more plastic surgery.
My answer's just
been to put the camera higher, so.
[LAUGH] >> Like I'm almost doing
the Instagram duck face over here,
trust me.
Okay, like the cameras should be,
I'm going to keep it real
with you guys, okay?
In my home studio we built because
the coronavirus thing built,
there's a couple things in here.
Anyway, the camera should be about
here, but it's all the way up here.
because when you have it down here
I got three chins, when you put it
up here, I'm down to one and
a half chins and
I could live with it, right?
So that's why, if you've ever
seen TYT, you wonder like, wait,
I know it's probably,
didn't think of it, maybe it was in
the back of your head?
Jen seems to be looking up
a little bit.
Yeah, that's not an accident.
>> Listen,
I have had the consultations.
[LAUGH] I'm not going to lie,
I'm not even going to lie and
try to make people feel bad.
I had the consultations,
there's a doctor in Houston,
his handle on Instagram is Dr.
Jung Money.
[LAUGH] J-U-N-G Money,
he re-does people's bodies and
it is true, once you keep looking
at yourself and you're like, man,
I got these bags under my eyes.
Absolutely, I'm not even
going to lie to you.
But spending a lot of time on
social media will mess with
your head.
You are comparing yourself to
someone who has filters,
[LAUGH] you don't even know what
the person looks like in real life.
We don't know what JLo looks like
in real life, we don't come in
the proximity to see them close up.
And we're like, man, I'm in my 40s,
she's in her 50s and
her face is perfect.
So listen, I've had all
the consultations because I also
have some free time on my hands and
I need somebody to talk to.
[LAUGH] >> But wait a second, wait.
So do you think if not for the
pandemic either that you wouldn't
have had the consultations yet?
Is it really Zoom and
looking at the camera more?
If we were out and about for every
stage of time we're now not out and
about, you wouldn't have thought
about this?
>> No, I think about it, I mean,
I have body dysmorphia.
I deal with this stuff all
the time.
But I will say this, though,
I have talked to my friends,
many of us, we spend a lot of time
on social media.
And social media is inundated with
people who are always trying
to show us how perfect they are.
I don't follow the Kardashians,
is like the boogeyman for me.
I'll peek at one of the pages and
then I'm like, my God,
look at all the things
that are wrong with me, [LAUGH].
Man. >> They're so perfect.
And then,
well, I have a friend's like, their
faces don't move, what is perfect,
what's wrong with you?
And I'm like,
it's just when you start watching,
you have to be very careful what
you feed your subconscious mind.
Because whatever you feed will
continue to grow.
And yes, a lot of us, especially
women, once you get a certain
age they're always telling us our
value goes down, like I don't know.
>> Jen, I'm going to let you back
in this conversation, but two weeks
ago, when I did the show from here,
for this hour again.
I knew my hair was damn near white,
I knew that.
But when people were pointing out
that damn, JR, look at them, grays.
My first gray came at 17 years old,
this is not a cosmetic
surgery thing.
But when you look at that and
then notice that all these people
the first thing they point out is,
look at all that white hair on
your head.
The difference now,
you mentioned women either.
So the thing is,
when I got that they'd go but so
distinguished.
And that was the second comment
after saying, wow, I didn't know
you had all that white hair.
because in the first column made me
go, damn, that's right,
maybe I should cover that up or
do something about it.
And then the second one goes, but
it's so distinguished, you go,
okay, I'm good.
And that a second comment doesn't
come for a lot of women.
>> No, what is hey, auntie,
hey auntie.
I'm not your aunt,
I don't know your mama,
I'm not related to you,
don't call me auntie.
I am the auntie of
Emma Benjamin and Aaron only.
I don't want to be called aunty
because that's a microaggression.
It's ages,
it's what they do to women.
Like Viola Davis had on some ivy
park that Beyonce sent her,
and they were calling her
by Viagra Davis.
They were clowning her saying,
it's just so the pressure that
women feel constantly.
It meant to, I know a dude that
puts one of those Sharpies on his
head to fill his hairline and all.
Like it's too much, man, but I do
understand why people are making
the consultations, because you get
to Zoom with a doctor.
[LAUGH] >> Yeah.
>> Talk to somebody.
>> Okay, I got a thousand things to
say about this.
[LAUGH] >> Because say my body
needs some work is
an understatement, but
the thing about, okay, gray hairs,
I got gray hairs too, JR.
But nobody ever says hey,
you're really overweight but
at least you look distinguished.
[LAUGH] >> That's not a thing,
okay?
And I know in Turkey there's a way
that people who don't know each
other refer to each other as either
brother or uncle.
Depending on the age,
to try to be respectful, right?
So I remember when I crossed
over to uncle, some kids in
the street were calling me uncle,
I was like, uncle who's uncle?
No, I'm uncle. So that happens, and
so, and that was a long time ago.
Trust me, I'm like grandpa now,
forget uncle,
I'll go back to uncle now.
I'll take it, okay, you got a deal.
Anyway, so one time we're having
a morning meeting on Zoom, and
I just looked like the real me.
I got the stubble going on,
I put on the baseball cap,
I got a loose shirt on.
And I saw myself in Zoom and
I was like, no, no,
we're not doing that again, okay?
So every time there's
a Zoom I'm shaving,
I'm showering a couple of times,
I'm getting the best shirt on.
because I saw that and I was like,
that's what I look like, whoa, no.
Okay, so look,
some folks want to do touch-ups.
I get it,
you want to do a procedure, look,
the last people to judge are us,
right?
We're not going to judge, and
we've been there, we hear you,
I think about hey,
maybe the easier way is not to
exercise what other thing, right?
I have had those illicit thoughts
[LAUGH] >> Anyways, and
sometimes you do touch him and
it kind of works, God bless.
Okay, but if you do too much,
I swear to God,
it's not going to work.
I'm just trying to help you
out, right?
So look, those people who turn into
plastic people and
either they say hey, look,
they look really good.
I don't even think so, even the
ones that are like the Instagram
stars and stuff, they just look
like complete plastic to me.
I don't know, at least it's not in
my DNA to be attracted to plastic,
but it's not in our evolution.
It's just we're supposed to
be attracted to real people, and so
for me it doesn't work at all.
So my answer, of course was,
I mean, look up by the way,
[LAUGH] I had a friend say,
I'm thinking of shaving my hips.
No, no, I love you, brother,
don't shave the hips.
[LAUGH] >> It is like,
first of all there's a million
things you could do before you
get to shaving the hips.
>> I didn't know you could do that.
>> Yeah. >> Now I know.
>> What that man used,
the cat filter?
[LAUGH] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, no, no,
leave the hips alone.
You got a lot of other work before
you get to the hips.
>> Okay. >> But for me,
back to moving the camera,
there's no joke, we've done this to
the hug turks a lot, okay.
By the way, my Twitter picture,
totally photoshopped.
Keep it up, keep it 100, okay?
Most photoshopped picture
you'll ever see.
I got the nice square jaw,
the things, the extra this is gone,
it's got, right?
And I admit it,
I admit it publicly,
I admit it on Twitter.
I'm like, no, no,
we're not playing around here,
I'm trying to look good, okay?
That thing is not real.
Anyways, and he says,
if people can see me,
I'm on there every day.
So we used to move the camera
higher, you remember Jared,
like 15 years ago?
Hey, Susan. >> Yeah,
Susan were there. >> Yeah, and
I'm like, hey Susan, higher,
higher, right?
And he built this studio too, so
he has a camera and I'm like, look,
Jesus, okay, I need you to get this
thing as high as you are, okay?
All the way up in the sky.
>> Jesus on a high.
>> You'll know when I'm getting
more weight because I'll eventually
be looking up like this at
the camera.
[LAUGH] >> This is the funniest
show I've done on The Young Turks.
[LAUGH] >> And
this is something I should have
told my 20 year old self, I mean,
is older, not old yet.
But old folks are who we think we
are, doesn't change.
So at 40 years old we still feel
like we did at 20 in our brain and,
we're like, yeah, man, we're cool,
I can do this, I can do that,
let's go to that.
And your face in your body start
going well, yeah, I feel you, but
that was 20 years ago, chill out.
And you look at yourself and
you go, wait my mind remember
someone different than this guy.
And I still act like that other
guy, but the rest of it ain't going
along with this >> Jared,
that's so true,
like about four months ago or so.
I was like, man, I'm having
trouble getting out of bed, man,
this whole body aches and stuff.
I wonder what happened to me.
And then I looked in the mirror,
I'm like, that's what happened.
>> No idea what happened,
we don't know it.
>> It's so hard.
I was doing leg presses in the gym
and I fractured a rib.
[LAUGH] >> No,
I got on Mary had a little lamb.
[LAUGH] >> I'll go
right there with you.
I woke up one day with like a neck
sprain that took me like a year and
a half, maybe two years,
to get beyond proud.
>> How do I sprain my neck?
>> By sleeping,
that's how old I am.
[LAUGH] >> All I'm saying is,
higher, put the camera higher.
[LAUGH] >> That's my favorite.
>> You guys want to do one
last one?
Okay, you ready?
We all do this at the same time.
[LAUGH] >> I can't,
it's actually the angle, you're
supposed to do this weird angle or
something, I think, right?
You're supposed to get the right
angle.
[LAUGH] >> You
can cut off one, yeah.
>> All right, I tried too because
my wife noticed that my left
side is better than my right side,
and I think she's right.
But I look like this, I'm like, no,
this is still so fleshly.
[LAUGH] >> No, it's still fleshy,
that's still fleshy.
>> No, you see, it means your wife
doesn't like your mole, bro.
I just saw that the only difference
between one side and
the other is the mole.
And she barely doesn't want you
showing the mole.
>> Yeah, nowhere to run.
[CROSSTALK] >> I'm sorry,
I don't know what it is.
[LAUGH] >> It's all right, guys,
and you know what?
I'll leave you on this uplifting
note, okay?
Guys, If you love yourself,
everything else fixes itself,
it does.
Now, my weight didn't fix itself,
don't get me wrong, okay?
But I have tremendous confidence
and it ain't no way going to make
any difference, okay?
And if you're a guy out there at
least, trust me that women love
confidence, okay?
They even like it in this form, so
you're going to be all right.
You're going to be all right as
long as you love yourself and
believe in yourself and
have that confidence.
Everything's going to work
out, okay?
Keep the faith