For thousands of years, extreme beauty treatments have been a thing. Humans are obsessed with finding new ways to make themselves feel beautiful - from urine-laced teeth whiteners to tapeworm diet pills.

So in this episode, the Queens look at some modern beauty tech marvels, including foundation robots and acne treatments.

Tegan even personally tests out a cryotherapy chamber.

Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website.

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