Megatrends & Medicine

Looksmaxxing has moved from niche internet forums into mainstream beauty and medicine. Hosts Sohaib Imtiaz, MD, and Caleb Silver examine the algorithm-driven pressure to optimize everything from jawlines and skin to hair and aging—and ask what happens when wellness businesses begin selling medical care.

Dermatologist Shereen Teymour, DO, explains how TikTok, Instagram, and AI are shaping younger patients’ expectations, from “glass skin” to “undetectable” cosmetic work. She separates K-beauty’s benefits from its marketing, weighs the promise and risks of AI, and returns to the basics: sunscreen, sleep, and realistic expectations. Her message is simple: self-care can help, but optimization becomes harmful when it turns into obsession.

Hosts: Sohaib Imtiaz, MD, MPH, DipIBLM and Caleb Silver

Guest: Shereen Teymour, DO, dermatologist

Producer: Caleb Silver

Podcast Editor: Joe Gangemi

Editors: Anisa Arsenault and Jennifer Barrett

Publisher: Verywell Health, a People Inc. brand

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This episode looks at how GLP-1 medications have moved far beyond diabetes and weight loss to become one of the biggest health and consumer trends of the decade.

Guest Elizabeth Kazarian, MD, adds the clinical reality: GLP-1s can be life-changing, but patients need medical oversight, realistic expectations, strength training, nutrition support, and protection from quick-fix marketing.

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Health trends move fast—sometimes faster than the evidence. Megatrends & Medicine helps clinicians make sense of what’s capturing patients’ attention and what actually matters for their practice.

New episodes drop the first Saturday of every month. Hosts Caleb Silver, Chief Business Officer of People Inc., and Dr. Sohaib Imtiaz, Chief Medical Officer of Verywell Health, talk with leading experts about the behaviors, technologies, and wellness trends shaping the future of healthcare

Megatrends & Medicine is brought to you by Verywell Health, a People Inc. brand.

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