But Now I Smell Like a Corpse

Summary

Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand Episode Title: But Now I Smell Like a Corpse
Release Date: July 9, 2025
Host: Armstrong & Getty
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts

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Introduction to the Topic

In the episode titled "But Now I Smell Like a Corpse," hosts Joe Getty and Jack Armstrong delve into the often perilous world of cosmetic procedures. They explore the allure of enhancing one's appearance against the backdrop of potential health risks and societal perceptions.

The Brazilian Butt Lift and Its Risks

Timestamp [01:14]
Joe Getty initiates the discussion by referencing a segment from the Armstrong and Getty Rad Show, highlighting the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). He explains:

"We all know those GLP1 injections work wonders... But that price tag almost gave me a heart attack."
(01:14)

Jack Armstrong adds humorously:

"You nailed it correctly."
(01:49)

The hosts discuss how procedures like the BBL involve transferring fat to enhance the buttocks, but complications can arise, leading to severe consequences such as necrosis and an unpleasant odor akin to decaying flesh.

Notable Quote:
Joe Getty warns about the dangers:

"You smell like decaying flesh because that's what you have on your face, decaying flesh."
(07:00)

The Influence of Smart Devices on Personal Data

Timestamp [02:20]
The conversation shifts to the pervasive nature of smart devices and their intrusive data collection practices. Joe Getty references a New York Times report:

"Your smart devices are always listening to you and watching you... it's not crazy to think that her phone or computer heard us talking about this."
(02:20)

Jack Armstrong expresses frustration over targeted content appearing on his social media feeds without prior searches:

"I logged into Instagram yesterday and was horrified at a BBL oozing video..."
(02:57)

Unsafe Cosmetic Procedures to Avoid

The hosts systematically break down several cosmetic procedures deemed risky or inadvisable by experts.

Chin Tucks

Timestamp [06:21]
Joe Getty discusses the controversial chin tuck procedure, intended to create a more youthful appearance. Despite potential aesthetic benefits, he highlights the social mockery and irreversible consequences.

"I'd never heard of many of these... It can cause, you know, your nose to have a worse shape."
(07:18)

Liquid Nose Jobs

Timestamp [07:18]
Liquid nose jobs involve injecting substances to correct nasal asymmetry. Joe warns of severe complications:

"It can kill the skin known as necrosis... you smell like decaying flesh."
(07:18)

Eye Repigmentation

Timestamp [08:16]
The hosts touch upon eye repigmentation—injecting pigments to alter eye color—and its alarming side effects, including the risk of blindness.

"One of the possible complications is blindness."
(08:27)

Notable Quote:
Joe Getty underscores the severity:

"You hate to smell like a corpse... you can't get rid of now because you went all vanity."
(08:35)

Buccal Fat Removal

Timestamp [09:01]
Buccal fat removal involves extracting fat pads from the cheeks to achieve a slimmer visage. While popular, it can lead to a skeletal appearance and irreparable facial structure damage.

"They can come in different sizes, but we all have them."
(10:04)

Cool Sculpting vs. Liposuction

Timestamp [13:55]
The discussion contrasts Cool Sculpting, a fat-targeting procedure using acid, with traditional liposuction. Cool Sculpting is criticized for its pain and risks, with liposuction being presented as comparatively safer despite its own infection risks.

"Cool Sculpting... they use acid to break down the fat."
(13:05)

Breast Enhancements

Timestamp [14:55]
Breast augmentation is analyzed as a mainstream procedure, particularly common among mothers seeking post-pregnancy enhancements. While generally accepted, extreme alterations can lead to unnatural appearances.

"It's quite common, especially for moms, I think."
(15:20)

Societal Perceptions and Changing Attitudes

Timestamp [11:19]
The hosts explore the evolving societal norms surrounding plastic surgery. Historically stigmatized, cosmetic enhancements are becoming more accepted as cultural values shift towards embracing personal aesthetics.

"It used to be culturally not cool to dye your hair... most people, you know, you get over the age of 45, 50, and you start to have gray hair as a woman, you diet and every."
(12:10)

Jack Armstrong muses on the future acceptance of procedures like chin tucks:

"Maybe the chin tuck will go that direction too, where it goes from being looked down upon to just... of course you did."
(12:35)

The Cycle of Cosmetic Procedures and Risks

Timestamp [16:02]
Joe Getty highlights the potential for a never-ending cycle of enhancements leading to unnatural appearances:

"None of us noticed Kenny Rogers or Dolly Parton the first times... then you start to look like Barry Manilow or any of these freaks."
(16:16)

Notable Quote:
Emphasizing the dangers of overdoing procedures:

"You'll have to have surgery to fix that surgery. Then some to fix that surgery. And before you know it, looking like a freak."
(13:55)

Conclusion

The episode wraps up with a reflection on the pursuit of beauty and the inherent risks associated with cosmetic procedures. Joe Getty contemplates the balance between enhancing one's appearance and maintaining natural health, urging listeners to approach such decisions with caution.

"If you can make yourself look better with very little risk, why wouldn't you do it?"
(11:18)

Jack Armstrong humorously adds:

"Imagine you having a brow lift and fixing your RBF in the same week."
(17:09)

The hosts conclude by acknowledging the changing landscape of cosmetic enhancements and the importance of informed decision-making.

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Transcript

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

But now I smell like a corpse. Well, you should have thought of that first. It's one more thing. Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.

[Unknown]

You hate to smell like a corpse. We actually had a little bit of.

[Joe Getty]

This on the Armstrong and Getty Rad show yesterday when Joe was telling us about the Brazilian butt lift, which is. What is that.

[Unknown]

You, like, take fat from one part of your body and inject it in your butt to make it, like, bigger and puffier and higher and stuff. Katie making a. My God. Humanity.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown]

Have I interpreted your facial expression?

[Jack Armstrong]

You nailed it correctly. Yeah, you nailed it.

[Joe Getty]

And then sometimes the stuff dies on you and you smell like. Well, you smell like a dead body because you're decaying flesh you're carrying, if you will. You will have. You'll have buzzards circling your head.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think our. I think my algorithm is listening to us too, by the way, because I logged into Instagram yesterday and was horrified at a BBL oozing video that just decided to grace me with its presence. Yeah, EW is right.

[Unknown]

It was the worst thing ever.

[Joe Getty]

But on that sort of topic.

[Unknown]

No, I'm sorry. Before we get to that sort of topic, I just a quick mention. We barely scratched the surface of that New York Times report. I was talking about your. Your smart devices are always listening to you and watching you. And, I mean, your doorbell is collecting.

[Joe Getty]

Data on you, but. So it's not at all crazy to think that her phone or computer or something heard us talking about this and the Instagram feed then had information about it.

[Unknown]

Correct? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

So that that actually is happening as far as you can tell? Yeah.

[Unknown]

In one way or another?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, sure seems to be happening.

[Jack Armstrong]

I mean there is zero reason for that to show up on my feed yesterday.

[Joe Getty]

We've all experience where like why did I just get an ad for a vacation to someplace I mentioned to a friend but have never googled in my life? Yeah, you know, that sort of thing.

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[Joe Getty]

This is I'm a plastic surgeon. I'm one of the top plastic surgeons and I'd never get these five procedures. And it lists five of your changing the way you look procedures that you shouldn't get. I mentioned recently on the show I was at least contemplating a chin tuck because I think it would make me look quite a bit younger. And I am a single man. So, you know, although my son said he would mock me for the rest of my life if I did that, as would my entire family. So. And your entire staff.

[Jack Armstrong]

See, they would mock you.

[Joe Getty]

I would look better. I know I would look better.

[Jack Armstrong]

They'd mock you until they're of the age where they're considering getting a chance.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we get a little of the the turkey neck going. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Here are things you don't want to do according to this Dr. Liquid. And I'd never heard of many of these liquid nose jobs. This is when they inject various liquid in your nose to like give you more symmetry. Like if your nose is not perfectly symmetrical.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe Getty]

Or if you got a bump or downturn tip or various things. They can even out your nose by injecting stuff in there. The problem is that it can kill the skin known as necrosis, which you were talking about yesterday with the Brazilian butt lift. And then you smell like decaying flesh because that's what you have on your face, decaying flesh. And it's. It can. It can cause, you know, your nose to have a worse shape. And it's very, very hard to fix here. And it will never quite look and function the same. The function being breathing. So you hate to have that to go. That and holding up your glasses. You hate to have that function go away smelling. Yeah. Yes, that's true. That's true. I'd never heard of this one before. Idpigmentation. Born with. Born with blue eyes and wish you had green. They inject pigments into your eyes to make them a different color.

[Unknown]

Yeah, about this.

[Joe Getty]

Apparently this goes wrong a lot. And it says one of the possible complications is blindness. Oh, you think that is a possible complication?

[Unknown]

That ought to be at the top of the list.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was thinking diarrhea.

[Joe Getty]

But.

[Unknown]

Diarrhea and blindness, Joe, those are possible.

[Joe Getty]

Wait a minute. It's usually diarrhea no matter what.

[Jack Armstrong]

I figured. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I can't see my way to the toilet and I need to go right now. Oh my.

[Unknown]

How unfortunate. Perhaps you shouldn't have gotten a eye repigmentation.

[Joe Getty]

And this doctor says I'd suggest just sticking with colored contacts. Who has blue eyes and wants to change them? As a blue eyed guy person. I mean, you're willing to get needles in the eyes because you wish you didn't have. Whatever.

[Unknown]

Katie, When I was a kid I had beautiful hazel eyes. They were green and brown.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Unknown]

But just turned brown as I aged. Imagine my disappointment.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm sure. What age do you think that you noticed they were no longer hazel?

[Unknown]

Oh gosh, I don't remember. I think somebody may have pointed it out to me.

[Joe Getty]

And think of how it's affected your life.

[Unknown]

Oh, I could have been all sorts of better things than I am right now and stuff. My, my wife won't hear it, so I won't make the inevitable joke. But I could have been married to a supermodel.

[Joe Getty]

Which clearly would have made your life better.

[Unknown]

Oh absolutely. Judging by what I've seen. Oh yeah, that's the way to be happy. Marry some crazy hot chick who lives for her looks.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, yes. Who probably has had buccal fat removal. That's a procedure in which they. The fat pads. Because we all have them. The fat pads are removed from your cheeks. To create a slimmer appearance and accentuate your cheekbones. So these right here on your cheeks. Everybody's. It's part of the way we're structured.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I need to get rid of mine. Yeah, I got chubby cheeks. Always have since I was a kid.

[Joe Getty]

Well, they can come in different sizes, but we all have them. It's just, you know, for whatever reason.

[Unknown]

I'm getting mine yanked this afternoon. Wait a minute. This guy says don't.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Can lead to diarrhea and cheeklessness.

[Joe Getty]

It just can make you look funny and there's no fixing it. So it goes wrong. A lot. Is basically, all of these things can.

[Jack Armstrong]

Make you look funny.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, true.

[Unknown]

I guess the new trend. I was reading about this till I thought, why the hell are you reading about this? The new trend, and the Kardashians are blazing away, is being honest about plastic surgery, saying, yeah, I got the such and such lift from this doctor, and it's great. Don't I look fantastic?

[Joe Getty]

The.

[Unknown]

It's The. The era of full disclosure.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're doing that because they've been lying about it for years and taking all the hell for it.

[Unknown]

Ah, okay.

[Joe Getty]

It's an interesting thing. So I. I doubt that I would actually do this, but if I got a chin tuck, I would look better. And if you can make yourself look better with very little risk, why wouldn't you do it? Because vanity is a sin of some sort.

[Unknown]

Or.

[Joe Getty]

But. But we do all kinds of other things. I mean, I'm wearing a suit right now to look better. I work out every day to work better or to look better. There's all kinds of things we do to look better that we accept societally. But getting carved on which I have mocked my whole life. People who do this also, we. We look down on.

[Unknown]

Maybe because that's purely vanity in a way that dressing nicely and going to the gym is not. And I also think it has to do with, like, 20th century Protestant values, and there are quite a few of them we can name that are starting to fade somewhat or substantially, and people think more like you. Look, if I can afford it, I will look better. I will be happier. I'm doing it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, I can't.

[Unknown]

I can't say you're necessarily wrong.

[Joe Getty]

Well, we're old, Katie. I don't know if you've noticed this, but so we've seen this change in our lifetime. Are you actually blonde? Oh, yeah. You are actually blonde. Okay, well, it's a bad example, but it used to be culturally not cool to dye your hair. You'd get mocked. Oh, she's a bottle blonde. Nobody would say that now. And, and most people, you know, you get over the age of 45, 50, and you start to have gray hair as a woman, you diet and every. That's perfectly accepted so. And should be. But I wonder if, like, you know, the chin tuck will go that direction too, where it goes from being look down upon, mock to just. Of course you did. I don't know, maybe a couple of the other ones you shouldn't get done to wrap this up. Brow lifts said it's perfectly fine in the hands of an expert surgeon, extremely skilled surgeon. Otherwise you don't want to get it done. I'm not.

[Unknown]

You'll have that permanently surprised look.

[Joe Getty]

Hey, hey. Is this place on fire?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, could you imagine you having a brow lift and fixing your RBF in the same week?

[Unknown]

He'd be walking around, everybody.

[Joe Getty]

That is the concern with some of these. I don't know, could chin tucks have been around for so long? There's got to be tons of surgery surgeons that can do them, and you're like, almost guaranteed you're going to be perfectly fine. But some of these, you'd really hate to have to come into work with a big giant lump on the side of your nose that never existed before and you can't get rid of now because you went all vanity.

[Unknown]

Well, then you got to go, jack. Oh, you got to have surgery to fix that surgery. Then some to fix that surgery. And before you know it, looking like a freak.

[Joe Getty]

Absolute freak. And cool sculpting, which is fairly popular. It's a designed to target fat. It just says here it does it with acid. They use acid to break down the fat. That's what that whoever came up with the name coolsculpting. Good idea because that sounds fantastic. Then when you tell me what it is, we're gonna inject acid into you that's gonna eat away the fat. It doesn't sound as well, cool, but.

[Unknown]

I've never heard of that. Katie, are you familiar with cool sculpting or.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I. I am. And I actually have a friend that. That did it and said it hurt like hell, but, you know, he saw some results.

[Joe Getty]

I've heard about it a lot. I just didn't know what it was. And now that I've read about it, I wasn't gonna do it anyway, but it can go wrong too. And they said, save your money and do liposuction. If you're going to do one of those liposuction smarter Than cool sculpting.

[Unknown]

Reputed to be, you know, one of the more dangerous procedures itself because of the danger of infection. But it's also incredibly common.

[Joe Getty]

Liposuction is incredibly common.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah. That's the most common cosmetic procedure. Number two, breast enhancement. I was just reading, since I read all day long about everything that much smaller, more athletic breasts are in the big old boobs. No longer. Hot plastic surgeons going for the nice mid sized models. That's another Corolla, not an Escalade.

[Joe Getty]

That's another one that's gone pretty. That's another one that's gone pretty mainstream, hasn't it? A boob job was really out there as a certain sort of person decades ago, and now it's quite common, especially for moms, I think.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And you're not gonna get mocked, I don't think. No, no, no, I don't.

[Unknown]

I don't think so.

[Joe Getty]

Not at all.

[Unknown]

No. I mean, if you go with like giant porn boobs or something like that.

[Joe Getty]

Then, well, that makes you a weirdo.

[Unknown]

Think twice. Well, that makes you a weirdo.

[Joe Getty]

The thing would be, can you stop at one of these? Because I. I know, I mean, I can use my fingers. I can hold back my chin and look in the mirror like that. Hold. I look, I look younger and better.

[Unknown]

Thought about this a good deal, but do it, just do it.

[Joe Getty]

I know it'd be good for the show. That's another thing. I thought it'd be a good thing to talk about leading up to it. I could almost certainly get it paid for by some doctor and you know, talk about whatever.

[Unknown]

Yeah, it'd be great.

[Joe Getty]

You got to go for it. But can you stop at one or. That's what I wonder if you just don't open the floodgates of. Well, this could be torque tweaked a little bit or five years later you want to get it again. Because that's what happens. We didn't. None of us noticed Kenny Rogers or Dolly Parton or any of those people the first one or two times they got anything done. They just look good for their age, I think. And then usually you start to look like Barry Manilow or any of these freaks. I mean, you look like a freak, like a circ, like, hey, charge a dollar to look at this guy. Freak.

[Unknown]

Right, right. Although maybe you think about it like we're in the middle of a remodel in the house and we've had friends say, look, if you're considering doing anything, do it now while the house is chaotic and Torn up and there's dust and noise, you might as well. You get your chin, do your cheeks get plugs? And you show up after a week's vacation, skinny face, one chin and flowing hair.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny.

[Unknown]

Just count on everybody not to comment on it. Yeah, I know, Katie.

[Joe Getty]

Count on everybody and not say anything about.

[Katie]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, Jack, you get new glasses.

[Katie]

What happened here?

[Unknown]

My suit looks good on you. There's something, I don't know, different.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny though. If you did. If you're just going to glance at me and say what I was going to get done, you would assume it'd be some sort of hair thing. But that never even crosses my mind. Really?

[Unknown]

Yeah. I happen to be watching the news. There's a cutie on the news because it's all cuties on the news. And she had the like super thin, hollowed out cheek thing. That's absolutely obligatory.

[Joe Getty]

That would be the taking the pads out. That's what taking the fat pads out does.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Oh, you gotta have that. That super skeletal look. That's. Although, you know, honestly, 75 years ago.

[Joe Getty]

Everybody had that look. True. Because they were hungry.

[Unknown]

Well, that was part of it. Gotta stay hungry, Jack. Huh?

[Joe Getty]

Well, I guess that's it.

[Katie]

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[Joe Getty]

This is an Iheart podcast.