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Intro: Soft Smile Summer and the Botox Mishap Update
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The episode proper kicks off with Paige coining 'Soft Smile Summer' — a movement born of necessity because her masseter Botox mishap has left her unable to produce a real smile without alarming people. Hannah reveals she's been laughing privately on FaceTime while posting smiling TikToks, which Paige clocks immediately as a betrayal. The conversation turns to the viral fallout: every nurse, doctor, and practitioner on their feeds is now posting advice videos, but all the advice lands the same way — 'you're kind of screwed for a few months.' Meredith Hayden (Wishbone Kitchen) and Meghan Trainor are named as fellow divas who went through the same thing. Paige and Hannah do some chaotic math and arrive at a 40% mishap rate across their combined procedures [1] — Hannah Berner "Both Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner had Botox masseter mishaps within three months of each other, making Paige unable to smile without loo…" 01:32 , concluding with Paige noting that nurses are trying to reassure the public that Botox isn't as bad as these two are making it seem.
Both Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner had Botox masseter mishaps within three months of each other, making Paige unable to smile without looking like she's crying and sending nurses and doctors flooding their social feeds. The math works out to a 40% mishap rate — and all the free medical advice confirms they're both stuck for a few months.
