The Swan 
Dear God this show is weird. Each episode features two women who are deeply insecure about their appearance, and almost always have some issues in their life they haven't worked out (it's all very trauma porn), who then visit a plastic surgeon to "fix" their looks. The surgeon (Dr. Terry Dubrow of "Botched" fame) comes up with procedures customized to the women's insecurities (almost every woman ends up with a brow lift, its prevalence in this show is heavy to an absurd extent). Then, he proceeds to DO EVERY PROCEDURE IN ONE DAY, and these procedures often include changing almost the entire face and body (breast augmentation and liposuction are other things that are mentioned in basically every episode). For the following three months, the women are kept mostly isolated in a house without mirrors and are instructed to follow a strict diet (typically 1200 calories a day, I think the highest that a woman was allowed was 1700) and go to the gym multiple times a week (sometimes every day). All of this while their bodies are trying to recover from multiple major surgeries. Of course their bodies physically try to keep on weight after going through that trauma, but they get scolded for not losing it quick enough. They get to see a therapist once a week.
So, after all of this, the two women featured in the episode are brought to this mansion, and this whole part has such weird fucking cult vibes it's really bizarre. The women are brought in individually, with new hair, makeup, and nice evening gowns, to see their new faces. Then, the women meet each other, and one of them is judged and selected as the "winner" of that episode. Imagine that, you go through all these procedures and hard work to become attractive, and you still end up losing the appearance olympics to another woman. The losing woman is then surprised with a visit from her family, and it's always rough to think about how the young children probably no longer recognize their mother.
Dear God this show is weird. Each episode features two women who are deeply insecure about their appearance, and almost always have some issues in their life they haven't worked out (it's all very trauma porn), who then visit a plastic surgeon to "fix" their looks. The surgeon (Dr. Terry Dubrow of "Botched" fame) comes up with procedures customized to the women's insecurities (almost every woman ends up with a brow lift, its prevalence in this show is heavy to an absurd extent). Then, he proceeds to DO EVERY PROCEDURE IN ONE DAY, and these procedures often include changing almost the entire face and body (breast augmentation and liposuction are other things that are mentioned in basically every episode). For the following three months, the women are kept mostly isolated in a house without mirrors and are instructed to follow a strict diet (typically 1200 calories a day, I think the highest that a woman was allowed was 1700) and go to the gym multiple times a week (sometimes every day). All of this while their bodies are trying to recover from multiple major surgeries. Of course their bodies physically try to keep on weight after going through that trauma, but they get scolded for not losing it quick enough. They get to see a therapist once a week.
So, after all of this, the two women featured in the episode are brought to this mansion, and this whole part has such weird fucking cult vibes it's really bizarre. The women are brought in individually, with new hair, makeup, and nice evening gowns, to see their new faces. Then, the women meet each other, and one of them is judged and selected as the "winner" of that episode. Imagine that, you go through all these procedures and hard work to become attractive, and you still end up losing the appearance olympics to another woman. The losing woman is then surprised with a visit from her family, and it's always rough to think about how the young children probably no longer recognize their mother.
