Airport Chaos, Lip Filler & Alix Earle

The Southern Tea

Lindsie and Madison discuss a chaotic week following their trip to Tribeca, covering Lindsie's experience dissolving her lip filler, her jou

Key takeaways

• Dissolving lip filler is significantly more painful than getting it injected due to lack of internal numbing agents.
• Lindsie reflects on societal pressures around appearance, especially as a public figure, and her realization that she is enough without cosmetic enhancements.

Main topics

• Dissolving lip filler and body image self-acceptance
• Anxiety medication and daily routine adjustments

Notable quotes

I don't need lip filler to feel like I'm a part of something. I am good enough to just show up as me.

Conclusion

Lindsie and Madison wrap up with reflections on personal growth, the c

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:01) I'm Lindsay Chrisley, a Southern girl, a proud boy mom, and someone figuring it out one day at a time. Join me each week as we dive into honest conversations about motherhood, relationships, family, personal growth, and everything in between. Expect real talk, genuine laughter, thoughtful perspectives, and conversations that remind us we're all learning as we go. Because at the end of the day, the best conversations are the ones that we have together. Speaker 5 (0:29) Good morning and welcome back to another episode of The Southern Tea. Madison and I are in the bed in Tribeca. Yeah. Hi. How are you? I'm here. What a travel day yesterday. I feel like the last week has been absolutely crazy. I've been hiding from the world because of what's going on here. And I posted it on Instagram. I was not going to say anything and like let people figure it out. But then I was like, you know what? Like at this point, whatever, I'm going to be bruised. I'm going to be on camera and people are going to notice it anyway. And then I'm going to get accused of putting more lip filler in. It's so interesting because through this stage of healing for me, I feel like I've had enough time to self-reflect. And I mean, that doesn't stop, right? Like you continue to self-reflect every single day. And I think that... I just looked at myself and I said, why am I doing this to me? Like, I don't need lip filler to like feel like I'm a part of something or I don't need to have facial fillers to feel like I'm a part of something. Like I am good enough to just show up as me and it's taken a long time to get to this place. Never imagined at 36 that I would be here. But I also think the pressure of like looking a certain way, being public facing. has been something that I've struggled with since getting on TV and honestly took it too far. Yeah. And very painful. I will say anybody who's listening to this that has ever had lip filler or any type of filler before and you go to get it dissolved, it's way worse reversing it than putting it in. So I've actually been wanting to do this since Speaker 5 (2:25) May. Um, and I went to a couple of appointments and they were like, well, let's just see like how it metabolizes and if it like naturally goes away. But I have a very fast metabolism, but for whatever reason, like nothing was metabolizing in my face. And so after watching it for the month of May, June and July, nothing really went anywhere. And so I was like, okay, what's the next step? And they were like, well, you can dissolve it, but it is going to be rather spicy. And so I was like, you know what? Let me just go ahead and do it. And I knew that I had this trip to New York already planned. And I'd gone in to get a facial the day before. And I do facials once a month. And I went to the desk and they were like, you know, you have an appointment tomorrow to get your lips dissolved. And I was like, uh. I don't know about that because I also think that when you start doing stuff, even if you think that it looks okay, like other people see different things. And not that I didn't see it myself. I was just like afraid not to have it, I guess, because I'd had it for so long. And I was like, I don't know. I need to do this trip. And then they were like, no, just go ahead. Just go ahead and do it. And Speaker 4 (3:43) I'm like, okay, I guess. Speaker 5 (3:45) So I went in. And they put a topical numbing on my lips and let it sit for 30 minutes. The difference is that whenever you get filler, it has lidocaine in the actual filler. So you have the topical numbing and then Speaker 3 (3:59) the Speaker 5 (4:00) lidocaine once it starts going in. So it starts numbing from the inside. With the dissolver, it doesn't. So you don't have the other layer of protection. No, no, no. And so they stick you so many times. And I mean, they were all up in my mouth, like underneath my lips everywhere. And so I was bruised to hell and back. And so then I just kind of like lay low on Saturday and then Sunday. Actually, I watched the Golden Palace. Oh, I've never heard of that. What is that? Speaker 3 (4:35) Well, did you ever watch Golden Girls? Not my different show. Speaker 5 (4:38) Oh, my God. Well, it's not really my generation either, but I feel like it's what came on at Nick at Night, like when we used to watch The Nanny and Golden Girls. Well, you're Speaker 3 (4:47) a Speaker 5 (4:47) New Yorker, so that makes sense. Like, it makes so much Speaker 3 (4:50) sense. Speaker 5 (4:50) But see, The Speaker 3 (4:51) Nanny is what came on after for me. That wasn't like the primetime television. Speaker 5 (4:56) Oh, okay. Well, maybe Golden Girls wasn't on Nick at Night. I can't remember. But I remember going to bed watching The Nanny. Golden Girls, George Lopez, and then would wake up and watch Saved by the Bell or like Top 20 Countdown. Oh, cute. Would like get ready to Speaker 3 (5:13) go Speaker 5 (5:13) to school for that or with that. And Hunter's fiance was watching the Golden Palace the other night. And I said, what in the world is this? And he was like, you've never watched the Golden Palace on Hulu? And I'm like, no. So I started watching the Golden Palace on Saturday night and feel so old that I was in bed, took a bath, got in bed and was knocked out by 9.30 p.m. on Saturday and did not wake up until I watched church online on Sunday so that I could like finish up some laundry and finish packing and stuff to come here. Thought I was giving myself just enough time to go and get a decent meal at the airport. And then my flight was delayed. two hours. And I just want to talk about airlines right now because I do not know what's going on. Hunter texted me yesterday when I told him that we weren't taking off. And he was like, at what point did these commercial airlines just start going to shit? And the only thing I can say is I started noticing it in July. It's like everybody's flight is getting Speaker 3 (6:20) canceled. Speaker 5 (6:21) everybody's flight, it does not matter what airline you're on or they're like grounding all planes. Like I know several times over the summer, all Delta flights were grounded in Atlanta. They're saying it's because of storms, but I'm like, what Speaker 3 (6:34) storms? Like it's clear skies. Yeah. It's like it rains and it's like a hurricane for about 30 minutes and then it delays everything and cancels everything for the day. And everybody's like screwed. I Speaker 5 (6:46) feel like they're just bamboozling us. I feel like they're not telling us stuff that we actually need to know. And then, you know, like when you get so irritated, you're like, okay, I scheduled this day out and like, this was what was on my itinerary and this is what's supposed to be happening. And I thought I was going to get to New York in a decent amount of time to like, take a shower, watch a little of the golden palace, go to bed, wake up well rested. No, that is absolutely not what happened. And I went to go and get in the line. So you know how they have the lane set up to where you're like number one or two, like you're zone one or two. Speaker 4 (7:23) When Speaker 5 (7:23) you're boarding. Yeah. So Speaker 4 (7:25) I see a whole Speaker 5 (7:27) line for what looks like it was zone one. So I walk up and I ask a couple of people. I'm like, hey, are you zone one? Are you zone one? And then I asked the person behind the last person. I said, are y'all zone one? And she said, no, we're zone two. So I knew that that's like where I needed to get in line because I was zone one. Speaker 4 (7:47) Well, the bitch that was in front of her, she was like, I said I Speaker 5 (7:52) was zone one. Number one, I was not inquiring. I already inquired and you told me. So like, why are you starting? So then after we had been delayed, we got on the plane and sat on the tarmac for an additional hour. And so when we go to get off the plane, I'm like, let me just get my bag. Like, this is the first time that I've. traveled with just a carry-on and I couldn't tell you how long. And so I'm like, I just want to get my bag and get off this plane and get on an Uber. So all of the people, I don't understand like what people do not understand about like what social norms are or like common courtesies. But like when you're at the back of the plane, why are you standing up rushing to the front when everybody Speaker 3 (8:35) else has to get off? The social cues people don't, I swear to God, it's since COVID. Everybody has like lost their minds. And Speaker 5 (8:42) they're all trying to grab their bags. It's like there is nowhere to put your bags. You need to let the people, you know, it's like this lane goes and then that lane goes. And then once all those people are off, then you start getting up. Why are you getting up in the back of the plane? Who knows? Who Speaker 3 (8:58) knows? Like, I think if you're in the back of the plane, right, you basically sign up to be patient and wait to be the last to get off the plane. Like, it is what it is. I just don't understand. And trust me, I've Speaker 5 (9:10) been on the back of the plane too, but I just sit my ass there. Speaker 3 (9:12) Yeah. That's what Speaker 5 (9:13) I'm saying. Like Speaker 3 (9:13) it's part of the process, like whatever, it's going to be an extra, what, 10, 15 minutes. Like, like Speaker 5 (9:17) that's, that's what we've signed up for. Yeah. And I've done last minute flights and definitely been by the bathroom in the back. Yeah. Like I was like that in Anaheim and I'm like, I'm not going anywhere. I'm just going to sit here and scroll on my phone, I guess. Yeah. So I went to go and grab my bag and I would. I was so frustrated. I looked at the people three rows behind me and I said, do y'all understand that all these other people have to get off before you? You said that? Yes. Speaker 5 (9:48) Because it's so rude. Yeah. What did they say? And they were like, well, we've got, you actually have nowhere to the fuck to be. You have nowhere. You have nowhere that you need to be that these people in front of you don't need to be there as well. Yeah. Speaker 4 (10:04) And Speaker 5 (10:04) so I was just so frustrated. So when I finally got here, I was like, thank, thank God. Well, of course the one room Kale and I are staying together and the one room that I select, I get the bed sheets. Turn down, go turn the shower on. Cause you know, in New York, it takes 30 minutes for the water to heat up. Okay. Like 10. Speaker 3 (10:25) No, it literally, for me, it's like 10 minutes and I live on the fourth floor. So it like depends, like the hot water comes from the basement. So that has to travel all the way up. We're on the third floor. 30 Speaker 5 (10:36) minutes? Okay, well, it might not have been 30. Okay, it might have been 10, but it feels like it takes a long time. At home, I just turn the water on and it's hot within like two seconds, right? Speaker 3 (10:46) Well, the boiler is for one at home. The boiler here is for like 500. So the Speaker 5 (10:52) last time we were in New York and we stayed at the Polly Pocket apartment, it also Speaker 4 (10:57) took forever for the water to... Speaker 5 (11:00) to get hot. And I remember Ike telling me, he was like, Lindsay, the water comes from the basement. And I'm like, okay, I get it. But like, why is it so different? Like, why does it take that long? Speaker 3 (11:11) Because it's coming from the basement and it has to like go through all the pipes and heat up. But Speaker 5 (11:16) doesn't it come from my, oh, cause I'm a single family home. Yes. Oh, okay. Okay. Speaker 3 (11:20) That's what I'm saying. One boiler is for your home versus maybe like three boilers are for like 500 people. Speaker 5 (11:27) It's just insane to me. And so I get my PJs on. I do my skincare. I come to plop in this bed and I look around and I'm like, where the hell is the TV? The one room that I select that I've already got the sheets down on has no TV. Speaker 3 (11:41) So Speaker 5 (11:41) there was no watching the Golden Palace. But I think I'm going to change rooms to that next room tonight. Might as Speaker 3 (11:50) well. Speaker 5 (11:50) Might as well. Wanted to give an update on my meds because I know a lot of people had asked. how I was feeling. And I would love to get your perspective on what you've seen the difference, because I think I might notice like less difference in myself than what people Speaker 3 (12:07) around me notice. Yeah. I think you're definitely able to recollect and move on quicker than before. Like, I think it would take you a longer time to, if a situation happens, it would be like. okay, I need to process this. It's going to take me three to five business days. Like, don't talk to me unless like literally something is dying or someone is dying. But I think now like you're able to take a minute like a normal person would and be able to process in a normal amount of time and keep on keeping on. Something happened last night Speaker 5 (12:39) and you and Hunter both said this morning, y'all were like, who is this? Speaker 3 (12:44) Yeah, I know. Because normally you would be crashing out. I'm like. okay, like we can do this. You're like, yeah, let's just get this in this done while we're here. I'm like, okay. Like just pivot. Cause I'm like, Speaker 5 (12:54) do I go home? Do that's not reasonable. Cause I'm already here. Do I, let's just pivot. Yeah. And before this medicine, I never, you would just crash it out and sat in bed. Oh, 1000 % would have done that and turn my phone on. Do not disturb. And nobody's. blasting through. Yeah. Right. Yep. And I don't know, like, it's such a small dose that I'm on to that maybe it was like just enough to take like the edge of the anxiety off. Speaker 3 (13:27) Right. Speaker 5 (13:28) Like, I don't know, like what the typical milligram is for boost bar, but I think I'm on seven and a half milligrams. So I don't know if that's like high or if it's low. I Speaker 3 (13:41) would say that's probably low. Speaker 2 (13:42) Pretty Speaker 3 (13:42) low. Yeah. I would, I would think so. Speaker 4 (13:45) Alright y'all, let's take a quick break to talk about Willys. Hunter actually tried Willys for the first time, I think. 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This is Willie Nelson. own social tonic and if there's anyone that we trust to have the best cannabis it is willy only 15 calories and three grams of sugar all the fun none of the regret and it comes in five milligrams and 10 milligram doses with a delicious blend of passion fruit lemon and lime you can enjoy it as a shot over ice or mix into your favorite mocktail and it is not that feared edible that you overdid in college one shot helps you relax unwind and de-stress perfect for taking the edge off after a long day and just as great for socializing, making good company even better. Willie's is the number one THC infused beverage in the US with over 350,000 happy customers and 1 million plus bottles sold. Order now at drinkwillies.com and use code T for 20 % off your first order plus free shipping on orders over 95 or use the store locator to find Willie's on shelves near you like your local Total Wine. Speaker 5 (15:23) Yeah, but overall, I feel like it's working for me. I've been very diligent. I'm not a medicine taker. I've talked about that before. Never been a medicine taker. Don't love to do it. Even if I have a headache, I'm probably not reaching for the Tylenol immediately. So it's been a little bit of an adjustment, like waking up and knowing that I need to take a medicine. But now I'm kind of just like... In a routine and I'm like, okay, grab the Boost Bar, grab the Yolani. Speaker 3 (15:50) Yeah. No, it's a part of your routine. I take medicine every night and like I've been taking it for like three or four years and it's like taking the edge off like so much. Really? Speaker 5 (15:58) Oh my God. I'm Speaker 3 (16:00) able to get so much more done. Speaker 5 (16:01) Yeah. Because I'm not like Speaker 3 (16:02) anxious all the time. I Speaker 5 (16:03) feel more productive like in the sense of I really thought it was ADHD. Speaker 3 (16:10) Well, hear this. My psychiatrist diagnosed me with... anxiety-induced ADHD. So when I'm anxious, I can't focus. So I'm wondering if Speaker 5 (16:20) that's what mine is because I have not taken any of my ADHD medication since I've been on this and Speaker 4 (16:27) I'm Speaker 5 (16:28) able to just zone in. I feel so much more productive and I think that the anxiety was what was debilitating. Speaker 3 (16:37) Same with me. Speaker 5 (16:38) And it's like once something goes awry, I... was at a place