Ep. 64 - Lindsay Carlson on Finding Opportunity in the Trillion-Dollar Beauty + Wellness Market

<p>Have we been looking at aesthetics all wrong?</p> <p>"The total addressable market of beauty, combined with wellness, is a trillion dollar market." And it's growing, says Lindsay Carlson, Managing Director of Beauty and Wellness at William Blair.</p> <p>She would know, considering that she has navigated transactions involving the likes of BeautyHealth, Revision Skincare/Goodier Cosmetics, and Elevation Labs — not to mention serving as the sell-side advisor to Alastin in their acquisition by Galderma.</p> <p>But about that trillion dollar market: the emphasis is on an evolving definition of aesthetics, where health and wellness are demanding a larger share of attention. As Lindsay puts it, inner health is such a big part of outer beauty.</p> <p>To put an old cliché to rest, beauty is no longer skin-deep — if it ever truly was.</p>