Why is cosmetic surgery so normal? The influence on today's beauty standards
Plastic surgery is pretty common these days, but has it all gone too far? Plus, more redefined beauty standards of today that you need to see.
Plastic surgery
When Mirela first got lip filler in June 2021, she expected a confidence boost. But noticing the hyaluronic acid (HA) filler migrating above her lip, she started to worry. “It was very painful, especially in my top lip,” the 30-year-old from Sweden told VICE. After researching online, she found …
Aesthetics today
Illicit steroids and performance-enhancing drugs are typically reserved for elite athletes and competitive bodybuilders. The list of potential side effects, from hair loss to stroke, is enough for most people to steer clear. But in Australia (and across the world) young people, and particularly …
The high street beauty world isn’t the first industry convention where every vendor’s product seems to have been built in the same factory in Chengdu. But it’s definitely one of the biggest. Across over a hundred pitches at Islington’s Aesthetics Expo 2017 I’m marketed a vast rainbow of …
“The goal of every woman trying to be beautiful is to look as wet and moist as possible at all times,” says podcaster and comedian Lady Miss Kay in a video posted to TikTok this month. “So the last thing that you want, really, is to look as if you are not soaked… in mysterious liquid.” She’s …
Despite the best efforts of a certain two-hour advert (which I loved), little girls were not all asking for dolls this year. Instead, many parents reported that skincare was a top priority on their children’s Christmas lists—for girls as young as eight. Meanwhile, workers at Sephora are recounting …
After tapping on the Instagram notification illuminating her phone screen, 25-year-old Molly Payne landed on the profile of one of her closest friends. She’d been tagged in a group photo, but something was off. “Immediately I said to myself, ‘Those aren’t my lips’,” Payne says. “Mine are naturally …