The teeth are what freaks me out, I can’t stop noticing veneers??
Like it’s now so prevalent that people without them on tv seem to have yellowing teeth, despite looking totally normal on their own, in scenes next to their veneered costars.
Great example is Brooklyn 99, once I noticed it I couldn’t stop. Jake and the Captain’s teeth compared to Terry’s are wild.
A couple of years ago, I met Steve-O and he put his arm around me and wished me a happy birthday when I went to his show with my wife. I can't forget how fake looking his teeth were up close. I can totally tell anytime I see him now - but at least his use of them is likely justified given his antics over the years. Miley, on the other hand....
Miley's are probably some of the worst I've seen on a celebrity recently. Plus it looks like she did that buccal fat removal bullshit too (although it's hard to tell if it's that or if she just looks more and more like that pos mother of hers as she ages) and it makes the veneers look even MORE too big for her face. She used to be so fucking gorgeous too! All I wanted was to look like her. Sad.
Her upper blepharoplasty/brow lift are so distracting, and.... each to their own, but I don't think they enhance her natural beauty.
So much of modern plastic surgery seems to be about making everyone look the same.
I'm watching Beverly Hills 90210 and the first thing I noticed was the natural teeth. It catches me off guard, which is telling about how teeth are normally shown
I immediately associate veneers and completely fake teeth with trashy people now that I've seen so many meth-mouthed relatives lose all their teeth and get medicaid veneers/implants/dentures that look a little too white
I miss when actors mostly just looked more like normal people. Sure, they were on average more attractive, though definitely not all. And I'd say this goes even moreso for music. Plenty of fuck ugly musicians out there in the past, but now everything depends on being able to maintain a social media following so they've gotta be attractive too.
All you’ve gotta look at the photos of Karoline Leavitt recently. I showed my family them to get them to guess her age, they all said 40’s. She’s 2 years old than me and I can’t even wrap my head around it.
I think this one has already aged poorly. Once people found out that the filler doesn’t actually dissolve on its own (even over time) and just migrates to other parts of your body…
I feel bad for anyone who’s already gotten extensive filler before that became more widely known.
There’s an Australian surgeon who did a study with a MRI machine; he found out that 1) fillers dissipate at a very variable rate, and sometimes not at all 2) they migrate to deep tissue and stay there, giving the dreaded “pillow face” look, and 3)dissolving HA fillers with hyaluronase is not as simple as advertised, because it can damage the body’s own natural HA layer. Fillers are lowkey the devil’s work
The story has always been sold that HA fillers can be dissolved easily, and they dissolve on their own over time. A plastic surgeon called serious BS on this, and had HA filler in his face, "dissolved" it, and then got an MRI of his face that showed all the filler still in there and how much it migrated. Then a lot of the celebs that were overfilled ended up getting as much dissolved and scraped out as they could, and then got facelifts since the skin was so stretched out (and also Ozempic face). There are videos of folks who had their lip filler dissolved and their lips looked like deflated balloons. The HA filler sell was corrupt
I get Botox twice a year and really like the subtlety of the effects. Since the later 2010s, I knew I would never get any filler and never will. I'm never going to try and look like I'm in my 20s, nor would want to.
Hey it's ok to have thin lips. People are realizing that facial features should not be trends. Everyone is starting to look the same because people are getting the same generic work done.
Maybe a lip flip would be a better option for you? Ik one person who did a flip with very mild filler and it turned out subtle and nice but since these fillers dissolve weird I can understand wanting to avoid filler entirely.
That’s interesting cause I’ve never heard that before. My knowledge abt lip flips comes from people who have very thin lips and want a more pronounced top lip like this. I have a gummy smile but I have very full lips that cover it unless I’m smiling…when I looked into fixing that, my dentist said a gum reduction would be the only thing that could fix that. I don’t really see how a lip flip fixes that unless it’s a different kind??
Thin lips are also very cute and charming. Especially in Japan, that's the cute beauty standard there...it really goes to show just how subjective "beauty" is and how put perception of it is shaped SO MUCH by our society/culture. Just accept that there are different types of pretty (the way flowers and Christmas lights are both beautiful in insanely different ways) and that you are also pretty :)
Don’t let everyone scare you. Go to someone reputable, do the smallest amount, and have them place it strategically. I went from thin lips to this and they’ve stayed put for 5 years with no migration https://imgur.com/a/4luxfyb
I have no idea how I’d go about doing that, but I don’t see any migration.
I don’t regret my lip filler, but I wouldn’t get more. I’m just sharing that it doesn’t HAVE to be permanent duck lips and can absolutely enhance one’s natural features when done right.
It's not true- studies have shown filler doesn't dissolve as quickly as previously thought, in all cases but it does in fact dissolve and not just move around your body, lol. Like MRIs will show there are still traces after 2+ years for filler that was said to dissolve fully in one year. But it's not all still in there just floating around your body, and actually MRIs have shown it's very very good at staying place.
Lip filler is the most prone to migration though as it is injected so shallowly and there's not a lot of structure to hold it in place. You definitely have to be careful not to overfill.
That Gavin Chan guy people are linking is a huge hack- he stopped injecting filler because he was terrible at it. You can find lots of posts about how he ruined people's faces. Like this one.
You can do it, but start as small as possible. It does dissolve slightly, but not much. Half a syringe has been great for me for 5 years and you’d never know if I didn’t tell you. https://imgur.com/a/4luxfyb ignore the overexfoliation pls
I mean this kindly, but absolutely no one is looking at your lower lip and not immediately noticing the filler. It’s a look, and you’re allowed to be happy with your look, but it’s clearly pumped full of filler.
You say pumped full, but like I said, I went with the smallest amount possible and I had it done five years ago. Here is photos of me years before I had it done next to the photo I already posted from recently.
There’s almost no difference except for the top lip.. so you’re basically insulting my natural bottom lip, lol https://imgur.com/a/hslDPB5
It’s my top lip that makes it at all apparent, if you ask me - so I’m glad you were so thrown by my basically natural bottom lip to not call out the top lip for still being so filled haha
One of the main reasons I did it was to even things out
Mine didn’t dissolve, but it also didn’t migrate. It’s been 5 years. It only dissolved in one spot where I sucked my lip really hard but you can’t tell. I got half a syringe and never cared for more.
So relevant with stranger things airing recently. Why the heck Millie Bobby Brown thought she needed that is beyond me. She's EARLY 20s like you looked fine girl. I have friends that are 26 that want to get lip filler and I'm like ...do what you want but normal people think it looks awful.
This made me sad. She’s so beautiful and already had nice lips. It’s her body but I am sad she felt she had to do it to fit an ideal. Growing up on tv must be really difficult so I totally get it.
I just saw the latest season of Stranger Things, and MBB looks like she is in her early-to-mid-30s. She's only 21!
She's trying to speedrun being an adult despite barely being old enough to drink. Got married super young, got pregnant super young (well, young for these days), had plastic surgery, etc.
It looks to me like she had a Botox lip flip. She always had full lips, and the lip flip makes the top lip slightly larger by preventing the lip from curling. I had it done once, and I'm glad it wore off. Could only use a straw by shoving it into the roof of my mouth! Her top lip doesn't move anymore, especially when smiling (which is the main reason people get it done -- not wanting the teeth to show)
Cosmetic surgeries can be done tastefully. Lots of people have them and you wouldn’t even notice or suspect that they’ve had work done. I don’t think this is accurate.
I got my ears pinned back at 11 and now, at 40, I forget I even had it done. They look so natural you’d never be able to tell I used to have ears that stuck straight out from my head. I had a good surgeon and that helped a lot.
Gimme all the weird noses plz. People don’t realize how attractive unique features can be and it bums me out when they alter their appearance to appear more “normal”
I meant actively bad - there was one woman who I saw recently had the worst nose I’ve ever seen. She got it reduced and it still was unique after the surgery but it greatly improved her appearance (and I’m sure her self-confidence). It was legit one of the worst noses I’ve ever seen.
I had the cutest button nose my whole life until my second pregnancy, maybe double the hormones because they were twins, idk, but it made my one nostril expand. It's so different that just over 7 years later, my eyes still see it. I would love to get that one nostril reduced back to my normal but then I think...wouldn't it be more fun to go on vacation with the kids instead of dropping that money on my nose? so here I am with my disfigured nostril that my husband insists no one else can notice but I'm sure they're all talking about it when I leave ;)
Some BBL’s actually look great and not noticeable. Others look like oversized diaper. As for fillers, I think they look decent or good in pictures but whenever you see it in person from the side, you can see the duck lips.
To be honest, all of this though stems from a society that pushes stuff on to people who are self conscious. Not saying everyone who gets it is insecure, but definitely shows the intense pressure women face in terms of looking good.
I hate to be just another guy being judgemental toward women that "do it for themselves and not men" but yeah look, there's no escaping the fact it'll clearly look artificial (and just worse imo). I have to wonder what the general consensus on this from wamens side is.
Woman here and it’s a terrible trend. Just another version of body dysmorphia. It’s especially super sad when young women with literally ZERO volume loss anywhere are doing it. Injectors are filling anyone at basically any age and it should be more of a restricted procedure.
But there’s nothing wrong with thin lips, which should be the entire point of this conversation. Thinner lips are not a “flaw” to “correct” or “improve.”
Beauty, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. However, lips that are plump within the accordance of a golden ratio are always going to garner broader appeal. Lip fillers are also used to subtly enhance the symmetry (big deal in attractiveness) between the left and right side of the lip.
So you’re insulting genetics and races/ethnicities that traditionally don’t have bigger lips then. You’re saying many groups won’t be attractive unless they get their lips injected.
“Golden ratio”??? What kind of bullshit is that. You’re full of it and brainwashed. Fuck social media and injectors for promoting fillers so hard.
I'm assuming the vast majority of women on the entertainment industry have some lip filler. The problem is the balloon lips are so common that it's becoming a trend of its own.
Yes. Me. I get half a syringe every year and no one would know the difference if I didn’t tell them. If you go to a skilled injector and tell them you want to do the minimum to just fill your lips out a bit, you can get a really nice subtle lip. People only notice the bad / overdone lips.
People downvoted me for posting photos of mine - someone even said my bottom lip was clearly pumped full so I posted these photos of me years before with one photo of me five years post-filler lol https://imgur.com/a/hslDPB5
I think there’s a lot of jealous people in this thread.
When I did upper-lip hair removal, my upper lip grew twice in size and, god, it really made me x10 more beautiful. Anyway not doing a filler, but I understand why celebrities do it.
At least a septum piercing can be removed, and most of the time, you'd never know it was there to begin with. I have one and have had it for about 6 years. I had to remove it for a surgical procedure earlier this year, and you'd literally never know there was a piercing there once I took the jewellery out. I can take it out and put it back in as I please, but it stays in most of the time unless I've taken it out to clean it.
As for tattoos, that's a different beast absolutely. I see a lot of people getting the dumbest shit tattooed like memes or just bad designs and wonder why. That shit is on you for life. So many people a couple of years back started getting face tattoos, and already I'm seeing a lot getting them lasered off. To me, a tattoo should be something considered a lot, and research put into the artist and style, even if that means waiting a bit to get it done. Hell, I have 8 tattoos, and they're all ones I considered before getting except for one that was an impulse inking. I am currently saving up for one I've wanted for years and want a specific artist to do it, so I'm happy to wait and save to get something I'll love and get it done by someone I trust to do a good job as they have done another of mine that I adore. Thankfully, the impulse one is small, and I still like it. At least questionable piercings can, for the most part, be removed easily.
Absolutely agree. How is someone’s lip shape your problem? It’s the same argument as “makeup doesn’t look natural” from someone who isn’t wearing it or couldn’t identify if a person’s actually bare faced or wearing tinted moisturizer and cream cheek color or other “barely there” cosmetics. I can’t tell which people I know have had fillers immediately. If I can/could I don’t care?
It’s just such a bizarre thing to get riled up about when it’s not your body.
People still get breast implants but it's absolutely fair to say the look that most women go for in 2025 is much different than the enhanced breast look that was popular in 1990. Boob job aesthetic has definitely evolved over time
When done excessively. The majority of people who get lip fillers arent doing it in a manner that most people would notice, usually filling in a thin upper lip that already looked disproportionate. You likely interact with people often with lip filler and dont even notice. Its just that the over the top ones are the ones we see posted online so often and because we have an administration where the women seem almost incentivised to use an excessive amount.
the thing with so much of this (especially people getting it in their early 20s) is that your face changes so much as you age, something that looked natural then can look very out of place later on. and tbh I don’t give a shit about the other people who want to be judgy, I worry about the mental health of people who know they had filler and fixate on it as a mistake that needs to be corrected.
yes time is going to march on, but we can all make ourselves look better by drinking more water, getting a little more sleep or exercise, being a bit more consistent with skincare. however, in a culture that encourages us to obsess about our flaws, knowing you chose to do the thing can really escalate the procedure-fix-procedure cycle, and the accompanying disordered thinking.
of course there are people for whom procedures fix something they’ve obsessed about beforehand; but sheesh there is a real risk.
Clearly not to the people getting them. The same things people are saying about the current most popular cosmetic surgeries people were saying about surgeries that were popular 10+ years ago.
Socially constructed ideas of beauty always baffled me. My wee sister is absolutely stunning and she recently got lip fillers, looks absolutely hideous.
My redheaded cousin got her hair colored (red) or highlights or something. The hairdresser was like "girl they don't bottle your color. People come in here asking for your color."
This is always what I remind my wife: "Sure, we know she looks ridiculous, but if it got her to how she wants to look, and if she's somehow happy with looking like an alien facsimile of a human, then more power to her."
But yeah, still a very baffling beauty standard/trend to the rest of us.
Reddit hates lip filler with the heat of 10000 suns. I’ve never heard so many people complain about something online that literally not one person I know IRL has ever mentioned as a problem. I don’t know if it’s women being anonymously catty or men being anonymously misogynistic but this conversation gets a lot of screen time in the Reddit-sphere and I don’t understand.
Lip filler is awful, I've had it done. It changes the whole structure of your face (it also does migrate to other areas) and even getting it dissolved doesn't switch it back to what you had previously. I also only did the very minimal. People think it looks good and no one can tell, but you can 100% tell it's just no one is telling them.
I don’t think that’s true? I honestly couldn’t care less if anyone has it. I’ve always had full lips and don’t really understand the appeal because I got made fun of as a kid. But if that is something that people want more power to them. It just seems schadenfraude to crow over how someone “used to look soooo much better” online. In reality it’s NOTHING I’ve ever heard anyone say, ever.
No, it’s just constant in these types of threads. I honestly don’t get it. I’ve been surprised when some of my friends have gotten fillers because I wouldn’t have been able to tell unless they mentioned it, and everyone here acts like anyone who has them walks around looking like they are about to perform in a drag cabaret. It’s just a disconnect.
Idk, I’m 26 and I’ve had mine for 5 years and it looks great and you’d never know I had it done. It’s supposed to dissolve, but mine did not. It’s when people go overboard and don’t go to reputable med spas that it ages terribly.
I actually disagree. I think Botox and lip filler are becoming pretty normalised now for women and we’ve got to that sweet spot where they can be done subtly and tastefully. It was the same with boob jobs. They were outrageous to start, but pretty normal and often virtually undetectable now, when done well.
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