Every now and then it happens that Kylie Jenner, Madonna, Courteney Cox and other celebrities make public appearances and public opinion and the networks attack each other for their disconcerting appearance.
It seems that your face looks swollen and all kinds of specialists tell us about injectables (fillers) and their effects on the face.
Recently TikToker Shawna Eveler revived the debate about it.
With almost 50 thousand followers, Shawna published a video that returned to the comments related to her age:
“With all due respect, it looks like you’re close to 45, stop getting fillers or Botox, whatever you have, it looks very bad,” said the comment that Eveler read.
The tiktoker responded: “Forty-five!? Maybe I’ll be 20 or 30. I’m 22, yeah, surprise.”
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Shawna explained that when she started posting about her cosmetic procedures, she was inundated with hateful comments and acknowledged that while her options may not be for everyone, she is comfortable with them.
“I think it’s a personal preference if I want to get filler. I feel like no one should stop you from getting filler because it’s your own face,” she said.
“But people always told me I look old and I get it, I look old, I may act old, but 45?”
She continued: “And before I used to cry about these comments and I used to delete them and block the account, but now I’m like, I just laugh at it because I know it’s not true. But I respect your opinion.”
Forever young
Millennials and Generation Zetas are obsessed with youth. Consulting information QSightdetails that in the post-COVID era, more people have invested in personal care and well-being and it is millennials who are leading this trend, with data revealing a 34% increase in average sales per aesthetic practice from 2018 to 2022.
In 2023, 27% of U.S. patients receiving Botox were 34 years old or younger, compared to 21 percent in 2015, according to survey data from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
We will be the first generation with elderly people with cheeks sunken by bichectomies, old people with bulging lips and stretched faces.
And what can we say about Gen Z or centennials, all with the same faces, foxy eyesfilter faces, laminated eyebrows, tattooed freckles, creators of the prejuvenation concept, a “preventive approach to aging” from the age of 16.
New statistics from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery show that this generation is rapidly becoming the largest consumers of cosmetic treatments, with 75% of facial plastic surgeons reporting an increase in demand from clients under 30 years of age.
And it is ironic because in the quest to look young, it seems that we are aging prematurely due to the misuse of these treatments.
Let’s talk about overfilled syndrome or pillow face
How is it that trying to look radiant and young we end up looking tired and old? There is a medical explanation.
Facial Overfilled Syndrome (FOS) or overfilled syndrome is a distortion of the face caused by excess infiltration of facial fillers, which results in an unnatural, swollen and tired appearance. They also call it “pillow face.”
The main cause of FOS is the injection of an excessive amount of product. We frequently see it in patients who want to achieve the effect of a face lift (or tightening) without going under the knife.
It is true that facial fillers such as hyaluronic acid have the function of adding the necessary structure so that you age “slower.” But why does everything get out of control?
Behind this volume disproportion, especially in cheekbones and cheeks, there are some reasons, according to specialists:
- Injection of an excessive amount of product.
- The patient’s desire to avoid sagging taken to the limit. That is to say, he asks for more and more, as in the case of the tiktoker.
- A poor choice of filler material, its density or cross-linking
- An incorrect evaluation of the patient’s needs, bone structure and facial volumes
- Incorrect placement of the product.
Here we can see some examples of FOS or pillow face:
Network filters, body dysmorphia, ageism, skincare culture, gender oppression and obviously capitalism influence this phenomenon. We think that talking about it is a good step to start questioning why we are anxious about looking old.
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2024-03-07 02:01:38
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