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    From The Substance to Mormon wives: the year pop culture’s stretched, stuffed faces became too strange to ignore
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    From The Substance to Mormon wives: the year pop culture’s stretched, stuffed faces became too strange to ignore

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    1. PrintOk8045 on

      Our species has altered its appearance from the earliest documented time to the present. Like all things in the present, however, the ability to make those changes has increased dramatically and become more widely available. The question is, does the invisibly unrecognizable face of 2024 become the standard in the future? If so, does everyone get on board and, if so, at what age?

      Currently, the focus is on the pre-elderly, say people in their forties through ’50s, who are working to reverse the signs of aging. Yet, it’s become more common for people in their thirties to make physical changes to their face. And, people in their twenties are getting veneers. Some of their twenties are even getting Botox and many are getting lip fillers, permanent eyelashes, and cheek implants, not to mention the time-honored nose job. As the new and artificial face becomes more prevalent does the age drop even further?

      So for example, if the stretched, skin, raised eyebrows, overemphasized cheekbones, and swollen face become the new standard, then will there be a push to start implementing those changes for children? This isn’t that far-fetched, because if the new face is the new ideal, then children who don’t share those swollen face features will start to look like they are outliers. This will create pressure among a certain segment of society, especially those who can afford it, to start facial modifications earlier.

      Bottom line, will the natural appearance of the human face become a thing of the past? If it does, will there be a backlash of the “Non-Botch” crowd who proudly celebrate the natural human visage from death to birth in all its glorious imperfections.

      My money is on both and the inevitable creation of another fault line to divide society.

    2. Horzzo on

      The Substance is all about beauty standard bullshit. The sleazy Weinstein type (Played amazingly by Dennis Quaid) requiring actresses to look a certain way and of course be younger.

      I do think the “plastic face” is just a fad though. In 5 years people will be looking back and commenting how ridiculous people look with their garish swollen lips.

    3. mittens617 on

      I saw Wicked and Ariana Grande’s face was so stiff it didnt move, her lips looked insane, she looked almost non-human.

    4. miklayn on

      Definitely not too strange for me to ignore. These people thrive on attention, and none of it comes from me.

    7. SillyMrSpooks on

      I saw an interview where Lady Gaga was speaking and when she laughed, her face didn’t move at all. The social pressure upon women to look perfect must be suffocating if it is making quite extreme surgeries normalised