congrats, you've ruined your face

fun fact. plastic surgery does NOT always make you look 'better'.
Get your own Kenzzi IPL Handset here: kenzzi.com/pro... (use discount code: SL23 FOR 20% off!) Bella Hadid, Dove Cameron, Anna Taylor Joy, Kylie Jenner - are all reportedly fans of plastic surgery. And I can see why. When you have a lot of money and resources, enlisting the help of the most skilled plastic surgeons is a piece of cake. And since we're all feeling the pressure to conform to the current beauty standards, plastic surgery can seem very appealing. Got a big nose? get a nose job. Got hooded eyelids? Get eyelid surgery. Got small lips? Filler will help that. Need higher brows? Go on and get a brow lift. For every insecurity there is a procedure. But that begs the question: when does plastic surgery start becoming self mutilation?

[@Kellie9]

I dont think we as people were ever meant to look at our own faces this much

[@justahuman9273]

Tbh i agree!!

[@mrjones2721]

You’re right. It wasn’t until the last few centuries that we were able to see a clear image of our own face at all. We also weren’t supposed to see as many people as we do. We compare ourselves to the people we see every day. If we see regular people, the ordinary people around us, we’re healthier than when we’re bombarded with images of impossibly beautiful people.

[@whalium889]

This this this!!!

[@strrb8578]

That's an excellent point. I'll even second this by saying : we aren't even built to be looking at so many faces either. For the longest part of our history, humans were used to live no beyond their place of birth. Today we get bombarded with thousands of images of faces, that are even chosen among the most beautiful.

[@vault1499]

The more you look at yourself, especially with a magnifying glass (figuratively and literally) obviously the more you will notice or imagine imperfections. The constant comparison is another part of it.

[@Bigfreakinsword]

I couldn't imagine looking at my daughter and thinking "yeah, this can be fixed" my daughter is absolutely beautiful as she is in my eyes.

[@amarbyrd2520]

You're not a narcissistic parent. Unfortunately, narcissistic parents think things like that all the time even though they would never admit it

[@lilmissnicetunes]

GodBless yu Mama bear xx )

[@Userhandleidk]

Please tell that to her when she’s a teenager too

[@heyfella5217]

its so screwed up how any parent could think that. My mother has always been insecure about her facial features, but actively compliments and celebrates seeing those features on my own face. I would be proud to see my own features on the face of my child too, why would someone want to erase that?

[@dontrah1838]

Why tf you worried about what someone else does wit their kid who cares if u dont like it first of all you cant even afford it

[@asinamariamshiyas113]

"They didn't need plastic-surgery; they needed THERAPY"

[@JunguianPhantom]

But no, lets ignore the mental health professionals and blame them afterwards (Here a former psychologist)

[@beckyr2056]

Mother giving her 8 year old daughter botox needs to be arrested

[@ayemad]

💯

[@steffnic13]

🙌🏻

[@Stargazer3131]

Absolutely 💯 😢

[@krisbreeze6324]

same with piper rockelles mom, ive never seen that clip before, shes only 16 now and her mom is already being sued for child abuse and exploitation of minors

[@madelineasmr926]

Seriously, how has she not been arrested already?

[@ai-meeding959]

Sorry but parents taking their children to have non-medical botox should be reported to cps, that’s child abuse. Doctors performing non medical cosmetic procedures on children should have their medical licenses taken away. This is completely not okay how is this legal and allowed???

[@monejohn9973]

Exactly sticking needles in your child like a junky wtf...(especially 4 no medical issue)

[@baby.nay.]

Yea! I was born in the city they spoke of and it hurts me to know cps was not called on that mom, but others who were legitimately trying to get their children proper hospital care .

[@veronica5lmaa]

Completely agree

[@baby.nay.]

@@monejohn9973Botox actually is for a medical purpose before people saw the side effects could be capitalized on . Please don’t conflate drug addiction with needles. It’s also very very unkind to speak of the medical condition, which is drug addiction is calling someone a junkie. I have to get Botox for a true medical purpose and it’s just really really triggering to hear someone conflate that with what I assume you think of as heroin usage.

[@cortarah]

YES!

[@vlad5042]

i was horrified by dove cameron recently. she's 27 years old and looks like current-day 65-year-old madonna, and she was so cute i couldn't believe she did that to herself, but given the amount of terrible things i can think about my own face just because im in a bad mood on a particular day makes me think if i was in the entertainment industry, constantly seeing my own face in pictures and on giant screens, hearing everyone in the world's opinion and living in this world where cosmetic surgery is just expected, i think i would ruin my face too.

[@Layla-hb8mq]

Dove Cameron looks alien-like to me now. If you ever question your looks, just remind yourself about her botched face!

[@dweight7891]

thank you for saying this, I feel the same, it's easy to forget what the pressure of looking perfect does to EVERY woman

[@Userhandleidk]

Oh shit yeah it’s Madonna!

[@Finally_Christmas]

I agree her mood changed a lot after Cameron’s Boyce’s death

[@wai.2k]

do you really think that comments like this are going to help at all?

[@linnmusic]

just saw an interview with a plastic surgeron who said he refused to do treatments on people with body dysmorphia because it is a mental thing and no tweakments will make it go away. good to know there are still sane people out there.

[@rayavladovska9791]

Same for most transgender people. Most, not all. But wether a sex change surgery will actually help the person needs to be assessed by mental health specialist. And definitely for people over 18, not children.

[@supersexysadie]

Yes, the most trendy type of body dysmorphia that I can’t even say because of KZbin censorship is taken far too lightly and medicated far too easily. It’s a mental illness when no one can objectively see what you claim to have (which is why so many tiktokers get away with pretending to have mental disorders). It only exists in your head and everyone is just taking your word for it. Yes many of them can be seen in your brain and the chemicals it does or does not release, but that’s exactly what makes it a mental and not a physical illness. No one gets mad or takes it negatively when I say depression is a mental illness. It’s just a fact, it’s not good or bad that it’s a mental illness by definition. So why take offense to any other disorder being identified as a mental illness? It just is what it is.

[@Mk-eo3ss]

@@rayavladovska9791facts

[@hoveringgray2817]

Which plastic surgeon

[@mellamotina5100]

@@rayavladovska9791have u ever researched what a trans person has to go through to receive governmental and medical procedures. There are people who have waited DECADES just to be put onto a waiting list after years of having to explain themselves to psychologists. Trust me no one is out here just walking into sex change clinics without having to have stacks of references beforehand.

[@mariem9930]

I just got married on Sunday and saw a video of my dad walking me down the aisle from the side. You could tell we have the same nose and it made me SO happy. I’ve always hated my nose but I got emotional seeing how much we look alike

[@jenn8179]

I love this! 🥹❤

[@zoeitis]

that's beautiful!

[@nikkireigns]

Awwww ❤

[@maddyabby300]

That’s really beautiful 💕

[@SuburbanPrincess]

That’s so sweet I love that❤

[@littleseaturtle]

looked into the case with the 8 year old girl and found out the mother was a pageant mom (surprise, surprise) who would also wax her daughters legs. a week after they were featured on the news, cps was called and the daughter was moved out of the house (this case is a decade old). don't know any further details but i hope she is doing alright and knows she was born beautiful and that she deserved better.

[@commonsense2680]

Are you serious?

[@commonsense2680]

I just read a story about this. The mother claims to have told news outlets that she just made up the story for $200. But there is also a story that CPS stepped in and took the child away. Then said she was later returned with supervised visits or some sort of CPS oversight. I think the mother actually LIED about the "hoax" because she was getting bad publicity from the story and didn't want CPS to interfere.

[@YoshiAndTheTardis]

I feel so bad for the girl who gets botox done by her mom. Her body image has to be so, so bad. And it's all her moms fault.

[@3v3rything3]

Yes i felt like when the little girl was talking about how it looks after she was just parroting what her mom tells her

[@innocentnemesis3519]

Plus, it’s terrible for you long term! We don’t even know what kind of long term damage that causes yet. That little gurl’s facial muscles are gonna atrophy before age 21 and she’s gonna look like she has Bell’s Palsy

[@jazmineavila6578]

That should be under child abuse that’s horrible what 8 yr old girl needs to go through all that?! She’s supposed to be having fun and being a kid

[@Crackpeas]

not only that but it will probably end up paralyzing some of her facial muscles for good when starting out so young

[@baby.nay.]

And sadly, she is going to cause this little girl a lot more wrinkles later in life and probably earlier. I have to get Botox for a true medical purpose, and it’s pretty hard to stop your usual emotions that would cause muscle movement so muscles next to the paralyzed muscles will start taking the workload and possibly create a new or different wrinkle than you had before.

[@serchmaabaatarchuluun5761]

Plastic surgeons should have high morality. When I met this surgeon for double eyelid surgery she kept asking if its something I want and kept asking the reason why I wanted it. I have pretty droopy eyelid and it sometimes pushes my eyelash inside my eye which is super uncomfortable so I wanted double eyelid as i heard it can help with that. She wanted to know if I was getting pressured by others or if I have body dysmorphia. I wish lot of other surgeons be more like her.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

You know, a good strategy to fix that would be to let go of mascara. Live for a little bit without it and see what it's like.

[@serchmaabaatarchuluun5761]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 lol so you're saying I should just pull all my eyelashes. That seems kinda painful lol

[@teyak13]

​@@serchmaabaatarchuluun5761I think you're confusing "eyelashes" with "mascara"?

[@serchmaabaatarchuluun5761]

@@teyak13 Oh yeah, English isn't my first language so I didn't notice that. Thanks

[@exchangAscribe]

most people in general dont have high morality unfortunately, atleast in america

[@P3myY]

If you have more melanin DO NOT GET THE LAZER HAIR REMOVER I'm sick of influencers having the lack of knowledge or ignoring the dangers that it can do to your skin especially if your skin darker if you'll use it get a anti burn gel and always use that and talk to a doctor about it it's a literal freaking lazer it's not like a electric razor that has safe guards

[@junemckenzie8412]

Thank you so much this, I wish more people would see this just to get educated. This gores for any type of laser treatment its best to go to a professional who knows how to use it on darker pigments

[@P3myY]

@@junemckenzie8412 No be careful with which laser it is even with this laser she's promoting can not be good for your skin especially if you have more melanin

[@stupidbroad]

pretty sure these products specify that they are not for use on darker skin, surely it must be a safety requirement to disclose such...

[@Kinobambino]

Great comment, influencers overlook these things all the time.

[@dawnsalois]

I do have more melanin and because of metabolic syndrome, I had to have my WHOLE FACE lasered. I had without an issue. You need to have a dermatologist do the laser who is experienced, and has the RIGHT laser for darker skins.

[@smat7388]

I was abused by my ex and got my nose broken. I had plastic surgery so I could look like my OLD self. Plastic surgery saved me from looking in the mirror everyday and being reminded of my abuser and the assault I experienced. For these reasons I am very pro plastic surgery. However, I agree that anyone under 18 should not be able to receive plastic surgery unless it is for medical reasons, such as breathing problems.

[@viceb7]

I'm so sorry you went thru that 😢

[@paidendenae]

That’s so disgusting that that happened to you. I’m so glad you were able to get away from that person and that plastic surgery was able to help you ❤

[@Rosabella.Thorne7]

I do hope you got therapy for that in order to heal mentally and emotionally. Stay safe, always.

[@Rosabella.Thorne7]

I do hope you got therapy for that in order to heal mentally and emotionally. Stay safe, always.

[@BELIEVER78989]

Plastic surgery for medical reasons is completely valid but surgeries for looks should be made illegal, I really don't understand how people can ruin their naturally beautiful faces like that smh🤦‍♀️

[@every4th]

The best thing of growing up without money is not being able to afford plastic surgery in my teen years. Now 26 and every part I thought was too big, too this, too that, my face and body has grown into them. Also, was able to give myself the years of self love and emotional growth I needed to grow out of the self hatred stage of life.

[@baby.nay.]

Im turning 36 in 2 months and I really resonate with what you’re saying. I was starting to feel really confident in my skin and beauty by your age , and it only got better . Now at 35 I feel even more confident and comfortable and I truly feel more beautiful. I know no 2 people are the same , but I hope you’re journey of loving your beauty continues to grow! ❤

[@jessicachristiane116]

Exactly, it takes a while to fully mature and learn to accept yourself. Everybody's quirks are what make them beautiful, in my opinion. Gets boring when everyone looks the same!

[@anoziraflaminghot]

this is why i think people shouldn't get plastic surgery until they're at least 25. the insecurities we have as kids don't always stay with us as adults. not too long ago i had found a list i wrote when i was 12 for all the things i wanted to get plastic surgery on. it blew my mind how none of that stuff bothered me anymore. i'm so glad i never got anything done.

[@AnneettaLife]

Same thing happened to me. I hated every aspect of my body and face. But then around 25 I became more confident but then I reached 30 and now I have no care in world of what people think about me. Sometimes I think it should be illegal for anyone to do anything cosmetic until they reach their late 20s. But that’ll never happen of course.

[@2okaycola]

Same

[@c47_89]

im sorry, you are right in your points, but its ironic talking about the pressure to be beautiful and then in the same video promoting a product to remove completely normal body hair☠️

[@Vegan4Life_]

yea while having so much makeup on too xD

[@phoney_kingof_england]

It's not really the same. Just like wearing makeup is not the same as hanging the literal shape of your face permenantly

[@REDinitial]

It depends why one would want to have laser hair removal done and it's not always connected to beauty standards or necessarily for unhealthy reasons. Same with plastic surgery - it is not always connected to beauty standard or is motivated by unhealthy reasons.

[@Maggiebello-]

My ex was Brazilian and his body hair was super curly that he always got ingrown hairs. One day he decided it was better to use laser 🤗 even cyclists do that and in other many sports because you can get little injuries and body hair brings infection to the wounds

[@justadummy8076]

@@phoney_kingof_england You may not realise it, but normalising one of them leads to the normalisation of the other, it’s called a slippery slope & no it’s not a fallacy

[@Mmmmm83838]

A few years ago I saved up all the extra money I received for a nose job. I had a consultation, had a surgery date, everything. Then my cat needed two blood transfusions and I was out $4k overnight, depleting my nose job fund. Thank GOD I saved for that nose job, because my cat is alive because of it. But also, three years later, im so happy I spent that money on her instead of altering my nose. Because even at 26, my nose still was not done changing, and it looks so different today without blowing $8k on surgery. Basically, im glad I saved my money, saved my cat, and became more comfortable with who I am

[@snybies]

I´m happy for you, and your cat!

[@Mmmmm83838]

@@snybies thank you! 💕

[@snybies]

@@Mmmmm83838 no problem! 💕

[@Rada13032]

You very good person, thanks you very much for safe live little fur freind❤

[@Layla-hb8mq]

That is a great story! Thanks for sharing.

[@msadams224]

I think more people need to watch Botched to get a glimpse of reality. It's not just the risk of having bad plastic surgery, but the fact that it shows that even good surgery is still surgery. You want a tummy tuck, but do you really want 150 staples across your stomach? Are you willing to be literally sliced open in half? No thank you. No matter how much I want bigger boobs or a better body, I'm not about getting chopped up for it!

[@iwantabiscuitplz]

Thank you! Surgery isn't without risk and the recovery afterwards sounds like no joke! Plus going under anaesthesia is pretty major too. Imagine having 10 procedures in one go like that woman, surely that must have left her in incredible pain with a long recovery time.

[@Figgatella]

I know someone who got a tummy tuck and her stomach is so tight she can’t do sit ups anymore. Bending at the waist, painful.😢

[@harmoniaSINGS05]

I saw Botched and Nip/Tuck when I was in high school and that was enuf for me to say no to getting under the knife.

[@anoziraflaminghot]

@@iwantabiscuitplz latching on to your point about anaesthesia being major. Emmalyn Nguyen was 18 when she went in for breast implants but the doctor didn't monitor her after giving her anaesthesia (he also prevented the nurses from calling 911) and she ended up going brain dead and died a year later. she was so young :( the doctor was found guilty of attempted manslaughter.

[@dosman3458]

It's funny because I've run into Kylie Jenner at a store I worked in on Rodeo and when I tell you the number of scars I saw on her face from obvious surgery has turned me off any facial surgery for as long as I live. People have to remember that skin is skin and when you cut into it, it will never go back to the way it was.

[@biljanabudeska8915]

that mother with the 8 year old needs to be in jail

[@KMark2688]

Kylie looks 45 without all the filters and FaceTune. The surgeries have aged her.

[@domca558]

That's the truth nobody want to see. That they look older with those fillers. Every girl i know and get their fillers, they look older and older

[@MalO.ver1.0.x]

@@domca558 Agreed, it's bloody insane.

[@ngndnd]

it doesnt help that she is gonna look way worse when shes older. Like some people can get away with not saying they got plastic surgery, but once theyre in their 40s you see that their skin lookslike it wants to sag but its just smooth and it looks so weird i kept getting recommended yt shorts of some asian mom and it was like “how my 50 year old mom keeps her skin healthy to look 25” and the woman had a ton of work done.

[@SaVanityVan]

@@domca558 yeah and it's a shame because it's simple logic. Fillers were meant to fill sallow pockets of skin in older people whose natural collogen had depleted. If you're young and still have collogen, where is that filler going? The answer is your skin has to stretch around it to accommodate it, since it's being forced into spots where there's no extra room. As the filler is absorbed by the body, that stretched skin sags, giving you premature wrinkles and aging you, which is will continuously grow worse as you age. Speaking of filler's tendency to be absorbed by the body, that causes a 2nd terrible side effect - the misplaced filler absorbed by your cells makes you whole face that much puffier and misshapen, which is why people who get fillers for years start to look like blob faces. The response to this is usually to start getting even MORE filler in key areas like cheek bones and chin to try and artificially get some definition back in your face, exacerbating the issue and creating a vicious cycle. Kylie started getting fillers as a teen and legitimately looked like she could be in her late 30s when she was 19 years old. She's going to age horrendously and I feel bad for her. She was so young when she started getting work done, and being raised in the spotlight and with a family like that it's not hard to imagine why.

[@xitzbit926]

​@@domca558I think this is also partially intended... The more you use, the older you look. And the older you look, the more you will get in order to appear more your youthful... A very vicious, almost evil cycle.

[@thepineapple8434]

I refuse to believe that this mom is still the legal parent of that girl.

[@cocothedino_2901]

i looked into articles about it cuz of this video and luckily when news channels started reporting on it the little girl was already out of her custody and the “mom” was being investigated for medical abuse. was never able to find updates on what happened afterwards sadly but considering the widespread media criticism i doubt she got her daughter back

[@lilscenechick1995]

@@cocothedino_2901oh my god that’s such a relief. I feel so bad for that little girl 😭 I hope she ended up in the care of someone who tells her how beautiful she is every single day

[@nazaninsoltanpour6254]

I just like to point out the sheer irony of a video meant for critiquing and invalidating toxic beauty standards being sponsored by a beauty product for such a vain,inconsequential matter as body hair!:)

[@priscillayg]

@@nazaninsoltanpour6254right!?!! I was looking to find someone else talking about this. I felt like it was completely ironic as well and took away from the message in the video. A better ad would’ve been better help.

[@SaltySteff]

​@@nazaninsoltanpour6254I half agree with this. Hair removal for aesthetic purposes is not a new thing, nor is it trendy. Sure, it's superficial and maybe a bit hypocritical for this video. That said, people have been using ways to remove their body hair for thousands of years. It's not really an apt comparison with plastic surgery. I get what you're saying, though

[@sabihak9730]

advertising permanent hair removal in a video where you criticize unrealistic beauty standarts is insane

[@0palOpal0pal]

Yeah, that did seem tone deaf. I get wanting to do it, bc the pressure of people around us and feeling insecure in a bikini can really get to a person to the point that it may legitimately just be easier to remove it, and it's not as harmful or drastic a change as surgery, but still, the ad should've been on a different video with a different topic at least.

[@EllaNotHere]

LMAO RIGHT 💀💀💀💀

[@0palOpal0pal]

@@EllaNotHere Ena! :D

[@galaxymoon8071]

Right! That struck me as incredibly hypocritical

[@inessaendberg]

its not about changing your whole body and face. you dont receive a general anesthesia, it dont cut your body and face with knife. sometimes its about hygiene! Hairs on legs wear off and erased by using pants and if person have a sensitive skin there are could be ingrown hair! Also, this is not forever!!! You can use it or not!

[@user-sd9sn7wf3o]

I like how Bella Hadid is always mentioned in plastic surgeries topic. She's like the textbook case 🤣

[@gizem8943]

It’s so Sad, she was so beautiful before and had such a unique face. She will never know how her real face would have looked like

[@NtandoYasmin_20]

Yeah her and Kylie 😭

[@annanowak9620]

Yeah. Bella, Kylie, Kendalla.. etc

[@barbthegreat586]

And she isn't even particularly good looking, pre- or post- op.

[@yaminot_skinni]

@@barbthegreat586 idk why ppl like you don’t realize that you are part of that reason why these people get plastic surgery.

[@narminamaharramova4485]

I hope that our society will get past this "trends" and we will really care about more important things and amazing women will not ruin their faces. And thanks to Stephanie for talking about it out loud!

[@Annika_The_Alien_Libertarian]

I honestly don't think trends will ever stop, sadly. Trends have been around for centuries and only get worse with time. Bad people always win in the end🫤

[@veronica5lmaa]

Exactly

[@ro-fz1jt]

Don't be a hypocrite you obviously care about the trend too that's your own fault for paying attention you don't have to so don't complain about people getting work done

[@ro-fz1jt]

​@@veronica5lmaathat's your own fault for paying attention you people are sad that you don't care about other th8ngs that are important at Least 8 care about other things tha are more important you haters are TOTAL HYPOCRITES

[@ro-fz1jt]

You can't complain and then say Thanks that's another way that you are a hypocrite

[@graceellison118]

Erin Moriarty (Starlight from The Boys) is a great, tragic example of this. Watching her face change over the course of the show is heartbreaking.

[@hanamediocre]

there should be stricter laws on the age limit for cosmetic surgery like there is with tattoos. i can't believe that mum could inject botox into her own 8 year old child!

[@brendamoon2660]

It's sick. If she thinks she sees wrinkles on that little child she's having delusions

[@blablablaj]

This mom apparently doesnt understand that with age the elasticity of the skin will gravitate down, so no matter how much botox you inject, your age will always be recognizable

[@alexmerenda315]

That was such a sad clip 😢

[@RichielaurensIII]

Literally. I think that if you have to wait till 21 to drink, you should wait that long for this too.

[@melodyvalentine8779]

​@@blablablajI'm not saying I agree with giving an 8 year old Botox but it is a preventative measure for wrinkles. It's got nothing to do with elasticity. It's a muscle paralytic so it stops you making facial expressions that cause lines to form or it stops your muscles pulling your skin so lines you already have already have aren't visible. Filler will replace lost volume in your face so your skin doesn't sag. Eventually you'll need actual surgery to lift it all up but things like Botox and fillers can make a huge difference in how young you look. Even just lip filler can make you look younger. Your lips get thinner as you age so making them fuller gives a more youthful look. Cheek filler and under eye filler can take years off you. A skin booster can get rid of lines on your face and neck and give you a glow you can't get with just topical moisturisers

[@mechloe8528]

I'm Aboriginal & since I was a teenager I wanted my nose to be just a tiny bit smaller but as I got older I realised that I don't need it!! I'm Aboriginal & that's the nose that Aboriginal people have..if my nose was smaller I wouldn't look like myself or have the features of my ancestors..I'm happy with myself on the inside & don't need a smaller nose to prove that 💕

[@mr.melontoyou]

Don’t ever change. The nose is our history and bloodline.

[@pinacolada8921]

Your features are beautiful. I'm proud of you that you accept and appreciate the face and features your ancestors gave you.❤

[@eggnogalcoholic]

Oh my God I’m so happy you shared this!!! I think Aboriginal/Indigenous people have the most gorgeous faces and facial features. I’m so glad you’re proud of what you have because you should!

[@mischr13]

love this for you, that's awesome 💞

[@Rada13032]

​@@MissAmeriNegro to be honest native American people have very beautiful nose and features. I'm from Russia native person from Siberia, we have distance relative with native Americans, when I see indigenous American and see people close to me, I see how blood of same people stay live in different places of world yet... It's amazing, not matter how much time go and how much separate people become, they stay with them face and Traditions every time

[@zimmerman1031]

Jeez, that ad break was over 2 minutes long, on a 9 minute video.

[@SaithMasu12]

you always can skip it. Easy.

[@catherinet.6584]

So as an FYI, in quite a few East Asian countries, people don’t just get plastic surgery (eg double eyelid surgery) to become pop stars. Many companies will require your height, weight, and photograph on your resume. In some cases being attractive and getting plastic surgery are matters of getting employed or not, especially at a top company.

[@retrorenegade1967]

Exactly. While I do think procedures have gotten really out of hand, let's not shame people. It's a fact that more attractive people have better outcomes in life. Unless you are extremely intelligent or talented and that overrides your looks, beauty is really important for success (not saying it's right but it's a fact)

[@nannoreul]

That’s so messed up, I didn’t know that!

[@cogumelacrocante2767]

Exactly, and we don’t have to go across the world to see this, pretty privilege is insanely real.

[@Jaylade]

Should be illegal to require height, weight, photo, etc.

[@donttalk372]

​@@nannoreul search for documentaries about SK employment and how people get PS just to be promoted or even interviewed. And this is mostly in the Chaebol companies.

[@maeperegrine6327]

As a person with very extreme body dysmorphia, I like to force myself to watch videos like this to constantly remind myself of why i shouldnt get plastic surgery or botox or filler or whatever

[@FINtr0ll99]

Here to remind you NOT to ruin your face, you're perfect as you are for the right person. I haven't found my person yet but I have to believe she's waiting for me somewhere. I'd hate to find that person only to realize they've become a botox monster.

[@sirpsychosussy]

Well done for not acting on it. You look wonderful as is right now. :)

[@TheKuzzz]

Same same.

[@Malphas38th]

Same dude. My body distorts the longer I look in the mirror. I used to seriously consider surgery until I scared myself away from the idea. I just avoid mirrors now

[@honourjta]

was doing so well until i saw the company that sponsored this ad and what it was selling….. you’re kind of defeating the whole message here

[@Totally_Glitched]

My thoughts exactly.

[@jj-vu5ov]

how is hair removal even remotely similar to plastic surgery? would you argue she shouldnt be wearing makeup either?

[@autumn5360]

I know this was 2 months ago, but hair removal is nowhere near the same level as plastic surgery.

[@honourjta]

@@autumn5360 it’s not and i never say they were but they lead to the same point of societal beauty standards for women. hope this helps 👍🏼

[@thisismyaltaccount85]

@honourjta I have autism and hair on my legs bothers me, like, to the point of anxiety. It's not always about beauty, sis

[@flowerchild89]

I'm so grateful I was born in the 70's. I didn't have to deal with all of this surgery and filtering crap. It's overwhelming.

[@DutchIsraeli]

Same here! 1974. I'm so grateful this wasn't a thing in the 90's!!

[@danielsedan]

I look at pictures from the 70s a lot due to how normal and awesome everybody looked! Healthy, natural and happy. Even the clothes looked better and cooler.

[@marmel4086]

Me too,1974

[@bro.that.is.adorable.2633]

@@danielsedantheir clothes were much better quality than what companies give us now 😭

[@justdiane5]

Even if it was a thing when I was a young adult, I would not have opted for that

[@adrianadealmeida1472]

Stef, people should be aware that EXTRA FAT, SKIN AND BONE may save one's life. An aunt of mine had breast cancer and because of plastic surgery, some autotransplants could not be done. It was beyond giving her new breasts. The tumours' removal gave her problems in her arms and part of her back. Think twice before having a extreme body makeover. That extra, flacid and fat skin can be a blessing in the future. Hugs from Brazil.❤

[@gyeonnai]

as someone who has had an extremely difficult plastic surgery done, 5:10 could not have been more right. months of pain and eating only liquids through a tube since i couldnt chew, months of slow recovery and bruising and physiotherapy and yet the moment i finally recovered i immediately started feeling insecure about another part of my body

[@cheriremily9360]

I hope you sought real help for that feeling. It's the real root of the problem and no surgery is going to fix it. Plastic surgery can become an addiction too.

[@samanthabrock9960]

I don't believe anyone under 21 should have plastic surgery unless it's an actual medical issue. Also I believe that maybe 1% of ppl in general, actually are happier after plastic surgery. Blessings & Love 💜

[@Annika_The_Alien_Libertarian]

Exactly what I was thinking🖐🏻🙄

[@0490vanes]

100 % agree !

[@monejohn9973]

Except I understand why my flat chested -A cup friends got a boob job under 21...they gave me n the medical doctor a million reasons why n got approved most were in the military and got the job done for free after Counseling n therapy....if your not flat chested you have zero room to judge

[@anoziraflaminghot]

21 AT LEAST! might sound dramatic, but i think most surgeries should take place after 25. i feel like 25+ gives you more time to settle in to your features and grow-up mentally. a lot of these insecurities might disappear (or become less severe) once you get older.

[@L.l.I.ia_N]

25+. prefrontal cortex is the only thing that can make a decision

[@csmith3547]

I really miss when women were unique and beautiful in their own way. This “instagram model” mold that is the goto these days is just depressing. Love that you call out all this nonsense and hopefully woman will start appreciating their own beauty and quirks and be proud of themselves without spending insane amounts of cash to look exactly like every other chick standing in the room.

[@stephanielange]

thank you so much! x

[@someusername4129]

I'm sorry what year was that? Every era in history has constant criticism of the way women look and what they are doing or not doing.

[@marcyoconnell2398]

​@@someusername4129Ya but WAY MORE NOW !!!!!!! In the age of social media it is in your face 24/7 you can't escape it.

[@csmith3547]

I’m an 80’s kid and I can tell you with great certainty that fake boobs, nose jobs, lipo and Botox were not a thing unless you were ridiculously wealthy and OLD. Yes, we all needed to have our 501’s, Nikes, parachute pants and all the other 80’s fashions BUT we all had different butts, chest size and faces. So….that would be the “era”. Yes, women have always been objectified (so have men, let’s be real) it’s what we do in reaction to the objectifying that has gotten absolutely, off the charts, insane!

[@MalO.ver1.0.x]

Fault society for that. It's ingrained in us from the very beginning that we girls/women do have to look a certain way and *behave* a certain way to be either considered attractive or even be worth of love. This also goes for men of course. A man has to be a certain height, has to be either muscular or athletic, six pack is a must have, full hair on their head, not on their chest or, Gods forbid, on the back, etc. However, women suffer more because we have more pressure from all sides and pretty much constantly (society wise and family occasionally).

[@washbear]

the absolute irony of promoting a laser hair removal device in the middle of this video

[@theeyeofseraphim]

my exact thought

[@felesfidelis]

I laughed at that

[@MZB80]

Even laser hair removal isn't permanent. Would you have preferred wax or razors? Or a societal shift to accept body hair on women? (Because I can tell you, we're not even close to that yet - and I'm someone who shaves legs maybe once every 2mths!)

[@felesfidelis]

@@MZB80 I personally prefer scissors

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

@@MZB80 who cares if anyone accepts it? I'm still not shaving. It's other peoples' problem if they don't like it, I'm minding my business.

[@BlankCanvas88]

The "ugly" features of a person are also usually what makes them unique. And to me, that's what makes them most beautiful! and too often the pendulum swings the opposite way and where they used to think their lips were ugly b/c they're too thin, they end up being ugly b/c they're too puffed up.

[@littlewillow2274]

🤣

[@poriflof]

Thank you, I love how you put that ❤

[@RichielaurensIII]

Human diversity is the best thing about humans.

[@flowerpower7065]

This is what I had been trying to articulate lol

[@kayshaj-en2ep]

this is a cope

[@jaynebowler7162]

An 8 year old with Botox administered by her mum! Jeez no words.

[@user-kg5lq6nd7q]

For real like she doesn’t even have pores yet, never take being young for granted

[@jacquelynroe9036]

It’s so upsetting. There should be some sort of age limit, like tattoos.

[@jaynebowler7162]

Yes I fully agree, so sad it’s like child abuse surely.

[@cheriremily9360]

It's not Botox because this drug is not one someone can get out of nowhere without a medical license. I don't know what she was injecting into her child.

[@allisontexas4810]

Abuse straight up abuse

[@AngelCakes5]

Girl the ad is really not it. I agree with your message, it's very helpful, but an ad that directly relates to following beauty standards is a little odd.

[@klara5127]

I thought it was joke and when I saw it wasn’t I was so dissapointed. So stupid to make a video about beautystandards being f up and then enabeling it.. made her message just end up being pointless

[@nataluxx7312]

That's what I thought, but gotta pay the bills I guess

[@mononokke]

Removing body hair is entirely different than physically changing your face/body. It’s not a big deal people.

[@DanielleMisc96]

honestly just looked at my face in the mirror and I like it. Not every day, not all the time, sometimes not without a little makeup to cover my blemishes, but I'm so happy I still look like ME

[@chorizoramen93]

Same

[@yassi8814]

I’m 29 & my mom tells me what she would like to do to her face. But I always tell her no! She neither smokes nor drinks & she isn’t a sun-worshipper. Beauty exists at every age & my mom should feel that way in her sixties even if society says otherwise. To my dad and I, she’s perfect.

[@rachelallison5840]

Love this, continue to uplift her ❤

[@timea5363]

Your mum must be proud of you! ❤

[@marcyoconnell2398]

So sweet I'm happy she has you as a voice of reason, because aging isn't the easiest thing for EVERYONE especially in this youth obsessed society

[@scottgarbo1288]

I believe in not imposing my beliefs on others. If she wants to have her face done, it's her business.

[@ascendednightingale2456]

@@scottgarbo1288Of course, the male has to come in with “no, no, she can get her face done if she wants to”.

[@valeriewarkins3704]

It’s not the same thing but I got a little chuckle when the in-video ad for a body modifying product began

[@kiterafrey]

As someone still fighting the mental part of recovering from Ana, I am so grateful I can't afford to get cosmetic work done, it would destroy me and lead to a very very bad path.

[@TheHistoryPrincess]

Gosh. I havent heard the term ana in years! Good luck in your recovery. Some days will be easier than others, but there is loght at the end of the tunnel. And i thoroughly agree about not having money for plastic surgery. Knowing my luck i wouldnt make it off the table 🤦‍♀️

[@kwoylee5617]

Good luck with your recovery. All the best ❤

[@kiterafrey]

@@kwoylee5617 thank you ❤️

[@pabloescobarschanclas]

this is relatable to my broke ass, body dysmorphia ass.

[@anrowari]

The mental part, maybe…

[@atemperateatar]

It's amazing how people want to look the same. It's honestly WILD. I watch old movies and love how different people look. And they're not perfect but they're so beautiful. I wish we could see ourselves that way in these trying times.

[@flowerpower7065]

Fuhking *refreshing* ✨🤌🏼

[@GetLoose-bx2qr]

You have to remember this is just the internet though put the phone down and go outside 😂not the case everyone is so different

[@kasia3582]

I got a minor cosmetic surgery done and everything went well, but I sat there afterwards like "I would never do this again." Modern medicine is incredible, but surgery is still surgery. It can be a toss-up as to whether an individual responds well the anesthesia, or if it stops their damn heart, and there's no way to test which one you are. Blood clots are also not as rare as we think they are. Surgery should be limited to when it is absolutely necessary for survival.

[@fralou_sind_kreativ]

Yes, we've got a problem. A huge one! And I'm super grateful for you educating people about the beauty standards out there and how toxic and dangerous this is! THANK YOU, Stephanie! Sending much love

[@stephanielange]

thank you love! x

[@charrle5208]

You realize she sponsored a beauty product? Shes nothing better 😂😂😂

[@Layla-hb8mq]

​@@charrle5208 Well all KZbinrs need to earn income. I feel a hair removal tool is low on the list when it comes to body modification. Many of us shave right? This tool does the same thing.

[@rellagreen]

The 8-year old girl getting botox made me cry, it is incredibly sad. Thank you Stephanie for making your content. I hope that everyone is able to find your channel and realize they do not need to conform to ANY (ridiculous) standard. You have helped me heal the way I view myself and I can't thank you enough.

[@mustardroshi418]

that ad is peak irony on this vid

[@JessTheory]

When I was 14, my orthodontist who took my braces off, tried everything to convince my mom i needed veneers....i am glad my mom said no. The lady had a horribly bleachey looking mouth and later in life when I saw bleached teeth with veneers, i thought it looked so outta place. Ty for your videos!

[@july9566]

Hearing stories like this makes me question our doctors in America, are they trying to make us sick or keep us healthy ? Veneers on a 14 year old ? Id go somewhere else in the future .

[@zoeitis]

i've always hated my nose. you know, i got the nose from my mum and we have a very difficult relationship. i always wanted surgery for my nose. after years of getting complimented on it (and me obviously not believing a single word), guess who has my nose now? my son. my beautiful, 8 year old son. man, i love this nose.

[@bisexualantigone]

aw, the baby! much love to the little lad!

[@Faye-Jane]

The irony of you putting a hair removal ad while criticising how unrealistic beauty standards are.

[@senu.]

you putting hair removal in the same category as botox and plastic surgery is wild.

[@Vegan4Life_]

think a little further@@senu.

[@rachellyman]

Yeah, it’s all part of the beauty standard 🙄 I don’t shave my pits or legs anymore. And just trim the rest. It’s not necessary to be shaving or removing hair like that. It’s there for hygienic reasons and isn’t dirty or unhealthy. Especially when men are accepted with those things.

[@mayaklast6334]

True, especially since that kind of hair removal technic only works at a dermatologist's or a certified professional's office. The 'remove the hair forever at home' devices don't work as they can't reach the high settings needed to be efficient (it would be unsafe, the real machines are the size of a big printer and they can cause permanent burns if used incorrectly)... and when you do it at a professional's... it DOES hurt as it is making the bulb of your hair burn in your skin, targeting the melanine. As someone with PCOS I remember blowing my pocket money for something like that as a teenager as I was desperate for something to fix this and being so disappointed not getting results.

[@ranbummerz729]

​@@rachellymannot true. Someone who gets recurring ingrown hairs could benefit from hair removal

[@b.a.a778]

I think one of the saddest parts of all this is what happens when these people have kids and those kids have the features that their parents hated so much they had surgery to change. Does it just become an endless cycle?

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

Yep, sadly they take it out on their children and have them get work to match

[@tinycindy2977]

One of my ex friends had that issue. Her mom had a completely tasteless nose job that seemed so unnatural it might have as well been botched, in her younger photos the woman had a completely fine, straight nose that virtually had no bump. My friend also inherited her mom's nose which was literally the most normal looking nose, she still got it done. It is not botched like her mom's it is a job well done on the surgeon's part but it's too small for her face so she didn't get prettier overall

[@yb32]

This video should be seen by millions. We are at a dystopian level with plastic surgery, it has gotten out of hand.

[@GetLoose-bx2qr]

No we aren’t this is social media and Hollywood nothing new 😂

[@priscillayg]

Your video has a great message but I wish you would’ve picked a better ad. It was somewhat ironic to see an ad for hair removal while watching this since women are constantly shown products and ads for surgeries to “fix” parts of themselves.

[@Asy55t]

It's so sad to think that people are ruining their faces for trends and beauty standards that will change completely in 10 years. 2000's standards for women were hella different from 2010 and definitely far from 2020 (even tho some are trying to force 2000's to come back).

[@monikasage792]

You help me feel unapologetically comfortable in my own skin. With every upload!! Tysm Stephanie 😊💛

[@stephanielange]

that makes me so happy!!! you're amazing! x

[@Caroleeena]

Kanye West's mother died from a cosmetic surgery complication. Pete Burns died from a cosmetic surgery complication. Christina Ashten Gurkani, who was a Kim Kardashian look alike, recently died from a cosmetic surgery complication. Olivia Goldsmith, author of The First Wives Club died during a plastic surgery operation for a chin-tuck. Wild-n-out star Jacky Oh recently died from a cosmetic surgery complication. Honestly we probably have no idea how many people have died from plastic surgery. But it's a lot.

[@ky8519]

1:49 we as women have failed that little girl

[@sammytee70]

Omg!!! 8yrs old!!! Im shocked...thats so wrong on so many levels....physically and mentally destroying her child...its child Abuse!!!!🤬🤬🤬

[@leeshybaby9541]

Hey, at home IPL... Stay far away from it! I'm paying like 600 dollars a month now in Australia for electrolysis to now remove hair off my face that was majorly exasperated by an at home IPL machine. Just don't do it. Either get laser professionally or go straight to a specialist electrolysis. Stay away from beauty salons offering either of these services.

[@nari.oh.356]

1:19 How the hell do you do that to your own 8 year old daughter!? That's a child! It's one thing for a full grown adult to get plastic surgery but leave children out of this. That's just disgusting.

[@AnnelisR]

The thing I hate most about it is 1, they all lie about getting work done. There are people that believe them. 2, that everyone looks the same - it’s so depressing. I’m THRILLED that I don’t look like everybody else - my unique features make me me and that’s why I love them.

[@des3511]

I realized the moment you started your laser hair removal ad you missed the mark.

[@tayriobravo6204]

My heart hurts for the young women and kids of today. I’m in my 40’s and we definitely had our own hang ups , but not to the point we wanted to change our whole faces! I can’t imagine having this kind of pressure as a child to change something I was born with to feel good about myself. My mother saved to have my hereditary bags removed under my eyes because I hated them… by the time I reached 18… I no longer cared what anyone thought and opted out.

[@kwoylee5617]

I'm also in my 40s and can remember when the only acceptable body shape was ultra-thin and shapeless ('90s "heroin-chic", anyone?). I spent decades with an eating disorder as a result. It's not only the younger generation that is subject to awful beauty standards, although social media and the availability of plastic surgery has definitely made it a lot worse.

[@emmamargxo]

I’m only 22 and I still thank god I wasn’t like a young teenager when TikTok and all of these face-changing filters came out

[@marcyoconnell2398]

​@@emmamargxoit's crazy I can't even imagine that such a thing exists it's way more problematic then most even realize some people say it's harmless !!!!!!!! buts it just sets women up to not like themselves the way they are

[@findmeharry2]

I’ve been hooked on the show “Botched” now that it’s on Netflix. Just kind of crazy to see what can go wrong with plastic surgery.

[@zodiaclul]

Thats when you go to the extreme lol. With proper planning and the right surgeon things wont go insanely wrong besides the few rare cases. People who get plastic surgery have no idea what they want or what is possible.

[@flowerpower7065]

Its been around for soooo long. Im surprised ppl are now finding out about it

[@jenhasken]

How do you stomachs it 🤢

[@jacquelinek]

one minute ad read in a 9:30 min vid. over 10% of your video was the ad.

[@kaarinaMoongo]

The ad took up a third of the video😭😭

[@SavannahSedai]

Less than 2 mins in and my heart is BROKEN. The teen broke it. The 8 year old shattered it. Omg. Those girls were perfect the way they were. I’m in shock.

[@paperart0]

there's something so ironic about making a video about the pitfalls of plastic surgery while endorsing a hair removal product

[@dingleberryftm7918]

Not the same thing at all

[@ChristelVinot]

@@dingleberryftm7918 they're both ways to change your natural body to look like what other people think it should look like. In that way, it's totally ironic. "Don't change your body with plastic surgery, change your body with hair removal"

[@erikaquinha]

not at all

[@arien_000]

Grooming is way different from changing your entire face

[@mheuman]

I can't get over how blithely people treat cosmetic SURGERY. It's not like buying a new lipstick or changing your hair color. I really have no words to express how sad I am about this.

[@Maggs-lp]

that little girl using descriptive words like ‘pretty’ and ‘beautiful’ for how she feels after her Botox is definitely something she has heard her mother say to her before!! She didn’t get the idea that she looks ‘better after botox’ out of thin air! So so sad.

[@soledadsiqueiros2758]

Katie Piper is a warrior she’s a survivor and she’s a victim from an acid attack. Yes, she has gotten cosmetic surgery but that’s because her skin was melted off from the attack in 0:04. She doesn’t belong in this video

[@Princessmeowmeowmeow]

I think she was using her as an example for when it's appropriate for more intense plastic surgery.

[@uffda3937]

Should've watched past 4 seconds...

[@angeltomlinson6354]

did you even pay attention to the first 15 seconds? she literally mentioned her as being an example of plastic surgery changing and helping peoples lives

[@katkatarina8469]

Katie Piper has undergone over 40 operations to help fix the damage caused by the burning.She is a victim of an acid attack back in 2009 when Stefan Sylvestre threw acid at her after her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch arranged the attack.

[@Lyba_Majid]

I am Pakistani and have a ethnic nose, I am slightly insecure but I am working on it. My nose is not to fit beauty standerds, its for me to breath, end of story

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Screw the beauty standards. I just plastic surgery wont make it to Pakistan. Pakistanis are pretty. Colorism is a huge problem and then their would be a new addition: plastic surgery. Korean and western standards should remain out of Pakistan

[@nevebee2389]

ethnic noses are so beautiful!!! nothing makes me more sad than seeing a gorgeous, unique nose shaved down into a copy-and-paste Barbie nose

[@user-kg5lq6nd7q]

Wear your nose with pride, it is your heritage and makes you unique ❤

[@MissUltimaThule]

Listen, there is something so incredibly elegant about a confident woman with a nose that has a higher bridge, bump or more down turned tip. It’s like a classic car or something. So unique and classy.

[@aichohvee]

And to smell 🌻

[@tcsr16]

my cousin recently got a nose job and I don't even recognize her. it's not about me, so I don't care about "not recognizing her", I care about the fact that she's literally MY AGE. for reference I just turned 16. her nose job was strictly because of aesthetics, not functionality. nobody should ever feel like they need to change or "fix" a part of themselves at such a young age. society NEEDS to change.

[@twitchywitchygirll]

Your point is so valid, but sponsoring a hair removal product when your whole point is the harmful effects of setting altering beauty standards, like permanent hair removal. I just think it's very self contradicting imo. No hate but love. Give opinions!

[@twitchywitchygirll]

Also how she isn't aware of the fact to look away from the laser and protect your eyes!! smh

[@heliotikis]

Extreme plastic surgery and hair removal are very different. Notice how in the beginning she said that cosmetic procedures can be empowering? Because they can be. Her video is about reducing the extremity when it comes to these procedures, not eliminating them entirely.

[@Glub2]

At least Heidi Montag admitted to it all back then, I remember the media craze and the mob that went after her for getting it done. She wore it loud and proud and although the concept is sad I commend her for her honesty especially in the early 2010's. You could argue there's no way she would get away with pretending like she didn't so that's why, but the entire Kardashian family has been lying since the beginning, so there's that.

[@bethadeniran7372]

I think that's when my obsession about surgery began, im always like where did they buy their faces. Tom cruise had me gagged, his surgeries are amazing.

[@DylonsBBGorl]

My God, a third of the video is an ad lol

[@AnneettaLife]

Stephanie is getting more and more brutally honest about these things. I love it!!! Everyone just tip toes around to try not hurt anyone else’s feelings but the truth is we need more honesty like this.

[@user-ve4mh8cz2l]

I don't usually skip ads but that was a ridiculously long ad I don't think a quarter of the video is fair to use as adspace

[@6arbiegirl]

go cry about it

[@AlF-xg7tz]

I think (correct me if im wrong) bella hadid's mom gifted her the nose job on one of her birthdays. Bella says she regretted getting the nose job because her nose was just like her father's and it shows her Palestinian roots.

[@Art_thecl0wn]

I feel bad for the children born with the features their parents have surgically removed/changed.

[@schmellen88]

Aaaaand this is why I hate plastic surgery so much. Thank you, Stephanie, for this video.

[@KDHKZ]

I'm very sorry but the contrast between you criticizing procedures done in the wake of beauty standards followed by you promoting a service that only exists because of beauty standards floored me.

[@user-li1yu3sy9t]

1. hair removal is your choice, if u dont wanna do, dont. 2. hair removal is not unhealthy or dangerous like plastic surgery 3. hair removal does not completely alter your appearance 4. some people actually need to remove hair for medical reasons plastic surgery and hair removal is literally not the same

[@Thecatsworlds]

@@user-li1yu3sy9ttechnically if you remove enough hair to get a Mohawk or bald, or take away your eyebrows then it can change your appearance (but I know we are talking about legs/arms lol)

[@Aleera616]

I spent my entire 20s wanting nothing more than plastic surgery. Had anorexia, couldnt leave the house without tons of makeup and I was overly obsessive regarding my clothes. None of that was worth it in the slightest. It didnt make me happy, i didnt feel good about myself and I am pretty sure I never would have, even with plastic surgery. I got severly ill in my late 20s, I will have my fifth surgery for a bad medical condition this year. And as horrible as that is, it made me realise whats most important in life: health. That of yourself and your loved ones. I am not addicted to makeup anymore, I have a healthy weight and I am sure that I never ever want cosmetic surgery or any other cosmetic procedure. My body is me and I am my body. Aging is a blessing because it means I am allowed to exist on this earth a little longer. I wont hate or hide the proof that I am alive. But all of that aside... with all the medical procedures and surgeries I had to have for a serious condition.. I am convinced that people who do this just to look different are severly mentally ill. I was diagnosed with body dysmorphia and ptsd so I was definitely very mentally ill when I wanted plastic surgery. But I feel like it has gotten so normalized. When I said I wanted X procedures done the answer always was "aw you are pretty the way you are. But go you! Empower yourself with plastic surgery xo". And like...? That would have essentially been a form of self harm in my case.

[@user-fy4uv9wb7o]

There is an existential horror in the sudden availability of people to all conform to one single beauty standard and all variety and uniqueness and even normality or unattractiveness disappearing from our celebrities and our social media feeds. It's a difficult thing to talk about because individual women (and others but lemme focus on women rn) are not really to blame for this; we know there is cache in physical beauty and we know those who don't fit the standard are treated worse. It is a systemic issue that forces these ever increasingly unattainable standards down our throats. HOWEVER....how do we fight back against that if no individual women step up? If individual women don't support and celebrate those who stand up? How do we change the system that dehumanizes and debases us and makes us sick if we are so busy trying to conform to it?

[@divinesong3947]

Minors can’t give consent to plastic surgery. Period.

[@neckbackcripplinganxietyattack]

Body dysmorphia means you can’t see what you truly look like. Doing surgery on someone who even after it’s done, won’t know what they look like should be illegal.

[@sugma148]

Idk feels weird hearing someone who hates body hair on women, has obviously gotten some work done, and bleaches their hair, frowning on others getting plastic surgery

[@miclovesart]

Tbh this video feels like someone whos already conventionally attractive saying “ugly people don’t need surgery!” Without knowing what ugly people go through. Very insensitive imo.

[@sugma148]

@@miclovesart that too! Don’t get me wrong, there is a huge problem with plastic surgery but it seems hypocritical to promote body hair removal in said video.

[@miclovesart]

@@sugma148 exactly. I completely agree, she’s saying “don’t modify your body in that way, but definitely modify your body in THIS way!” And the bleached hair is just another way she’s modified her body!

[@amandaadams1759]

Exactly what I thought- the juxtoposition is almost comical considering how much this woman has altered her natural face with makeup.

[@Thecatsworlds]

@@amandaadams1759yeah, but it’s with makeup. It can always be washed off. You can’t wash off plastic surgery. That is, unless you’re a Kardashian with a whole lot of money.

[@nina-sama888]

Imagine talking shit about someone's appearance under the guise of caring about their well-being. Childish and hateful.

[@amay4203]

I think describing people as stunning when they are just normal people is part of the problem. Not everyone has to be superstar beautiful. We can just be normal and natural. Not everyone has to be beautiful to the general public. We only need to feel good enough in ourselves, and be told we're beautiful by the person who loves us

[@megsley]

we need to start pushing back against our fellow women - like, no babe, you're actually NOT a 10 and you'll never be 😂

[@nikirrae8495]

The fact that you can get cosmetic procedures done, filler included, before an age where your body is even done growing is wild to me.

[@peepysprite]

That girl at 0:59 is literally the beauty standard and they convinced her she still needs to change her face. If she really wanted to enhance things maybe they could have suggested lip filler but no they're just taking a wrecking ball to her whole face. I'm so sad about this.

[@SnackyMcSnacks]

I appreciate how disturbingly good your videos are...they are disturbing and make me feel disturbed about the disturbing world we live in.

[@stephanielange]

its a disturbing time we live in lol!

[@Katie_Woo]

I always wanted a nose job to slim down the tip of my button nose....yeah until last week when my husband had a severe deviated septum correction and saw the sheer pain, bleeding and disruption he's experiencing and that's with a successful operation. So I dread to think wtf an unsuccessful one is like to deal with. I'll keep my button nose and be happy.

[@bitterflywing]

when I got cool sculpting, I got my arm fat removed, I asked the clinic "Can we schedule for my love handles next week?" she asked "What love handles?" I said "I don't understand, they were literally here this morning in the mirror" they said "I think that was dysmorphia" to this day, I thank them for this honesty because that could have easy been free money for them

[@kittycatobsession]

You should do a video about the pressure on women to remove body hair. Precisely because you’re sponsored by Kenzzi.

[@stephanielange]

Done it already!

[@areswalker5647]

I've always had a big difficulty at recognizing people's faces, so I'm used to it. Yet, in the last few years I've had to completely give up on trying to guess who's who with celebrities or even influencers: in the past I could at least rely on little particularities, now they seem all the same person to me (very few vip are saved and still recognizable to me) so, lets talk about neurotypical people and not my special case here, my question is if they are all the same what makes them famous? Why or how would people recognize them in the future? They seem like they all came out of the same factory

[@kate_098]

As a Korean American, I'd like to clarify that the primary motivation behind double eyelid surgery among Asians is often to conform to regional beauty standards rather than aspiring for a more Eurocentric appearance. It is misleading to suggest that the procedure is predominantly sought after to achieve a Western look. The majority of individuals undergoing double eyelid surgery aim to meet Asian beauty ideals rather than emulate a white aesthetic.

[@cherin4722]

Circular argument. That ideal is inspired by western beauty standards.

[@lulam-pt8rs]

@@cherin4722 check your superiority and go outside. there are plenty of asians that are born with double eyelids and it's so presumptuous to assume people of color yet again want to look/be white. we don't want to look like you

[@padlily2485]

@@cherin4722 not really. double eyelids make the eyes look bigger and therefore more cute and innocent. trust, koreans don't wanna look like europeans/americans

[@kuumia2576]

@@cherin4722 Why would it be inspired by western beauty standards when about 50% of the east Asian population are born with natural double eyelids? Countries like Korea, China, Japan follow their own beauty standards, which is very different from western/Eurocentric beauty standards.

[@Tollkirschenkind]

I have a busted kneecap and arthritis in my right knee and left foot. I also have a big nose and relatively small lips and chubby cheeks. You can take a wild guess which things I'd rather have corrected. If a big nose or small upper lip or a flat butt is everything that you think is wrong with your body, you can be really, really lucky. When you get older, these things start to matter less.