"Take a second before you read this to look in the mirror. Go on, it'll be worth it. I'll be here when you get back. OK, how'd that go? Did you like what you saw? Probably not. Feeling a bit puffy? See a zit in a conspicuous area? Did you want to punch yourself for the sin of experiencing the natural course of aging? These feelings are normal."
"GLP-1s mean you can lose weight quickly, without doing much more than shoving a needle in your bum a few times a month. Plastic surgery, Botox, fillers, Turkish hair plugs. We live in the golden age of techno-vanity, where self-improvement can be had for a few bucks (and days and days of living in bandages like a hipster mummy). The odious trend of looksmaxxing is the natural nadir of our collective obsession with not being ugly."
Immediate dissatisfaction with one’s appearance often prompts pursuit of rapid cosmetic fixes such as GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, plastic surgery, Botox, fillers, and hair transplants. Affordable and accessible procedures encourage extreme self-modification and techno-vanity, normalizing invasive interventions and prolonged recovery for aesthetic gain. Looksmaxxing involves deliberate facial alteration, steroid injections, and risky drug use to chase idealized traits. The movement can reflect and amplify racialized beauty ideals and desires for homogenized features, producing ethical concerns about eugenic tendencies and the normalization of dangerous practices among impressionable individuals.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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