Celebrity skin doctor, Dr Brandt has been credited with kick-starting the latest trend in facial cosmetic surgery. Created through a series of skin-plumping fillers, injectables and botox, as oppose to the traditional, skin-tightening face lift, it's been dubbed
The New New Face.
The
Observer Woman suggests that all the teenage celebrities that are suddenly red carpet material, may go someway to explain this new aesthetic. Certainly if you think of Peaches Geldof, Miley Cyrus, Alexa Chung and even model Lily Cole, it's true that while they may have super-slender, size 8 figures; their faces do still have that rosy, plumped-up look that suggests a hint of teenage baby fat.
While I think it's important to keep an open mind about cosmetic surgery – as far as I'm concerned it's a personal decision that everyone has to make for themselves – I was however, both intrigued and somewhat concerned to hear about the latest trend in facial surgery.
Apparently women don't want that taunt, stretched-out, shrink-wrapped look that was so in vogue ten years ago (think how Cher's face looks; super-tight skin, plumped lips and a skinny nose). Instead they want what surgeon Dr.
With the recent news that
Keira Knightley has been voted 'best pout' in a poll, beating Kylie Minogue and Victoria Beckham to the top spot, I've been thinking about the downside to plumped-up lips; cruelly dubbed the 'trout pout'.
The term was first used in reference to '90's TV actress Leslie Ash who had collagen lip implants in 2003. The procedure went horribly wrong, giving her an unmistakably swollen and misshapen mouth.
Need another sign of the wilting economy? While
employers try to pack two jobs into one employee, things are getting rough in even the poshest places. As those intrepid reporters at The Daily Show prove, the near-recession is putting a wrinkle into the plans of the trout-lipped and smooth-skinned.
Set aside a little time to check out this
New York magazine story about the changing face of, well, faces. The writer, Jonathan Van Meter, points out something I've been noticing, too: Our culture is so obsessed with youth that looking good is becoming synonymous with looking like a teenager. He writes:
In the last 10 years, perhaps with the coming of Britney Spears, the age of the ideal has dropped precipitously.
Just when you think Bridezillas couldn't get any scarier, the
New York Times reports on a gauche new wedding trend: The bridal cosmetic surgery party! Yep, now in addition to spending $300 on a ruffled puce dress, bridesmaids are being asked to have a little Botox, Restylane, and even boob jobs before the big day — and it's not even their big day.
“If I were 25 or 26 and getting married, a bracelet, necklace, or matching earrings would be fine,” says a bride-to-be who took her bridesmaids to a medspa.
Remember the
model whose daughter wants a boob job? She's got company. The
Daily Mail reports on Ashley Hughes, a pushy stage mom who's spent $30,000 on salon treatments and pole-dancing lessons for her 15-year-old daughter, Emma — and of course there's a boob job in the works.
Most teenagers find something that they don't like about their appearance. Later, some of us grow to live with these quirks — check out these
"flaws" that are actually gorgeous — and many grow to love their crooked noses or big ears. These days, though, they don't have to:
More teenagers are turning to plastic surgery to fit in.
As plastic surgery becomes more common, so do the issues surrounding it. For instance, how does a woman tell her kids about her upcoming tummy tuck or boob job? To tackle this problem, a plastic surgeon has written
My Beautiful Mommy, a book for four- to seven-year-olds.
Well, this is just great. V20, a nightclub in Long Beach, California, was having a hard time drawing crowds. And then a promoter
came up with a brilliant scheme.
