Redefining Beauty: A Qualitative Study Exploring Adult Women's Motivations for Lip Filler Resulting in Anatomical Distortion.
Madeleine LoveChloe SaundersSteven HarrisZoe MoonDavid VealePublished in: Aesthetic surgery journal (2023)
Motivations for seeking lip fillers vary, however most women described social media impacting perceived aesthetic norms. We describe a process of perceptual drift where mental schema encoding expectations of 'natural' facial anatomy can adapt through repeated exposure to enhanced images. Our results can inform aesthetic practitioners and policy makers seeking to understand and support those seeking minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- social media
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- minimally invasive
- hyaluronic acid
- health information
- pregnancy outcomes
- healthcare
- primary care
- public health
- deep learning
- breast reconstruction
- depressive symptoms
- breast cancer risk
- convolutional neural network
- physical activity
- patient satisfaction
- metabolic syndrome
- optical coherence tomography
- machine learning