Bags@piefed.social 3 days ago
I think it has more to do with an erosion of reasonable beauty standards than anything. Less of a "status symbol" and more of an act of "because I can". I think a lot of the people who you look at and think "what the fuck" actually think they are beautiful and attractive. I don't think someone who has everything, and can get whatever they want would purposely make themselves look grotesque, but I'm neither rich, nor a psychologist, so maybe I'm totally wrong...
The Bogdanoffification has been happening for a while...
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have a dentist office near me that also offers Botox. There’s also a boulevard that has a billboard advertising it. My area is not exactly considered the most affluent of areas.
AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I worked at a dental lab once and we had a patient who The doctor said wanted bigger teeth.
Having made teeth for a while, this was a first for everyone in the lab. At some point teeth don’t get much bigger. At some point the amount of metal and porcelain were putting into the mouth of this 82-year-old woman is a substantial weight of material not to mention its volume.
When one doctor refused to make any bigger teeth she went to other doctors who required her to pay up front. We got this lady’s case back a dozen times.
We’ve remade this thing from scratch at her expense and she looked downright cartoonish every time we’d get photos back.
The frame for her full arch mandibular implant retained PFM was the single largest cast of gold alloy anyone in the entire lab had ever poured or seen poured for dental work.
Some people have money and they’re addicted to the process. I can’t think of any other reason for this lady to have done that.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s about $200 if you just want to calm down your resting bitch face for a few months. And women are criticized about equally for having RBF as for getting “work done.” Minimal Botox isn’t nearly as obvious as most people seem to think, so why not?
Bags@piefed.social 3 days ago
It can fall under the same umbrella. Unrealistic beauty standards being set by the "rich", who some people look up to as role models. If there were something that you could do that you might be able to afford, like botox or lip fillers, that you believe would make you more beautiful, closer to your role model... If that sort of thing matters to you, then yeah, you might go for it.
I was sort of thinking more like this though with respect to extreme alterations...
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 days ago
I didn’t realize there were white arrows in that pic, and thought they also had some goofy ass clown haircuts
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Botox doesn’t have to be expensive and ridiculous. Last gf was cute as shit at 50-yo. She’d just get a few pokes every 3-6 months. Her face wasn’t plastic or unnatural, you’d never know. Maybe a bad example as she hadn’t had shots for months after I met her and she didn’t have wrinkles to speak off.