Why do people get massive amounts of lip filler?

I get my lips done (not by a massive amount though) and I do it because I love the way it looks. I couldnt give a rat's ass if you or anyone else dont like it or think it looks stupid- you are perfectly entitled to your opinion, just as I am entitled to mine.

I am quite sure I might not like the way you look in real life either - we are all different

Erm because things you've mentioned make you look better, not worse. I never seen obvious fake lips that made anyone look better.

I honestly think these girls don't see themselves from the side, because from the side they look bloody awful and nothing like natural full lips.

I also don't understand why these fake ugly lips are usually smothered in copious amounts of lip gloss - this makes them even more disguising. Kind of reminds me of intestines or something even worse (not going to say on here).

My husband stares too. He whispers in my ear, “somebody looks like they’ve either been in a fight or they need an epi pen.”

You can apply that logic to anything. Why does anyone bother to put on makeup? Brush their hair? Brush their teeth? Wear earrings?

Unless the people getting the fake look stare in a mirror all day it is for other people as it is only other people that can see it

They get fake looks because they want to look fake, why? No one knows but the whole point of it is for others to see them that way

I'm not keen on the overdone look, but as for the reason? Well, fashion & the folly of youth of course!

No, she looks like someone who has had filler in her lips, along with other procedures.

The thing is you don't know how many people you know who had it when it's been done well because you didn't notice it. Also just because you don't like something doesn't mean that it shouldn't be allowed. Why does anybody think that's a reasonable position?

Each to their own but they don't look good to me at all. You can clearly see the migration in the corners of her mouth and they've got the weird lip filler shape, like a pringle.

Why do they look better? What was wrong with her lips before?

Looks awful

I hate to tell you this but people look/stare because they can’t believe how dreadful they look. My eyes are always drawn to them and it’s not in a good way.

It never looks natural or nice. I’d go as far as to say it makes naturally beautiful people look ugly.

@TwigletsAndRadishes the "trashy" aspect was what the presenter was getting at iirc. But the people who had such intentionally obvious work done didn't see it that way - it was a conscious choice.

Not my choice, I'll admit.

@twobluehorses I genuinely don't think it does because they still look fake to me.
I can get on board with Keira Knightley though, just watch Black Doves and it wasn't something I noticed until mentioned on here. I shouldn't notice.

Oh come on. This looks better after the lips have been done.

She’s too dense to realise that most of the men who look at her are doing it discreetly not because they don’t want their wives to see but because their wives have just said to them ‘fgs look at fish lips over there ‘ .

Too many people care far too much about what others do to themselves. Some people like them some people don’t, if it’s not your thing then good for you! If someone wants massive lips then that’s their money to do so, if someone wants to stay natural then fair enough. Grown woman making shitty comments is worse than filler.

I'm confused by this; are the men who like your lips paying you so you don't have to work???

I like to have 2ml because men like them and I don't like to work.

Do they? I have naturally big lips but men are usually too busy looking at my breasts to notice my mouth tbh.

And you think they are trying to look at you discretely because they find your lips attractive? I wouldn't assume that.

I am an 'older woman' and I can promise you my husband finds these over-pumped lips unattractive and ridiculous. If he was staring at you it wouldn't be for reasons you'd be flattered by.

I like to have 2ml because men like them and I don't like to work. I think it's funny when older women's husbands try to look at them discretely in front of them, these threads always tickle me

Because it swells when you get it done and then goes down and people miss the original look.

Because it’s unregulated. I could do an injection course (I’m not medically trained in anything), buy cheap filler and charge very attractive prices.

Because some injectors don’t give a shit what you look like and have no ethics and just care about money.

I had a surgical lip lift. I absolutely love it. It’s adds height to your lip as opposed to filler which just adds volume. I had filler once and it just wasn’t for me.

I loathe those kind of tits with a passion. I am not against people who are naturally very small on top having a boob job if it makes them happier, but like all the best enhancements they should be able to pass as natural, or at least get you wondering. The minute something is very obviously fake you just look trashy.

Round my parts, some women do it to belong to a specific “tribe”. They may not actually like the look in and of itself, but if they circulate or want to circulate in a specific set they need to have filler + Botox, tidy but done gel nails, Cartier or Van Cleef jewelry, constant low-level tan, no excess fat, Goyard or equivalent bag, blonde highlights etc. It’s just another badge of belonging for them, I think. Rarely is it overdone but you can always tell something has been injected.

eta Keira Knightly is looking a lot like Rachel Weisz these days! I’ve seen her in person a few times (RW), she’s gorgeous.

I saw a tv programme about breast implants once, and lots of people specifically wanted the very circular ones that gave you a sort of line on the top. It was an example of conspicuous consumption. They wanted their implants to be obvious so that everyone could see they could afford them and that they cared about their appearance. Like 80s ad execs with flashy Rolexes, but surgical.

I had assumed obvious lip fillers were the same thing. Like overly white veneers and mahogany fake tan.