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Do You Have Lip Fillers?

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Lbet · 19/10/2025 09:03

As the title said really.

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Hellohelga · 19/10/2025 14:19

Never. You can always tell and I think they look awful.

teacupzs · 19/10/2025 14:12

Much harder to tell in a photo though vs in motion in real life.

teacupzs · 19/10/2025 14:10

I think this is probably true, you notice the bad, overfilled lips.

How come so many Hollywood celebs are obvious?

Greedybilly · 19/10/2025 14:05

No because it's the pornification of women. Do men do it? No ofcourse not.

Mademetoxic · 19/10/2025 14:04

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:36

You absolutely can't always tell. I love it when this line gets trotted out 😂😂 you can always just tell bad filler.

I have it OP. No one noticed in my family. Chemo sucked the life out my face. Now I just look like I did before chemo.

Can you tell from the side? I can always tell when someone has lip fillers from a side profile view, no matter how small. It's a different shape to normal.

OnlyOnAFriday · 19/10/2025 13:52

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:36

You absolutely can't always tell. I love it when this line gets trotted out 😂😂 you can always just tell bad filler.

I have it OP. No one noticed in my family. Chemo sucked the life out my face. Now I just look like I did before chemo.

I think this is probably true, you notice the bad, overfilled lips. Someone earlier on the this thread posted a pic of filled lips and they look nice and i wouldn’t be able to tell. As I near 50yo im considering it just to try and get my lips looking less thin, more like what they were ten years ago. I don’t want duck lips for sure.

Holluschickie · 19/10/2025 13:50

I definitely can't always tell. But I can tell on TV if I am staring at someone's face fir ages. Like The Apprentice contestants who all look identical.

piratesparrot · 19/10/2025 13:48

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:47

Yes, that was me. :) under a different username!

happy to post the pics again to shit the judgey know it alls up!

OMG you legend!! that thread was so funny

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:47

piratesparrot · 19/10/2025 13:39

This reminds me of a thread a year or two ago about lip filler and someone posted their lips and everyone was like "yep- definitely lip fillers- you can totally tell because of blah blah blah" and the lips were completely natural (she even posted photos of her as a teen and they looked exactly the same).

Other people posted their lips and were told they had lovely natural lips and they were filled. So, no, all these people insisting you can "always tell" were wrong. It was very amusing.

Yes, that was me. :) under a different username!

happy to post the pics again to shit the judgey know it alls up!

soyourtimehascome · 19/10/2025 13:47

It’s a hard no from me. They look stupid and I will judge you as being stupidly vain. Who has time to wonder about their lips to the extent that they will pay for weird shit to be put in them to make them bigger?! Who fucking CARES?!
I hate the world that this is a thing

I8toys · 19/10/2025 13:43

Absolutely not. I went to Stockholm recently and saw lots of lovely seemingly untouched faces. Came back into Manchester airport and saw the fillers and botoxed faces. It was very jarring. We seem to be becoming a nation of tweakments.

SALaw · 19/10/2025 13:41

Oh my goodness a young person currently competing on a big tv show looks like she’s about 47 due to the things she’s done to her, clearly naturally pretty, face, including laughable lip fillers. Don’t do it guys!

Throwmoneyatit · 19/10/2025 13:39

Yes, I do.
Every 12-18 months. Naturally, I have a bigger lower lip and a very thin top lip so I have approx 0.5ml over the two lips.
Very unnoticeable, my lips don't look like a duck beak and I don't have a trout pout.
I have a fear of needles but manage to sit for the 10 mins it takes, plus lots of numbing cream!
Costs roughly £120.

piratesparrot · 19/10/2025 13:39

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:36

You absolutely can't always tell. I love it when this line gets trotted out 😂😂 you can always just tell bad filler.

I have it OP. No one noticed in my family. Chemo sucked the life out my face. Now I just look like I did before chemo.

This reminds me of a thread a year or two ago about lip filler and someone posted their lips and everyone was like "yep- definitely lip fillers- you can totally tell because of blah blah blah" and the lips were completely natural (she even posted photos of her as a teen and they looked exactly the same).

Other people posted their lips and were told they had lovely natural lips and they were filled. So, no, all these people insisting you can "always tell" were wrong. It was very amusing.

Readyforslippers · 19/10/2025 13:39

No, I find faces more interesting when not messed with.

Holluschickie · 19/10/2025 13:36

No.
It's really weird to me that things I was teased for when younger- full lips, dark skin, lots and lots of hair, thick eyebrows- are now aspirational if a different race does it.

BackOnTheRodeo · 19/10/2025 13:36

LittleMoreLegAction · 19/10/2025 09:30

No. Never will. It’s the worse cosmetic procedure by far. And you can always always tell. Even the tiniest ‘lip flip’.

You absolutely can't always tell. I love it when this line gets trotted out 😂😂 you can always just tell bad filler.

I have it OP. No one noticed in my family. Chemo sucked the life out my face. Now I just look like I did before chemo.

frockandcrocs · 19/10/2025 13:33

Nope, I’m fairly blessed on that department (the irony of being bullied for having bigger lips as a teen and now those bullies pay to have them!!), but in all honesty, if I wasn’t I’d have them, so I’m not judging anyone else (just the bullies!!).

andthat · 19/10/2025 13:30

Cancer treatment massively impacted my face. I lost my top lip.

that.. as well as feeling like shit, impact on my hair, my weight and a million other post cancer side effects left me feeling like crap.

I had my lips done. They look like they did before treatment and I’m so grateful to have had the procedure.

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 19/10/2025 13:09

Lbet · 19/10/2025 09:15

That sounds quite nice and but wonder why some have them really big , like sticking out.

It’s like fake tan… you get more done because you see the difference from the last application or injection and not from the beginning as others do. Effectively, you don’t notice how far you’ve gone. Also, some people like the way it looks and as more people have them, it becomes more fashionable in some circles.

it’s more common now because it’s more accessible.

I won’t have them because the filler doesn’t actually dissolve as we were first told. It simply moves and in time blocks our lymphatic system. I won’t take that risk but done well, it can look great. All these people who say they can tell, can’t when it’s done well but they don’t know that.

Fourfurrymonsters · 19/10/2025 13:04

LittleMoreLegAction · 19/10/2025 12:19

But strangers might notice? Esp those with experience in the field, either as a professional or someone who has had it.

You can think that if you like, but I really don’t give a shit, so….🤷‍♀️

Greyhound98 · 19/10/2025 12:53

Lbet · 19/10/2025 09:12

Hi, it’s just something I have always wanted to know but don’t know anyone who has their lips done to ask. Just would like to know the reasoning behind it has it seems to have become so common now.

You probably know and have encountered lots of people who have lip fillers. Not everyone has them exaggerated and obvious with the duck face look.

Depending on the technique and the skill of the person wielding the needle, sometimes it’s done to smooth the outline or to even up asymmetry and you would never know because people who have their lips ‘done’ don’t tend to announce it to strangers.

roseclouds · 19/10/2025 12:41

LittleMoreLegAction · 19/10/2025 12:19

But strangers might notice? Esp those with experience in the field, either as a professional or someone who has had it.

Who cares- I notice people who dye their hair crazy colours, I dont judge them for it, I often think they look fabulous with them.

If you spend your entire life worrying what other people think about your appearance you will be miserable forever. Even the most gorgeous models in the world will get some strangers online telling them they are ugly so who GAF?

roseclouds · 19/10/2025 12:37

Lbet · 19/10/2025 12:12

I really didn’t realise it can be just a once a year thing you have done. Kinda thought it would be an every 8 week thing. Guess it’s not that expensive after all.

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Darling, if I had them done every 8 weeks they'd cover my entire face 🤣 and I could use them as a floatation device

Results vary but generally speaking they last a good 8 -12 months at least on most people (even more if you have them done a few years in a row)

LittleMoreLegAction · 19/10/2025 12:19

Fourfurrymonsters · 19/10/2025 12:10

Because you know your own relationships best. My mum, who I’m super close to and we talk about everything, hasn’t noticed. I have no qualms about telling her, but I was waiting for her to notice (my litmus test, if you like, as if anyone was going to notice and say something, it would be her 100%) and I’d have been happy to say “yeah I’ve had a little bit of filler” but a year later I’m still waiting 😂

But strangers might notice? Esp those with experience in the field, either as a professional or someone who has had it.