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Cut glass jawlines on women

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Iheartguacamole · 21/02/2026 22:01

I’m starting to notice more and more that modern beauty standards encourage a razor sharp jawline. I’m not sure if it’s me imagining things but has it always been like this? Actresses like Margot Robbie, who is undoubtedly very beautiful has literally no fat whatsoever on her jawline. Looking at other celebs that are the modern standard of beautiful they all seem to have this same trait - Kylie Minogue, Angelina jolie etc. Is it artificial? Are they getting the fat sucked out from under their chins? Or do they all happen to be like this naturally? I don’t know anyone is real life with jawlines like theirs.

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AnOldCynic · 22/02/2026 08:37

Toomuchleopard · 22/02/2026 00:30

Check out mcr_aesthetics on instagram for some really scary jawline changes using filler

Fuck. There’s some horrors on there!

Beekman · 22/02/2026 04:16

It’s a buccal fat removal procedure. I struggle to think of anyone among the A-list females who haven’t had it done. Margot Robbie’s is actually quite subtle compared to, say, Lea Michele and Anya Taylor-Joy.

TremendousThirst · 22/02/2026 01:51

Just ridiculous to say “how does anyone even have time to notice this”. Of course people notice when every celeb on the cover of every magazine suddenly has the same facial features that almost no onehad 20 years ago.

PyongyangKipperbang · 22/02/2026 00:55

I have it naturally and very prominent cheekbones, which would be lovely if the rest of my face wasnt quite so saggy! I have been asked where I got it done!

Toomuchleopard · 22/02/2026 00:30

Check out mcr_aesthetics on instagram for some really scary jawline changes using filler

Darkladyofthesonnets · 21/02/2026 23:54

Years ago I asked a plastic surgeon who was revising a scar for me about getting a small amount of fat/droop removed round my jawline. He told me that the amount of fat was minimal but removing it could leave me with lax skin. I decided to leave well enough alone. He did do a great job with the scar though after a dermatologist botched a skin cancer removal. I do look at all those people using makeup to contour jaw lines but it only ever looks like I have a dirty face. My skin is very fair so that may be the problem. I tried lots of products and shades too - even the greyed tones some people recommend for light cool-toned skin.

Anxietyspiral · 21/02/2026 23:45

It's from mewing, obviously.

JLou08 · 21/02/2026 23:44

I've naturally got a strong defined jaw line. It can be done with filler now. I'm not sure it has always been "in". I hated mine when I was younger, I felt like it should be softer to look more feminine. When I first heard about women getting filler to have it done I was surprised.

waterbobble · 21/02/2026 23:40

It definitely wasn’t a thing when I was younger & some people have it naturally based on their jawlines. However the celebs have all had help including male ones. Margot Robbie looks great but has defo had a fair few tweaks.

Im not sure why we aren’t allowed to comment on celebrity beauty trends and tweakments.

thegreatreckoning · 21/02/2026 23:32

I have a very defined jawline and a very slim, fat and wrinkle free neck and shoulders, even at 55 and 7 years into menopause. No treatments or surgeries in my case, just genetics. If it's any consolation, everything else has got fat!

OneBadKitty · 21/02/2026 23:30

If you put yourself in the public eye and go out of your way to put your image in every magazine, every newspaper, pose for multiple photoshoots, adverts, do makeup and fashion promotions, star in Hollywood films, appear on glamorous TV shows, go to awards ceromonies with red carpet posing shots etc. etc. then you should expect people to comment on your looks because that it is your whole persona and I see no problem with anyone talking about these people.

AngeloMysterioso · 21/02/2026 23:14

It’s buccal fat removal as well to make the face narrower and cheekbones more prominent. Margot Robbie and Sophie Turner have both done it, they both had quite round faces (still stunningly beautiful) at the start of their careers, now Margot looks a bit gaunt. Sophie Turner’s make up or hair stylist posted a picture of her on instagram the other day and I genuinely didn’t recognise her she looked so different.

Gowlett · 21/02/2026 22:56

FreshInks · 21/02/2026 22:49

I’m sure if you posted a photograph of yourself we could find things you would “benefit from”. Except that would be pretty awful of us and would probably make you feel like shit.

Why do you think you have the right to do the same to well-know women?

I don’t have the right to do anything. Had there not always been interest in celebrity looks? It’s not just me… I’m 50, jowly, with a fat, slack jawline that I don’t love! Jennifer Aniston clearly didn’t like hers either, so had it done. I just thought she looked good already. It’s my opinion. Of a famous person.

Gowlett · 21/02/2026 22:51

AnOldCynic · 21/02/2026 22:43

Yeah, and why is it fine to comment on well known people’s looks? Why not your neighbours? Why don’t you comment on what they are actually famous for @Gowlett?

Celeb gossip has always interested me, since my mum bought Hello! when I was a child. We loved Princess Diana. I used to read Heat, New, Now etc… before we had the Internet. I think lots of people are interested in celebrity lives?

Jennifer Aniston, I’m a big fan. I love her looks. She was famously photographed leaving a top surgeon’s office, a couple of years ago, with Sandra Bullock. I think the work she had done on her lower face altered her nose, jaw & chin.

FreshInks · 21/02/2026 22:49

Gowlett · 21/02/2026 22:30

We were just saying it about Angelina Jolie. She’s all jaw.
When Margot Robbie did Barbie, “snatched jaw” was a thing.
I think Jennifer Aniston would benefit from a softer jawline, the work she’s had done makes her strong chin more prominent.

I think it’s fine to comment on well-known people’s looks. I’m also interested in their outfits, lifestyles, homes, personal lives. I think Gwyneth Paltrow’s eye job was a mistake. As was Mel B’s. Kris Jenner’s facelift… If it makes her happy, then fair enough!

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I’m sure if you posted a photograph of yourself we could find things you would “benefit from”. Except that would be pretty awful of us and would probably make you feel like shit.

Why do you think you have the right to do the same to well-know women?

FreshInks · 21/02/2026 22:46

The obsession with how women look is really weird.

GarlicBound · 21/02/2026 22:45

AnOldCynic · 21/02/2026 22:13

You have far much time on your hands to even notice this…

I notice it all the time! It's a recent development and not at all normal in women past their twenties or so.

I think the younger ones have chin fillers, then the flesh surgically removed as they get older. I don't spend much time looking at past & present photos of actresses and celebs but, when I do, there's often a sudden change from a slightly convex slope between chin & neck, to an inwardly-curving space between sharp jawline and neck.

It looks great, though. I am sadly lumbered with an almost continuous chin-neck, which might explain my noticing it so often.

AnOldCynic · 21/02/2026 22:43

Ebok1990 · 21/02/2026 22:38

Can you define exactly how Jennifer Aniston would benefit from a softer jawline?

Yeah, and why is it fine to comment on well known people’s looks? Why not your neighbours? Why don’t you comment on what they are actually famous for @Gowlett?

Kalanthe · 21/02/2026 22:43

People get shitloads of expensive filler (10 times of what you would put in lips) to achieve it.

I have a jaw like this naturally and I always hated it, wanted a narrow one like the Korean beauty standards. Then a few years ago I was asked if my jaw has filler because it looks so defined and I found it hilarious

Iheartguacamole · 21/02/2026 22:40

I had no idea filler could do this!

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Jamesblonde2 · 21/02/2026 22:38

It’s filler. Specifically to sharpen the jaw line and make a pointy chin. I think it looks harsh. So it’s not always natural, particularly for those getting on in age.

See photo I have taken randomly from the internet.

Cut glass jawlines on women
Ebok1990 · 21/02/2026 22:38

Gowlett · 21/02/2026 22:30

We were just saying it about Angelina Jolie. She’s all jaw.
When Margot Robbie did Barbie, “snatched jaw” was a thing.
I think Jennifer Aniston would benefit from a softer jawline, the work she’s had done makes her strong chin more prominent.

I think it’s fine to comment on well-known people’s looks. I’m also interested in their outfits, lifestyles, homes, personal lives. I think Gwyneth Paltrow’s eye job was a mistake. As was Mel B’s. Kris Jenner’s facelift… If it makes her happy, then fair enough!

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Can you define exactly how Jennifer Aniston would benefit from a softer jawline?

ThePoshUns · 21/02/2026 22:32

I’m 54 and have a strong jawline. It’s my reward for having a big old chin all my life. C’est la vie!

Overtheatlantic · 21/02/2026 22:31

It’s nothing more than bone structure and youth. Or if you’re Helen Mirren perhaps a lower facelift?

Gowlett · 21/02/2026 22:30

We were just saying it about Angelina Jolie. She’s all jaw.
When Margot Robbie did Barbie, “snatched jaw” was a thing.
I think Jennifer Aniston would benefit from a softer jawline, the work she’s had done makes her strong chin more prominent.

I think it’s fine to comment on well-known people’s looks. I’m also interested in their outfits, lifestyles, homes, personal lives. I think Gwyneth Paltrow’s eye job was a mistake. As was Mel B’s. Kris Jenner’s facelift… If it makes her happy, then fair enough!