Lip filler everywhere

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Is it just becoming the norm? How is everyone affording it in a cost of living crisis?

Ivy Tildsley and Lesley Ash were pilloried for it back in the day.

I was just going to post something similar to this. Back in the 90s I was teased about my lips and often asked if I was of black or African origin. Which was a bit weird as I’m super pale with red hair.

The thing I find weird about lip fillers is that my full lips sort of go with the rest of my features, but those getting fillers are given the exact same shape of lips. It looks really odd because it doesn’t match the rest of their features. They all have the same shape of lips and a weird ridge above their top lip that isn’t natural looking if you do have fuller lips.

That's true. I guess I was just taken aback that they were doing this. I suppose it's a step up from whitening.

(I have had my bottom teeth whitened - they were left discoloured by antibiotics when I was a kid. The top teeth were crowned after a couple of accidents left them stuck together by composite.)

They were very unfortunate. I recall that they both lost work because of it.

There was some interesting discussion at the time on Tiktok, where it was suggested that this was intentional, because it produces a very desirable and very Instagrammable look face on, in photos. Side on and in motion it’s a different thing, however.

Maura had lip fillers. Look at her on Newsradio vs later. Very obvious.

I’m sorry but the fillers in your lips are so obvious. I’m not being critical, and have no problem with you doing what you want with your lips.

I’ve spent a lifetime working in peoples mouths, fillers change the fundamental anatomy of the mouth. It may look ok on photos but functionally it can look odd when you speak.
I have a hearing processing problem and need to see peoples mouth when they speak to me to process speech. I find it difficult when people have filled lips because they are unable to form the right shape with their lip during speech. It makes their speech muffled if you can understand what I mean.

I don't mean to be harsh but these are not done well. They are very obvious because of the shelf on the top. I would have these dissolved and start again personally.

Everyone saying 'I can always see fillers' is just plain wrong though. The point is you don't know that you've seen good ones. You only see bad ones because they're obvious.

Ouch they look sore 🫣

Yes this is the same as me. I've been asked before whether I have had filler and it's just my lips :( if you have bigger lips you do tend to have a slight ridge. That's why I think it's so funny people 'cAn aLwAYs tElL'. Two of my sisters have had a small amount of filler and you wouldn't know, but people always think I've had mine done because of the natural ridge.

Dyed hair and makeup can be removed at the end of the day.

@EsmeT I am not a professional but there seems to be a lot of migration I believe it’s harder over time to stop this from happening, it has all leaked out of the lip border and has created a line above the lip. I know a lot of the time people get this dissolved and use the butterfly stitches to try stop migration outwards but once it’s migrated once I think it’s always going to happen as those structures are stretched/damaged and can’t hold the filler in

She's always had a bit of a 'trout pout', even back in NewsRadio. She has an overbite. Like Ruth Wilson. No idea if she's had fillers now, haven't seen her in anything recently.

@Jellycats4life I really am not sure why she did do this to herself she was absolutely beautiful

@Amortentia I'm the same colouring with red hair and v pale, which is different to the rest of my family but it turns out my ancestors (so my mums great grandad) are black. Most of the family have dark skin, eyes and hair and a lot have curls/coils too
So that's where my lips (and curly hair!) is from

Has that pic of Chrissy Tiegan been altered?
She looks like the mask from the film Saw.

Well that’s one and a half sets of lips on here that don’t look as natural as the posters think they do.

Most of my family are very dark too and we all have curly hair. But, I’ve had my DNA tested and I’m 70/30 Irish/Scottish. No interesting ancestry lingering in my blood line sadly. 😂

A few weekends ago I went to a local bar / restaurant that is very popular with young women. Not my sort of place, but a lot of footballer's wives / girlfriends go there (or so I'm told - I wouldn't know).

Lots of crowds of young women all dressed up. What really struck me was how in several of the groups there were one or two women who had not had botox / fillers. Their faces really stood out from across the room....expressive and mobile. There eyes really seemed to smile when they laughed. The filler / botox faces just all looked bland, frozen and blank.....reminded me of the film the Stepford Wives.

Yes...as someone will probably say....I did not interview them so I don't actually know if my assumptions are correct. It may be that these women just had naturally expressive faces. Possible but, I suspect, not very likely!

Just adding to what many other posters have said. Sorry @EsmeT but you do look very much like you've had lip fillers, and the look is not natural. As a pp said, you have a shelf above the top lip, where the filler has migrated.

Doesn't look bad though. But it doesn't look natural.

It's uncanny Valley territory and sets off my ick.

I don't think they look bad @EsmeT but there's just a bit too much migration above the border, in my opinion. I'd ask about a Russian, or similar, technique next time and only have a little at a time injected. The edges should be crisp and defined.

Some of these places just fill them any old way. Also avoid a cannula, non needle technique

What is uncanny valley @Conkersinautumn ?

I'm not sure why this description describes just robots, I've heard it used for mannequins and dolls too (reborn)