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Lip filler everywhere

487 replies

crumbaliba · 22/11/2023 22:21

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

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faffadoodledo · 29/11/2023 19:09

I'm an hourglass with 34DD and visibly small breasts for my overall frame - I'm 5'9 and quite athletic looking. But I've had much larger breasted friends telling me I'm hourglass, I think because my waist is very noticeable.
Once told this it completely changed the way I saw myself.

AntonFeckoff · 29/11/2023 19:28

I think because my waist is very noticeable.

Same when I’m naked, but I never show it off! I normally wear mid-rise skinny/slim jeans and baggy jumpers. I’m now going to experiment with some high rise trousers and fitted jumpers.

drowninginjelly · 29/11/2023 21:18

@Angrymum22 I'm not picking holes. I'm just pointing out that even by your own definitions it's nothing to do with shoulders. Your excessively detailed essays about the topic are..... strangely overinvested.

Lemmoella · 29/11/2023 21:41

AntonFeckoff · 29/11/2023 19:28

I think because my waist is very noticeable.

Same when I’m naked, but I never show it off! I normally wear mid-rise skinny/slim jeans and baggy jumpers. I’m now going to experiment with some high rise trousers and fitted jumpers.

Try body suits as well. I have a small waist (big hips) so I wear those things too, it looks nice

bombastix · 29/11/2023 22:14

Well what I've learned here is why women have these things in the first place; some of these posts are unbelievable in terms of focus. No wonder people feel self conscious

CremeEggSupremacy · 29/11/2023 22:21

Lemmoella · 29/11/2023 21:41

Try body suits as well. I have a small waist (big hips) so I wear those things too, it looks nice

Do you not find bodysuits make you look very boxy because they cling to the widest part and then don’t sit on the waist? I love the look of these but I have a tiny waist compared to my hips and whenever I try one on, they seem to make my whole torso look the size of my hips! Where do you get yours from?

AntonFeckoff · 29/11/2023 23:14

I had to Google bodysuit. How do you use the loo in one? I think I’d hate it.

Lemmoella · 30/11/2023 06:57

@CremeEggSupremacy no I am a smaller size on top than on bottom so I don’t think I look boxy. I like baggy clothes at the same time but a nice body suit with high waisted jeans can look nice too. I think a lot of women avoid clingy clothes but oversized clothes can have the boxy effect. Tesco or new look.

@AntonFeckoff they undo in the crotch with 2 or 3 poppers. I always buy long ones that you can easily reach

LadyWithLapdog · 30/11/2023 07:25

I remember the bodysuits from first time around (80s?), they weren’t that comfortable. Maybe the fabrics and poppers are better now.

Lemmoella · 30/11/2023 07:29

@LadyWithLapdog the ones I have are nicer now. I just get long sleeved fitted ones. I have a nice ribbed one from Tesco. They fit nice into jeans. Tucked in tops do look good generally if you have bigger hips than waist. It doesn’t have to be a body suit. I will even wear longer cropped tops in summer. Dressing for your body shape can be fun and confidence building. If you don’t like body suits and you wear dresses then wrap dresses can look nice too.

SwishSwashSwooshSwersh · 30/11/2023 07:36

suntannedsnowballs · 22/11/2023 23:02

My lips look very normal

Lip fillers don't automatically mean duck lips

Your lips look good! Very natural

Angrymum22 · 30/11/2023 21:01

drowninginjelly · 29/11/2023 21:18

@Angrymum22 I'm not picking holes. I'm just pointing out that even by your own definitions it's nothing to do with shoulders. Your excessively detailed essays about the topic are..... strangely overinvested.

I have spent time working with patients with dysmorphia and it’s a fascinating area of mental health. You need to be able to work out what the patient is trying to achieve before you can unpick their morphological problem. My area is the mouth but having a good basis in general body morphology is necessary.
I mainly identify patients who have dysmorphia as opposed to the need to be like everyone else. My son calls it “white sheep syndrome”. Most chronic fillers of their lips are not dysmorphic.

I did consider training to carry out lip fillers, it’s a lucrative business, but was put off by the pressure to overfill lips. I have always refused to electively disfigure patients.

Did you not see the diagram I included? I take it that you are not familiar with the intricacies of the human anatomy and you didn’t spot the red line indicating the width of the shoulders.

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