TikTok’s Anti-Aging and Beauty Obsession Has Gone Too Far (Botox, Fillers & Aesthetics)

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Gen Z TikTok users have shown a recent obsession with youth, anti-aging and beauty. In this video essay, I discuss how this surge is causing body dysmorphia and appearance dissatisfaction amongst young people who are flocking to get fillers and botox in alarmingly high numbers. The normalization of these cosmetic procedures for young people is disturbing and medical spas are preying on young, impressionable people and it needs to stop. ---- Sources: Plastic Surgeons Sound the Alarm Against the New “Alienized Look” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/plastic-surgeons-alienized-look-extreme-procedures-1234998846/ Can Botox and Cosmetic Surgery Chill Our Relationships With Others? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/well/mind/can-botox-and-cosmetic-surgery-chill-our-relationships-with-others.html Smiling can trick your brain into happiness — and boost your health https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/smiling-can-trick-your-brain-happiness-boost-your-health-ncna822591 What Is The Real Price Of Looking “Effortlessly” Beautiful? https://www.thezoereport.com/beauty/botox-filler-cost-of-effortless-beauty Unrealistic Beauty Standards Are Costing Us $500 Billion a Year https://www.instyle.com/dove-real-cost-of-beauty-ideals-6747142 Dr. Gavin Chan, "Why The Overfilled Don't See It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rab1Q8h7rqk&pp=ygUVZHIgZ2F2aW4gY2hhbiBmaWxsZXIg Why Millenials are Getting Botox and Fillers in their Twenties https://www.plasticsurgery.org/news/blog/why-are-millennials-getting-botox-and-fillers-in-their-twenties#:~:text=Annual%20statistics%20from%20the%20American,the%20age%20group%2020%2D29. Changing your face for your following: The dark implications of the TikTok ‘beauty algorithm’ https://ndsmcobserver.com/2021/03/changing-your-face-for-your-following-the-dark-implications-of-the-tiktok-beauty-algorithm/