Sometimes, some beauty trends slowly creep into our lifestyle, become widespread for some time and return to obscurity. From others though, we never seem to stop overdosing on their dopeness – these are the mainstays; the decade-defining trends that will forever be reflected by their widespread adoption by people around us and social media hashtags of celebration.
From Disco hairstyles of the 80s and 90s, baggy jeans and D-cup boob jobs to other “under the knife procedures”, the world’s fixation with lip treatments is not misplaced.
If you live in the United States or the UK, the chances that you or someone you know has gotten a “lip job” is significantly high. According to Google, the search queries containing anything relevant to lip care is over 10 times higher than what it was in 2012 in the UK while the procedure ranks as the most popular non-surgical cosmetic treatment in the year 2016.
But just how did we get to this era where fillers are major agents in the beauty movement. Let’s have a brief throwback.
Women have been opting to take these procedures as far back as the 1900s. The major essence was to make their lips look plumper and fuller. The procedure is believed to have been a trend even back in the days among amazon and African tribes where women would pierce their lips or insert bones into them in a habit of remain more attractive and drawing attention from their male counterparts.
In the early 1900s, surgeons opted to use paraffin for “lip jobs” but the procedure proved to be failure without achieving desired results. Silicone was the next alternative employed in the 1960s and seem to be the breakthrough until the outcry and safety concerns of using silicone forced the procedure out of the market.
With the introduction of fillers like Juvederm and Restylane, a serious impression about fillers as being feasible, visually pleasing and safe for use. But it was not without the influence of Social media, celebrities and magazine front covers shots that put the importance of taking care of the lips back in the spotlight.
A.J and K.J – Lips to Kiss
Come the new millennium, A.J, Angelina Jolie, The Tomb Raider, Mr.&Mrs. Smith and Salt-star actress sparked our interest in her naturally plump lips in her year 2000 release of Interrupted and Girl. And while many women endlessly craved the perfect lips of Angelina Jolie, the craze of the world would not come until a certain Kardashian teenager would become the standard for what lips should look like – enter Kylie Jenner.
In May 2015, Khloe Kardashian queried her youngest sister, Kylie Jenner about her lips. The 17-year old at the time could be clearly seen to have undergone some type of transformation, and the results? Absolutely brilliant.
The beginning of the Kylie Jenner lip-fluence was immediately demonstrated with a crazy increase in the number of google searches and other internet statistics. Several cosmetic clinics reported over 70 percent rise in phone calls and enquiries the next day and before we all knew it, K.J had become a golden standard of what sexy lips and a perfect pout should look like.
A mere search of the hashtag #lipfillers on Instagram produces over 300000 results. The endless adoption of the procedure is an amazing testimony of how effective the procedure is. Thousands of women have looked to lip treatments and are never shy to share the results of their amazing transformations on social media. Even the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 2016 reported that a 50 percent increase in procedures done had occurred in 18 to 55 year olds between year 2000 and 2016.
The Kylie Jenner look is the today’s vibe and the role of social media and Celebrities are arguably indispensable panaceas to promoting the procedure. The many advantages of the process are easily seen as women continue to feel more positive and beautiful in their own skin.
This is a beauty trend that captures the heart of everyone and leaves a defining impression for most women. The procedure itself is also very safe, comfortable and literally painless to perform. The whole procedure should last no longer than 15 to 30 minutes and will usually be performed on the day of the consultation.
Professional treatments can be done to convey a plumper, fuller lips and is done with the use of fillers. The popular solutions involve Juvederm and Restylane and are different builds of hyaluronic molecules injected into the lips to achieve the desired volume and shape.
The procedure is completely safe but the experience of your doctor greatly matters.
Even in 2018, it has already been on lipped to be one of the year’s most adopted no-surgical cosmetic procedures which are expected to define the year of 2018 as one for the pouts.
From beautiful women with lovely smiles to lips that dare you to kiss, the latest in lip care is not a beauty trend that is going anywhere, anytime soon. It has presented several women with a distinct opportunity to define themselves and experience perfection in all ramifications of their beauty.
Even as beautiful as the procedure can be, it is highly imperative to recruit the services of professional service in NYC to avoid stories of botched jobs and artificial or doll looking procedures.
One of the most important things in lip care is to take total care of is the experience of the cosmetic specialist in charge of the procedure. You should be aiming to work with a professional that strives to understand your needs and one that can lend his expertise towards delivering perfect treatment for you perfect future lips.
