Lips and Cheeks – Unnatural and Overdone?

Sitting in the nail salon watching a well-known tv entertainment show, a lady seated next to me casually pointed out that she was ‘over’ seeing women with exaggerated cheeks. “They look so fake!” she exclaimed. 

Truthfully, I had gotten used to seeing overinflated cheeks and lips. Living in the Los Angeles area for many years, in and around the celebrity scene, one becomes accustomed to seeing face work everywhere – some good, some very evident, and some that leaves you shaking your head wondering how and who was responsible for truly bad work.

Now we’re seeing “the Mar-a-Lago” face work and it’s kind of scary. Splayed over-sized lips, paralyzed foreheads, and obvious fillers and tweaks showcase the outstanding, over the top “cookie cutter” results.

Face work, tweaks, fillers, and other “beauty” treatments are big business. Some of them, maybe most of them, are not truly safe for long-term use. 

How many years of injections will permanently alter the shape and contour of your face or permanently inflate your lips? After repeated injections of lip fillers your face won’t quite look as natural or beautiful.

More is not better. At first, you might be really wowed by the results of a filler. As the filler deflates or depletes, a top-off might be recommended, then another, and another…at this point, you may have concern about what is happening to other portions of your face.

It seems once you choose these types of modalities, it’s hard to stop.

Swearing off injections and tweakments will not only save you money, but your health, long-term, will be better without the side effects or surprises. 

Facial plastic surgery and injections are usually not just a one-off thing. It’s the multiple procedures and injections that can truly, over time, wreck your face. Instead of helping you look prettier, rather, most procedures after awhile only make the face look unnaturally done.

That’s why facial exercise using isometric movements with contraction can work extremely well to reposition and give new life to sagging cheeks, droopy eyebrows, and can even improve your pout all without needles or scalpels.