Lip Augmentation with Soft Tissue Fillers: Social Media, Perceptual Adaptation, and Shifting Beauty Trends beyond Golden Standard Ideals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unfortunately, current beauty trends greatly advertised by social media are trespassing recognized cannons of beauty. Of particular interest are patients' expectations of soft tissue volume augmentation of the face, specifically of the lips.

Methods

An artificial intelligence picture of a White female face was generated. With the fixed standard golden upper-to-lower (U/L) lip ratio, a first set of pictures was generated with varying lip fullness. A second set of pictures was generated with various U/L ratios and lip fullness. In a survey format, the 2 sets of pictures were rated for attractiveness from the most to the least attractive by adult men and women.

Results

Rating the first set of pictures clearly demonstrates that overinflation of lips with upper

SUBMITTER: Atiyeh BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521003 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature