Health

Influencers With Plastic Surgery Create A Dangerous Expectation Of Beauty

These days, plastic surgery isn’t something only older women feel pressured to do — now, even teenage girls fall prey to it.

By Mia C. Gonzalez2 min read
Plastic Surgery And Influencers Create An Illusion Of Unachievable Beauty Alamy 2CKFCW6
Alamy/Danny Moloshok

It was a few years ago in an acting class when one of the girls, a few years younger than me, strutted into the room — and something about her had changed from when I’d last seen her. I nudged my friend sitting right next to me, looking for confirmation. “Does she look different to you?” My friend quickly whispered to me, “Oh, you didn’t hear? She got lip fillers.”