The lips
First up, the dermatologist highlights lips as an example of distorting beauty as one of the signs of female beauty during childhood is thick lips, which thin with advancing age due to loss of the lip subcutaneous tissue.
However models and women in their twenties still desire this look and Dr Draelos suggests that surgical help may be the method many women use as natural ageing would suggest the lips thin.
“I am amazed at the thick lips sported by models in their late teens and early twenties, when lip thinning begins, [as these are] plumped by temporary saline or semi-permanent hyaluronic acid, are so large that they cannot close with front tooth show being a consequence,” she explains.
On camera or from an aesthetic point-of-view this may work, but the dermatologist warns that these procedures may lead to functional difficulties.