Lindsay Lohan’s lips and the problem I have with injections in that area.

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So, you know how Lindsay Lohan was (somehow) given the (dubious) role of artistic advisor for Emanuel Ungaro? Well here’s a photo of her backstage posing with a model… and providing a wonderful case for NOT getting hair extensions, NOT going overboard with self tan and most importantly, NOT getting lip injections.

And let’s a get a close up of that, shall we?

And an even closer one of those pretty lips…

(Please note especially how fresh and chic the model next to her looks in comparison. Oh, you already did? Great job.)

Like anything you feel improves your appearance, from spray tans to eyebrow waxing, to IPL to Botox to acrylic nails, we all know how easy it is to become addicted, and how easily you can fall into a cycle of upkeep and maintenance. BUT. When you’re doing 12 of them, all at once, it can get a little much. And it can look a little too much. As Lindsay’s face generously demonstrates.

As for lip injections. Yes, they can make a ‘maturing’ face look more youthful, certainly they can.

However, I am:

A. Yet to see a good lip injection. And they just get worse, and the lips lumpier the more injections you have.
B. Very against them for women under the age of 25. They just look tacky. (Or distracting. Cue Keira Knightley.)

And! There are so many excellent lip plumpers out there! (See this video for how to cheat your way to Scarlett Johansson lips) like Sally Hansen’s Lip Inflation Extreme, for example.

Finally, if that wasn’t enough to turn you off, when I was at Harper’s BAZAAR, I interviewed Dr Sherrell Aston, one of, if not the world’s best plastic surgeons, who in great detail told me that while women are told the fillers they pop into our lips are biocompatible (that is, able to be completely broken down by the body), when he lifts (stay with me here) women’s faces for their facelift, he sees a disgusting build up of grey sludgy jelly, where all that filler has built up.

Also, and this is even more important, and a big reason why women who get repeated injections get that lovely, rollercoaster lip look, is that it’s not just about the filler remnants staying in the body, it’s the tracks the needles take for the fillers, which harden and stiffen over time.

Sexy.

(Handy hint: outlining your lips with concealer THEN applying your clear/pink/nude gloss also makes your lips look plumper.)

Are you into lip injections?
Were you before reading this post but are not anymore?
Would you get them?

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