Aesthet Surg J. 2023 Jul 15;43(8):907-916. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjad050.
Lip filler enhancement has fast become one of the most popular minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. Motivations for "overtreatment" with lip fillers are poorly understood.
The aim of this study was to explore female motivations for and experiences of procedures that achieve an aesthetic of distorted lip anatomy.
Twenty-four females who had undergone lip filler procedures resulting in strikingly distorted lip anatomy, determined by the Harris classification of filler spread, took part in semistructured interviews about their motivations, experiences, and perceptions related to lip fillers. A qualitative thematic analysis was carried out.
Four major themes are discussed: (1) the normalization of lip fillers, (2) perceptual drift which is mediated by exposure to repetitive images of larger lips on social media, (3) perceived financial and social benefits of larger lips, and (4) the relation between mental health and seeking repeated lip filler procedures.
Motivations for seeking lip fillers vary, but most subjects described social media impacting perceived aesthetic norms. A process of perceptual drift occurs whereby mental schema encoding expectations of "natural" facial anatomy can adapt through repeated exposure to enhanced images. The results can inform aesthetic practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand and support those seeking minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.
唇部填充物增强已迅速成为最受欢迎的微创美容程序之一。对“过度治疗”唇部填充物的动机了解甚少。
本研究旨在探讨女性对实现扭曲唇部解剖结构的美容程序的动机和体验。
24 名女性接受了唇部填充物手术，导致哈里斯填充物扩散分类中明显的唇部解剖结构扭曲，她们接受了关于她们与唇部填充物相关的动机、经验和看法的半结构化访谈。进行了定性主题分析。
讨论了四个主要主题：（1）唇部填充物的正常化，（2）感知漂移，这是由社交媒体上大量唇部重复图像的暴露所介导的，（3）更大嘴唇的感知经济和社会利益，以及（4）心理健康与寻求重复唇部填充物程序之间的关系。
寻求唇部填充物的动机各不相同，但大多数受试者描述了社交媒体对感知审美标准的影响。感知漂移发生，即通过反复接触增强的图像，对“自然”面部解剖结构的心理图式编码期望进行编码。结果可以为寻求微创美容程序的审美从业者和政策制定者提供信息。
