As tweakments and surgical procedures become aspirational, brands and products are embracing a post-op aesthetic to sell the fantasy of transformation
Sep 12, 2025
Inside beauty’s new repair economy where filler dissolves, Botox blow-back and “Ozempic hair” turned aftercare into the main event
Aug 28, 2025
Singers and actors have undergone the knife to aid their careers for decades, but now the practice is trickling down to people who don’t work in the spotlight
Aug 26, 2025
From post-mortem facelifts to cadaver cartilage nose jobs, post-death altruistic donations are the raw material for 2025’s most coveted tweakments
Jul 24, 2025
Framed as care, encouragement or tradition, some parents push their children toward cosmetic surgery, leaving behind lasting emotional scars
Jul 14, 2025
In the midst of greater plastic surgery transparency and access, the line between having the right to adhere to conventional beauty and being forced into a ‘dictatorship of beauty’ is blurry
Jun 06, 2025
There is a significant focus on looks when it comes to romantic relationships. But what are we left with when we deprioritise the importance of physical appearance (and gender) from those dynamics?
Apr 02, 2025
In films like Babygirl and The Substance, casting choices and plot lines are offering meta commentary about the violence and labour of beauty work in our culture today
Mar 03, 2025
From The Substance and A Different Man to Severance – as the tension grows between our aspirational and authentic selves, so does our inclination to watch this duality play out
Feb 20, 2025
As Botox and filler become more common on screen, many worry that actors are losing the ability to emote
Feb 04, 2025
People in their 20s and 30s are getting their faces ‘lifted into oblivion’ in the latest iteration of the ‘preventative’ ageing trap
Jan 24, 2025
From pubic hair restoration to a candid interview with Pamela Anderson, see the most read articles on beauty this year
Dec 23, 2024
That so many public figures continue to lie about getting cosmetic surgery proves that there is still a deep cultural belief that “natural” beauty is a moral achievement, writes Ellen Atlanta
Dec 18, 2024
To mark 40 years of the Marc Jacobs brand, we take an alphabetical trip through the life and times of an American fashion icon
Dec 03, 2024
Through a linguistic sleight of hand, cosmetic procedures including injectables, lasers and even some surgeries are being lumped together under the label of ‘skincare’
Nov 22, 2024
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