THE ARTISTRY of aesthetics
Few treatments are more popular – or polarising – than fillers. And while it appears beauty’s obsession with inflatable cheeks and tumescent-lipped faces is on the wane, “stealth filler” is the new vogue, with savvy aesthetic practitioners switching up their needlework for a light-handed, little-and-often approach.
It’s not about adding a ton of volume any more. The new trend focuses on artfully honing facial features and selecting the correct palette of gels for the job. In the right hands, it’s now possible to have tiny, barely detectable adjustments that fly under the radar.
But let’s not sugar-coat this: it’s been a long journey to get to this point. Collagen-based fillers became popular in the 1980s, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved their use in 1981. Cue several decades of trout pouts and chipmunk-cheeked stars, not to mention images of botched
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