'Selfie boom' leads to rise of upper lip lifts, blepharoplasty and fillers


By AGENCY

Three-quarters of US plastic surgeons have recently seen a spike in clients under the age of 30. Photo: AFP

We had the "Zoom boom", now it's time for the "selfie boom". Eager to look better in their selfies, men and women are turning en masse to upper lip lifts, blepharoplasty, and injections of fillers.

These are the trending aesthetic procedures of the moment, while some patients from younger generations are also undertaking procedures designed to embrace certain beauty standards associated with the 1990s.

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beauty , trends , aesthetics , plastic surgery

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