RESEARCH – Obsessed with the beauty standards of social networks, young people aged 18-34 are the biggest consumers of aesthetic procedures. An addiction that feels like a never-ending war against itself.
“I found my lips too small. I started watching everyone’s mouths, my relatives, people on the street, on TV, on the net… It became an obsession. Two years ago, I found a surgeon on Instagram and switched to hyaluronic acid injections. I feel much better that way.” Marion’s complex, Lil is 32, does not return to adolescence. He even admits that he is “a victim of the spirit of the times, the development of beauty standards.” Mario is part of a generation for whom the use of aesthetic procedures has become commonplace, and about which we talk openly, without shame.
In an instructional investigative book, Scalpel generation (Éd. JC Lattès), journalists Elsa Marie and Ariane Riou wanted to understand what was hidden behind the shocking figure revealed in 2019: 18-34 year olds now use more cosmetic drugs and surgery in France than 50-60 year olds. “They go to their doctor like a barber…
Source: Le Figaro
