Cosmetic surgery mogul Dr. Alexander Rivkin has shared his realization about facial enhancement procedures: People are desiring more gender-fluid ideals of beauty.
“I don’t see people coming in saying, ‘I want to look androgynous,’ but I’m seeing movement into the middle, aesthetically, where women are choosing to do procedures that are more traditionally male, and men are choosing procedures that are more traditionally female,” Rivkin stated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Rivkin observes that changing beauty and cultural standards have helped create a shift in surgical procedures. He cites celebrities like Zendaya and Zoe Kravitz as helping pave the way for stronger jawlines among women–a typically masculine feature. On the flipside, men like Tom Hardy and Ansel Elgort have sparked other males to seek out fuller lips–a trait more common among women.
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“It’s really a positive thing that what people are looking for in terms of beauty has shifted a little bit,” Rivkin says of the trend. “Women are still looking for feminine features, but they want strength within those features. The #MeToo movement is part of it. They are seeing images of strong women who are in power. With Zendaya, I’m seeing asks for specific parts of her face: It’s a strong, well-defined jawline. Women have [also] talked about Hunter Schafer as someone they want to look like, which is interesting. Again, she projects a strong femininity and has a great jawline, a strong chin, that cleft!”
“I think our culture is making the macho, hypermasculine guy not the only role model around, and so men are seeing actors and characters on-screen who are more feminine,” he also adds. “They have fuller lips; they have fuller cheeks; they have a straight nose and more delicate features. They are more feminine and still playing characters who are role models.”
As one final caveat, Rivkin adds “I don’t think it has reached conscious level yet. They’re doing it, but they don’t [realize] they are doing it yet.” He also says the trend is more common among younger people. No telling how that will look over time.
Catholicslutbox
You mean fem men and masc women?
Duck lips have always been popular among the vapid LA gays. nothing new
michel_banen
Why would one want to modify their appearance with surgery in order to follow a trend !? Are people THAT insecure to just be themselves. As soon as the trend is over…. you’re stuck with an outdated face then ? Ridiculous. But hey – if you really want that, go for it.
Cam
“”He cites celebrities like Zendaya and Zoe Kravitz as helping pave the way for stronger jawlines among women–a typically masculine feature. On the flipside, men like Tom Hardy and Ansel Elgort have sparked other males to seek out fuller lips–a trait more common among women.””
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Except this is kinda B.S. People like Jessica Simpson had strong jawlines years ago, all of the supermodels had strong jawlines, and people have been getting lip plumping for years.
Androgyny isn’t new, you had David Bowie, Duran Duran, etc… and even celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio was more feminine looking that the 70s movie stars like say Burt Reynolds.
The jawline isn’t masculine, it’s what happens when someone is thin. The women coming in want the look of being skinny apparently.
dinard38
And as for men wanting fuller lips, Ummmmm…… We people of color have naturally fuller lips, so how is this a feminine trait for men??
Kangol2
@dinard, as the photo notes, they usually don’t take people of color fully into account with these “trends.”
wellinmysoul
queens and left-wing deplorables
Kangol2
And one this site’s regular right-wing homophobes makes an appearance under a new name!
jeff1370
And obviously, unhappy closet cases……
Paco
Natural full lips on men do not look feminine. Not sure where that crazy idea came from that full lips are feminine.
Surgically altered and injected lips definitely look strange and artificial on men and many women. Even worse with lip gloss smeared on them. These surgeons still can’t replicate nature.
I have yet to see before and after pictures where the people actually look younger from cosmetic procedures. They always still look their age, but without wrinkles, and if they are real lucky, they might still look human.
Bytemenow
I’ve always been afraid of guys with artificially plumped up lips. Same your money and stick a hot curling iron in your mouth.
You’re welcome.
Jon in Canada
Translation: people are so bloody insecure that they need to follow a trend rather than be fabulously unique on their own. smh
eeebee333
Jesus. Where is that fourth horseman?