By Social Media

Firstly, let’s kick it off with the infamous Kylie Jenner lip challenge. The youngest of the Kardashian Klan caused a stir on social media, a few years ago, when her twitter and instagram photos showed the teen with slightly fuller lips. At the time Kylie was 17 years old and she had denied that she had had any work done. However, teenage girls around the world began seeking ways to copy Jenner’s fuller pout, without going underneath the knife or using a needle.

So,  this involved getting a plastic bottle and putting your lips in the top bit of the bottle and sucking it. Some people may have tried this with glasses or shot glasses.

View Video: (Might be quiet disturbing)

At least some of them found it hilarious and very entertaining, but others where really upset that their lips had the possibility of staying like that for some time. A female says, in the video, ” do i look like Kylie Jenner now?”. But when did it become okay to look like a celebrity, by hurting yourself? Realistically the safer option would’ve been to get lip fillers, instead of sucking the air out of the glass, where there is a possibility of the glass breaking.

 Even though this was 2 years ago, the Kylie Jenner lip challenge is an example of social media trends, can promote cosmetic surgery. Even though Ms Jenner didn’t promote the lip challenge, well she didn’t try and put a stop to it either, but, if she hadn’t of shown her lips on social media, via instagram or snapchat, the lip challenge craze may not have broken out.

Social media has allowed cosmetic surgery to appear more glamorised, as it provides an opportunity for individuals to “show off” their cosmetic work”. In particular for celebs as they seem to promote cosmetic surgery through social media. As social media does centre around photos and videos it makes sense that social media has contributed to the glamorisation of cosmetic surgery.

It has allowed celebrities to be more comfortable about sharing their experiences when undergoing cosmetic surgery, but it has also made cosmetic surgery not appear as a negative, as it used to be.