Beauty standards

"What's under the clothes, Brooke Davis?"

Breast implants, lip fillers, nose jobs, Brazilian butt lifts – we’re a nation obsessed with our looks. But many believe such risky, painful procedures in the name of fashion may be hiding deeper questions about our impossible beauty standards

Noise Magazine does a cosmetic surgery themed spread.

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"I'm so fucking sick and tired of the PhotoShop," Peter DeVito (pictured), 20, a photographer from New York, used to heavily Photoshop his own pictures but has since stopped to create a powerful movement online. Artist: Peter DeVito

Facial asymmetry correction Before and After pictures Surgery information : Two jaw surgery, Cheekbone reduction, Chin plastic surger...

The photo series IMPRESSION by Justin Bartels shows how too-tight clothes reflect beauty norms.

The A-list dermatologist opens up about everything from injectables to vitamin C.

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WITH NON-SURGICAL INJECTABLE TREATMENTS LIKE BOTOX AND FILLER NOW FIRMLY PLANTED AT THE FOREFRONT OF CURRENT BEAUTY TRENDS, IS THERE A BETTER, SAFER, MORE NATURAL ALTERNATIVE? A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TAKE A MORE SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO A YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE.

"Remind the world that everyone is beautiful." These are the words of Ilka Brühl - a 33-year-old woman from Germany, who took it upon herself to spread positivity and empowerment by telling her own story.

The body-positivity movement has gathered momentum in recent years, but arm hair — and the stigma attached to it — has been acknowledged far less. We explore why in a series of interviews and accompanying portraits.

British photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor hopes to break down the stigma around skin issues with Epidermis, her candid new photo series challenging how we view imperfection. Epidermis features close-up portraits of…

beauty standards collage

The idea I had for this was to use a strong icon of ideal beauty and society's achievement of true beauty, plastic surgery lines to contradict each other. I wanted to convey the idea that "Why should beauty standards matter?"

This experiment by journalist Esther Honig is really something interesting to watch! During the experiment, she took a simple and plain photo of herself. After that, she asked Photoshop artists from around the world to alter it, according to beauty standards in their countries. 23 artists gave her a completely different look - the results are quite astonishing and tell us a lot about beauty standards around the world! Have a look for yourself: