Beauty Treatments Pros & Cons

There Are So Many Options For Treatments That Bring Us Closer To The Societal Standards Of Beauty. Are Some Of Them Too Good To Be True? Keep Reading For The Pros And Cons Of Some Of The Most Popular Procedures Available In Chennai Today.

- PRIYANKA ACHARYA

Once upon a simpler time, beauty treatments were limited to things like facials, nail extensions, and hair colouring. Anything involving needles or surgery seemed extreme, and reserved for shallow, wealthy, Beverly Hills-types. But all cultural phenomena got their start as a trend in a niche community. What seemed extreme one generation ago barely raises an eyebrow now. As technology evolved to fuel our narcissism, faces became currency and people realised beauty can be bought. Dental work like whitening and veneers can take your look from small-town to Hollywood. Peels and lasers for the face can make skin even and taut. Botox freezes your wrinkle-free skin into place, and lip filler can be transformative (see Kylie Jenner).

You can increase the arch in your eyebrows, remove the fat from your cheeks, change an Asian monolid to a double eyelid, remove a bump in your nose...the list goes on.

Over the last three decades these practices have trickled down from the ultra wealthy to the masses. It was fascinating to watch plastic surgery go from something people treated as private, hush-hush personal business to influencers vlogging their procedures, holding up a camera as needles enter their face, getting the treatment for free in return for promoting it on their social media. Now, nothing is off limits, and girlfriends discuss botox and filler in the same category as gel manicures and hair extensions.

As a beauty and glamour aficionado, I have tried some of these treatments myself and have mixed feelings about the results. That's why I want to discuss the pros and cons of some of the more popular, less invasive ones, especially as they are now widely available in Chennai.

1. Eyelash Extensions