Ah, another day another viral trend doing the rounds online. It truly seems like not a day goes by without some strange beauty trend making its way into our lives. Although this one is particularly horrifying.
So-called “Devil Lips” have swept through Instagram and the pictures are utterly bizarre.
But there may be some very serious hidden dangers. Keep scrolling to find out more about this baffling trend…
Whether it’s the newest eyeshadow palette that every beauty fanatic needs or some cosmetic procedure fad, it doesn’t take long for a trend to do the rounds.
Kickstarted by the one and only Kylie Jenner, Instagram became obsessed with the shade of Mac lipstick so they could recreate the star’s signature look.
As soon as Kylie’s lips became plumper, everyone else wanted bigger lips too and soon enough, so many people were heading out to get lip fillers.
Facial filler gained huge popularity, with many people opting for the procedure to enhance cheekbones, jawlines, and even noses.
So many up and coming makeup artists made a name for themselves online by posting makeup snaps like this.
But its safe to say that some beauty trends are more on the weird side…
Not all of them have a positive reaction…
The trend saw beauty influencers drawing their eyebrows on in a wavy pattern, leaving many of us slightly baffled.
Although often there was a little help from Facetune too…
Many speculated that a tiny bit of editing had a part to play in getting the wavy brow effect.
And it could come with potentially fatal consequences.
Keep scrolling to find out more…
For the most part, people were pretty horrified.
Others shamefully admitted that they actually liked it.
You’ve heard of lip fillers or overlining your lips, but this new fad, dubbed as “devil lips” sets out to achieve a “wavy” appearance.
Several think the strange beauty trend was started by a Russian plastic surgeon called Emelian Braude.
Creating a wavy outer edge across the lips.
But it kind of looks strangely aesthetically pleasing too.
“You can sharpen and contour by enhancing the vermillion border, but these ‘devil lips’ are unnatural,” Dr Krystyna, cosmetic dentist and facial aesthetician, explained to Dazed.
“Filler injected inappropriately could end up in a blood vessel, causing blockages and leading to necrosis (death) of the tissue. The vessels are around the lips, so using filler inappropriately is what can cause this.”
We know how prevalent the use of Photoshop or Facetune is, so it’s not totally unreasonable to raise questions over whether these pictures are even real.
And as we already know, the consequences of this could be deadly.
This woman claims the trend is all down to Photoshop after using the editing technique for herself. We have to say, we aren’t exactly surprised…
For a list of the weirdest fashion trends, keep scrolling.
Some of these are horrific…
