Motivations for seeking lip fillers vary, but most subjects described social media impacting perceived aesthetic norms. A process of perceptual drift occurs whereby mental schema encoding expectations of "natural" facial anatomy can adapt through repeated exposure to enhanced images. The results can inform aesthetic practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand and support those seeking minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.
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