{"id":13335,"date":"2024-02-15T05:37:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T05:37:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:37:46","slug":"from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"From bone smashing to chin extensions: how \u2018looksmaxxing\u2019 is reshaping young men\u2019s faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase \u2018sexual market value\u2019. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream?<\/p>\n<p>For James, it started with muscles. He was about 16 and had become self-conscious about his physique, fearing that he wasn\u2019t buff enough to attract girls. He found his way to a bodybuilding forum and began to work out. He can\u2019t remember when it happened, but at some point trolls began to infiltrate the forum. They were visitors from another online community with a different focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir general vibe was quite mean,\u201d says James, who prefers not\u00a0to use his real name. \u201cThey\u2019d take images people had posted of their impressive physiques and be like: \u2018You guys forgot to work out your faces!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2024\/feb\/15\/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a3ed2b7166bb972859792e65b394d8d678c5de02\/152_127_4955_2982\/master\/4955.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=465bdc577542e43c222a738a58c02850\" title=\"From bone smashing to chin extensions: how \u2018looksmaxxing\u2019 is reshaping young men\u2019s faces\" \/>Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase \u2018sexual market value\u2019. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream?<br \/>\nFor James, it started with muscles. He was about 16 and had become self-conscious about his physique, fearing that he wasn\u2019t buff enough to attract girls. He found his way to a bodybuilding forum and began to work out. He can\u2019t remember when it happened, but at some point trolls began to infiltrate the forum. They were visitors from another online community with a different focus.<br \/>\n\u201cTheir general vibe was quite mean,\u201d says James, who prefers not\u00a0to use his real name. \u201cThey\u2019d take images people had posted of their impressive physiques and be like: \u2018You guys forgot to work out your faces!\u2019\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase \u2018sexual market value\u2019. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream? For James, it started with muscles. He was about 16 and had become self-conscious about his physique, fearing that he wasn\u2019t buff enough to attract girls. He &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From bone smashing to chin extensions: how \u2018looksmaxxing\u2019 is reshaping young men\u2019s faces<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}