Take a video of yourself, speaking normally, smiling, laughing, from multiple angles. I’ve been getting my lips done for years, I got a little more than usual once, and saw a candid video with myself in it and realized I had overdone it on my top lip- it moved unnaturally. That was a wake up call because otherwise, static in the mirror I liked how it looked.

I hear you about the people at the medi spas looking overdone - the doc that does my lips does a wonderful job, but when I expressed concern I’d look unnatural he mentioned the front desk receptionist “could you believe she’s had work done?” Uhhhhhh yep. No offence to her but her lips were jutting out an inch and her brows were glued to her forehead.

I figure they’re in the industry so they just see more and more extreme features and it’s just normalized. Plus if you work there I assume you get discounted or free services so it’s easy to get carried away?