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I Got Kylie Jenner Lip Injections, and They Turned Me Into a MonsterI became obsessed with Kylie's pout, and fell into a black hole of lip fillers and lipsticks |
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Once I got into the examination room, Shamban gave me the lowdown on how my lips would look post-injections. While I begged and pleaded with her to give me a supersized pucker that would make me Kylie Jenner's lip twin, Shamban talked me down to more normal proportions. When it comes to lip injections, she explained, a natural-looking pout is extremely important -- and everyone's look is different. Meaning, one size definitely does not fit all, nor can we all rock Jenner-sized lips and look fabulous.
"We assess a person based on the expression on their face. Whether you're trying to make someone look a little kinder, a little younger, prettier, sexier -- it's all very important when you determine lip size and shape," she said. As are proportions. The lower lip should be one-and-a-half times bigger than the upper lip, she said. And your lips must balance the entire face.
Determined to take me from "prep school girl" to a "sexy little thing," Shamban explained she would be using Restylane Silk to puff up my pout -- one of two FDA-approved fillers (Jenner uses the other one, Juvederm). As she filled up the syringe and sanitized my lips with an extremely drying alcohol wipe, I took a deep breath and prayed to the Kardashian gods I would come out looking like a sixth sister in the clan.
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