This is the unusual email of the week.
It comes from photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor.
Tweakments
I’ve slowly become aware that I’m one of the few women of my peers who’s never had a so-called ‘tweakment’ – botox and fillers for lips, cheeks or brows. Salons offering these treatments seem to be popping up on every high street, with them even available at dentists and hairdressers.
I wanted to find out why so many women are turning to these procedures – personally and culturally. What is the effect of this newfound ubiquity on those choosing to have them and on future generations of young women?
Instinctively I assumed that this trend was shaped by patriarchal, unrealistic societal expectations. But as I began to talk to women, a more complex picture emerged. Rather than conformity, this was often about self-determination. Many felt “empowered”. tweakments may reflect mainstream beauty ideals but so do choices around body hair removal, make-up and hair dye, none of which we judge as harshly.
