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There’s Been a Recent Surge in Lip Enhancements

More than ever, people are wanting to give the Kylie lip a try—and no, we don’t just mean her lip kits. As reported by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2015 saw a spike in lip enhancement surgery.

Doctors claim to believe that the pressure to look good on social media had an impact on the numbers in this report. As Dr. David Colbert of New York Dermatology Group explained to Mashable, “There is a growing pressure from the Instagram selfie generation to look your best online. It’s almost as if cyber reality has outdone simple life.”

In addition to today’s Instagram pressures, lip enhancements (or lip augmentations, by plastic surgery terms) are thought to be popular because they are relatively less painful and costly compared to other plastic surgeries.

Needless to say, Jenner isn’t the only one trying to enhance her selfies with fuller lips—many young people have the same goal in mind. 

Sophia Borghese is a Strategic Communications major at Ohio University. She is always excited to write stuff for Her Campus.  Sophia has writen for her university's fashion magazine, Thread, for over three years, and loves to write beauty related articles the most. Many of the makeup looks in the magazine are done by her as well. Most people associate her with bright lipstick, and her Instagram account Sophia Makeup Artistry. She loves to stalk great makeup artists, read up on the latest beauty trends and shop at Sephora whenever she can.  Alongside her interests in beauty, she is obsessed with sushi, pugs, Madonna and her favorite band Incubus.  Professionally speaking, she wants to continue to be a makeup artist, and work as a freelance beauty writer while partaking in the beauty PR world.