hey guys it's Tina here the other day I
stumbled upon the weirdest most bizarre
beauty trend on Instagram I was just
like scrolling through my explore page
as you do and I stumbled upon this photo
it's a photo or like a stitch slip and
at first I thought it was like maybe
it's like a Halloween look or something
because around that time everyone was
doing you know bloody and gory stuff for
Halloween but in this case when I click
through to the page it was a cosmetic
clinic in Thailand called alt O'Neill to
underscore clinic this was when I
discovered a lip reduction and lip
reshaping
is a trend in Thailand if you thought
wavy lips and way the eyebrows were
bizarre this one just takes it to a
whole new level so of course I was
really curious and I did some research
online and there were a few articles
written up about this weird lip
reshaping trend apparently it's been
really popular in Thailand for the last
like five to seven years a lot of women
and even men go into these clinics and
requests for their lips to be reshaped
into a what would you call it maybe like
a flying bat shape in Thailand they call
it crash sharp I think that's how you
pronounce it but that's the name of a
water chestnut which has that shape why
do people do ah I'm not too sure but
obviously they think it looks beautiful
some articles have said that people
believe that this will make their more
beautiful and bring them wealth so maybe
it's a superstitious kind of thing I
don't know but it's so design it looks
quite painful - have you guys heard of
this procedure at all so what happens is
the doctor actually removes about 30% of
the lip tissue so that once that's
removed it's really hard to kind of I
guess like get back right so it's a
permanent procedure in Thailand I think
one of the most expensive clinics charge
about 30,000 baht for one lip and 50,000
baht for both lips so that's equivalent
to I think about nine
dollars USD and one and a half thousand
dollars USD for both lips so I would say
it's a bit more expensive than you know
your temporary lip injections and
fillers it's actually quite weird
because lip injections and lip
enhancements to make your lips look
bigger is so popular in you know the
Western countries the US Australia UK a
lot of people are opting to get their
lips looking bigger or you know they
even use makeup to outline their lips
and kind of over draw it whilst in
Thailand is like the opposite a lot of
people want their lips to look even
smaller but not because they have like
big lips of site off weird but because
they want that like bone shape now just
like any cosmetic surgery there are
risks involved and it can sometimes
obviously go wrong as well some cases
people have said that they experience a
keloid scarring and it's painful also if
they have too much tissue removed they
can't actually close their mouth so
there's photos of some patients that it
looks like their teeth is always showing
another risk is that your lips could be
uneven so you know you go to this clinic
to get your lips done and then you come
out with uneven lips then you're gonna
have to go back again for a revision
surgery now I don't know anyone
personally that has undergone this
procedure just looking through you know
Instagram and just googling online some
lips actually look quite normal and
quite nice it's not too noticeable but
some of them go too too far especially
when they don't have big upper lips to
begin with and they take a lot of that
tissue out but I guess everyone has
personal preference and obviously they
can do what they want with their body
it's really interesting to see though
how one trend big lips is so popular in
lots of parts of the world and on the
other side of the world lip reduction
like the total opposite thing is on
trend now if you guys are from Thailand
and you know a bit more about this
procedure please fill me in because I
actually do want to find out some more
information everything online kind of
covered pretty much the same thing but
maybe you have some updated information
you can let everyone know also if there
are any other bizarre trends happening
your country do comment below it'd be
interesting to hear you know what sort
of things are on trend in other parts of
the world whether it be like makeup
I guess the cosmetic surgeries and
styles it's actually really interesting
to hear about them anyways that is it to
this video I hope you guys have found it
a little bit interesting and I hope I've
got you curious I bet you a lot of
people are gonna go online and just look
at these photos now don't get too
grossed out let me know your thoughts
below and I'll speak to you guys next
time
bye
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