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AverageGeneticLover
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Looksmaxxing can start off as self-improvement, but in a lot of online communities, it quickly turns into an obsession with extreme and often unhealthy beauty standards. For example, there’s this huge focus on having a super defined, forward maxilla basically, that sharp midface look even though most people don’t even know what a maxilla is or where it is on the face. Guys start comparing CT scans of skulls, or doing weird techniques like “bone smashing,” hitting their faces hoping it’ll change their bone structure that has zero scientific backing and can actually be harmful. The problem is, you end up chasing features that barely anyone notices in real life, all while feeling worse and worse about yourself. That’s when looksmaxxing can shift from confidence-boosting to full-on body dysmorphia. You’re no longer improving your looks youre stuck obsessing over imaginary flaws, ts cant be good for you