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Analysis of the Trend Toward Fuller Lips Among FashionModels A preference for fuller lips is a relatively recent, multifactorial aesthetic driven by changing demographics of both consumers andbeauty archetypes (eg, fashionmodels and celebrities), the relatively low cost and safe use of numerous injectable filler agents, and thedicta of the fashion industry.1-3 The arbiters of taste mold opinion...

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