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| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg | |||
| caption = Facial skeleton (Commons). This page is a map of how looksmaxxing surgery goes wrong — not a shopping list. | |||
| alt = Frontal skull | |||
| name = Surgical pitfalls | | name = Surgical pitfalls | ||
| also = botched, revision cascade | | also = botched, revision cascade | ||
| field = Medicine | | field = Medicine | ||
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'''Surgical pitfalls''' in looksmaxxing-era male work are patterned. This page | '''Surgical pitfalls''' in looksmaxxing-era male work are patterned.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> This page lists recurring failure modes. | ||
== Recurring failures == | == Recurring failures == | ||
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* '''Mill tourism.''' High-volume [[Turkey medical tourism]] and similar: some excellent named surgeons, many broker-driven packages with no revision path when you are home. | * '''Mill tourism.''' High-volume [[Turkey medical tourism]] and similar: some excellent named surgeons, many broker-driven packages with no revision path when you are home. | ||
* '''Surgeon shopping by Instagram.''' Filters, borrowed B&As, no board certification, no hospital privileges. | * '''Surgeon shopping by Instagram.''' Filters, borrowed B&As, no board certification, no hospital privileges. | ||
* ''' | * '''Hardmax as a treatment for [[blackpill]].''' A plate does not settle a verdict. | ||
== | == Soft-tissue failures (same pattern) == | ||
Looksmax.org and similar boards circulate a small English-language circuit ([[Barry Eppley]], Yaremchuk, later Ort, various rhinos and hair docs). Circulation is not a | Overfilled jaws ([[jawline filler]]), Tyndall troughs, [[vascular occlusion]] from liquid rhino, threads billed as a [[deep plane facelift]], a [[9D facelift]] with no polymer or plane named. | ||
Looksmax.org and similar boards circulate a small English-language circuit ([[Barry Eppley]], Yaremchuk, later Ort, various rhinos and hair docs). Circulation is not a ranking of skill. Read revision diaries as well as hero B&As. | |||
== This wiki's view == | |||
Wish-list stacking and Instagram-only surgeon choice are how the list above happens. Named procedure, hospital privileges, a plan for removal or revision. Liquid rhino and unlicensed gel are in the dangerous-and-useless class with [[bonesmashing]]. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Cosmetic surgery]] | * [[Cosmetic surgery]] | ||
* [[Turkey medical tourism]] | * [[Turkey medical tourism]] | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Medicine]] | [[Category:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]] | [[Category:Looksmaxxing]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:56, 14 September 2026
 Facial skeleton (Commons). This page is a map of how looksmaxxing surgery goes wrong — not a shopping list.
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| Also known as | botched, revision cascade
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Surgical pitfalls in looksmaxxing-era male work are patterned.[1] This page lists recurring failure modes.
Recurring failures
- Wish-list surgery. Canthal tilt + wraparound jaw + LeFort + rhino + buccal in one trip. Swelling hides disaster until it does not.
- Wrong order. Rhino on a recessed mandible; buccal fat before a cut that would have hollowed the face anyway.
- Stock implants for a 3D problem. Chin implant only; gaps at the body; "discontinuous jaw."
- Lid incisions for midface implants. Infraorbital implant → lower-lid retraction → more surgery.
- Cannot-remove implants. Bone overgrowth around a wraparound (described in long public patient logs after Michael Yaremchuk-style jaws). Plan for the next decade, not the next selfie.
- Mill tourism. High-volume Turkey medical tourism and similar: some excellent named surgeons, many broker-driven packages with no revision path when you are home.
- Surgeon shopping by Instagram. Filters, borrowed B&As, no board certification, no hospital privileges.
- Hardmax as a treatment for blackpill. A plate does not settle a verdict.
Soft-tissue failures (same pattern)
Overfilled jaws (jawline filler), Tyndall troughs, vascular occlusion from liquid rhino, threads billed as a deep plane facelift, a 9D facelift with no polymer or plane named.
Looksmax.org and similar boards circulate a small English-language circuit (Barry Eppley, Yaremchuk, later Ort, various rhinos and hair docs). Circulation is not a ranking of skill. Read revision diaries as well as hero B&As.
This wiki's view
Wish-list stacking and Instagram-only surgeon choice are how the list above happens. Named procedure, hospital privileges, a plan for removal or revision. Liquid rhino and unlicensed gel are in the dangerous-and-useless class with bonesmashing.
See also
References
- ↑ Plastic surgery. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.