A woman with the 'world's largest lips' has shared what she used to look like before spending thousands on surgeries.
It seems as if the way to become famous these days is doing something ridiculous and often dangerous to your own body, with the lad who's only training up one side of his body on TikTok being perhaps the prime example.
Sensational or controversial people continue to thrive online and we're all guilty of comparing ourselves against other people that we see, with the often unrealistic beauty standards of celebrities meaning that many are left unhappy with the way they look.
However, it wasn't a celebrity that inspired Andrea Ivanova; the Bulgarian influencer supposedly spent over $26,000 on lip fillers in her ultimate pursuit of looking like a Bratz doll.
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While the Bratz dolls had some big lips, Ivanova's are now on another level after spending the last seven years undergoing chin shaping, enlargement and lengthening, jaw shaping and cheekbone enhancement, alongside her many lip injections.
Andrea said: "'I like exaggerated things like huge lips, a face with many fillers, heavy and eccentric make-up.
"I don't like boring ordinary appearances and I am a fan of huge shapes and eccentric beauties. Natural beauty is boring to me so I decided to change my appearance radically."
Despite warnings from health professionals, and struggles in the world of dating, the 27-year-old is determined to boast the world's biggest lips and cheeks.
She added: "'My doctor was afraid to inject more hyaluronic acid into my lips, but I was adamant that I wanted more, and I will not stop.
"I wanted to do six procedures at once. Until now, I always did these on different areas of the face on different days."
They often say 'no pain no gain', and in Andrea's case it's a constant battle to look the way she wants, but she has no plans to stop with the surgeries.
She confessed: "I have pain all over my face right now and my jaw and chin hurt a lot.
"It's hard for me to smile because of the pain in my cheekbones and there's a pulling sensation over my face."
While Andrea is perhaps used to people mocking the way she looks, the 27-year-old has shocked people by revealing her before-and-after shots, which I'll let you make your own mind up on.
But she stresses that she's an adult, and this is what makes her happy, so perhaps we should just let her do whatever she wants, even if there are some serious health concerns due to potential necrosis.
She concluded: "You shouldn't judge people for their looks. It's their taste and no one has the right to be offended because of it.
"I think I'm going to carry on doing multiple injections in one day going forward, as it makes me very happy."
Topics: Health, Social Media
James Moorhouse