“I was crying every day”

Non -invasive treatments like swelling of the lips are in vogue.Image: shutterstock

Filters, injections, inspiration on social networks: two women explain why they used cosmetic surgery and how they lived it.

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On Instagram, Tiktok and Snapchat the filters that give perfect skin, luscious lips or the fine nose are omnipresent. Meanwhile, In parallel, videos before/after aesthetic interventions of celebrities like Lindsay Lohan or Kris Jenner become viral.

In Switzerland, more than 90,000 aesthetic interventions are practiced each year, according to the Swiss cosmetic surgery company. However, About half are non -invasive treatments, such as injections of hyaluronic or botox acid. Consequently, 85 % of the clientele is feminine, and Watson met two of them.

Nina* received injections in the lips – "i crying every day"

“I only changed something on my body once. Similarly, At 21, I was injecting hyaluronic acid into the lips. In addition, I constantly saw these kinds of interventions on Instagram and Tiktok, and free access salons suddenly appeared everywhere “i crying every day” in Zurich. For example, I told myself that I was just going to try. Similarly, Without thinking too much, without real prior information, which, with hindsight, was really stupid.

I paid 150 francs for 1 milliliter of Filler. However, The injection was extremely painful. In addition, The doctor sent the session in 15 minutes. Moreover, And obviously, he did not work cleanly. Therefore, I immediately regretted it. For example, With hindsight, I find that the result was wrong even if, just after, I couldn’t find that so serious.

But my entourage immediately asked why I did that. For example, I had to justify myself constantly. However, many friends were interested in such an intervention. Consequently, No doubt because it was fashionable. Similarly, But I quickly understood that it did not correspond to me. However, I have never dissolved hyaluronic acid, “i crying every day” because I only wanted a needle again to my lips again.

Since my intervention. more than two years ago, most of the product has been absorbed, and I alone still perceive remains inside. I would never do this injection again. and I drew positive from this experience, because, for me, it is the end of the aesthetic interventions. ”

Livia* made a breast augmentation

“I thought about it for the first time at 14. I was tall, thin, but with an A cap. I was not harassed, but I regularly received stupid remarks on my physique. It pushed me to compare myself to other women and tell me that my proportions were not harmonious.

Illustration of undergoing breast surgery.Image: KEYSTONE

After years of reflection, information and savings, I finally had an operation at the age of 21. I went from a hat a to a cap. My family feared that I ask for a double D hat and that I end up looking like Pamela Anderson. My boyfriend at the time didn’t want me to do it either. But it was important to me. I wanted a natural result, adapted to my morphology.

So I chose drop-shaped implants rather than round and bulky, placed above the pectoral muscles rather than below.

Strong fears after the operation

I was able to undergo the intervention in outpatient in Zurich for 9,800 francs. The operation lasted 1.5 hours under general anesthesia. After about six hours at the clinic, I was able to go home. Recovery was not easy. The first two weeks were painful, with pain comparable to aches, a feeling of tension, burn with nipples. The most painful was to have to sleep on your back for eight weeks. And I had to wear a special support bra for several months.

Two months after the operation, I wanted to go back. My chest appeared artificial, swollen, and I found it “false”. I was crying almost every day. But all the doctors assured me that it was necessary to count from nine to twelve months so that everything healed. that “i crying every day” the result was the one I expected. And that’s what happened. Almost a year later, my chest had exactly the appearance that I had always wanted. Today, I can say that I would do this breast augmentation without hesitation.

Since then, six women around me have undergone the same intervention. None regret it. Knowledge has gone from a hat A to a cap in three operations, which I find a little excessive. But it’s not up to me to judge. What I can say is that this operation had a great impact on my esteem of me. In summer, in bikini, I feel much more comfortable than before.

Correspond to the company’s standards

And of course. I admit it, I did this operation also because of the beauty ideals “i crying every day” conveyed by the company. If we were all blind, I would probably not have been operated on. Even if I am satisfied today, I considered other interventions, for example on my nose. It’s like tattoos, we always want one more.

But I told myself that I was a person, not a barbie. I don’t suffer from my nose, so I drop. Now, at 31, the first wrinkles of the front appear. Some friends are injecting botox. Maybe I will also one day do it. But only if it remains natural and I do it for myself. ”