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🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

Warning for beauty injections

The article discusses the surge in popularity of looksmaxxing, particularly through the use of peptide injections marketed for beauty enhancement, highlighting the significant health risks associated with their illegal sale.

Mar 23 • 04:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Life & Tech

Inside 'looksmaxxing', the controversial trend that makes young men hit their own faces

The article explores the 'looksmaxxing' trend, focusing on young men's efforts to enhance their appearance, including self-inflicted facial routines.

Mar 21 • 21:15 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Life & Tech

Inside 'looksmaxxing', the controversial trend making young men hit their own faces

The article explores the trend of 'looksmaxxing' where young men like Marvin are engaging in intense grooming routines and facial workouts to improve their appearance.

Mar 21 • 20:42 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Life & Tech

Manosphere’s Clavicular ‘bone-mashes’ his own face with a hammer to get a better jaw line

A young influencer known as Clavicular has publicly admitted to injuring his own jaw with a hammer in an attempt to achieve a more defined jawline, which he claims is part of a trend in the 'looksmaxxing' community.

Mar 20 • 05:00 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Sculpted jaws and scores to measure attractiveness: looksmaxxing, the new trend among young men

The article discusses the growing trend of 'looksmaxxing' among young men in Argentina, where individuals strive to achieve perceived physical perfection through various beauty and fitness routines.

Mar 18 • 12:21 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Young men's beauty sacrifices shock: smashing jaws with hammers, craving 'hunter's eyes'

Young men are increasingly engaging in extreme beauty procedures, such as smashing their jaws with hammers and undergoing leg elongation surgeries, in pursuit of an idealized aesthetic known as 'looksmaxxing.'

Mar 16 • 19:46 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
Life & Tech

Handsome at Any Cost. Looksmaxxing - A Controversial Trend Among Men

The article explores the trend of looksmaxxing, where young men risk their health and wellbeing in pursuit of an idealized masculine appearance.

Mar 16 • 16:55 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
Life & Tech

Hitting the Face with a Hammer: The Madness of 'Bone Smashing' Takes Over TikTok

A dangerous trend known as 'Bone Smashing' is becoming popular on TikTok, where individuals harm their facial bones in the belief it will improve their appearance.

Mar 2 • 09:05 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
Life & Tech

Do You Want to Be Beautiful and Successful? So Much That You're Willing to Take Steroids, Drugs, and Go Under the Knife? (Weekend Without Politics)

The article explores the growing trend of cosmetic enhancements and the extreme lengths some individuals, particularly young influencers, are willing to go to for beauty and success.

Feb 28 • 05:30 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

AMOG craze raises concern - 20-year-old aiming for 'alpha male' status in a dangerous way

A young American man, Braden Peters, is promoting harmful practices for looksmaxxing, drawing comparisons to controversial figure Andrew Tate.

Feb 11 • 18:15 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
World

Narco-aesthetics and Looksmaxxing: How the Body Becomes a Political Weapon

The article explores the dominance of narco-aesthetics in southern America and the rise of looksmaxxing in the north, focusing on the use of beauty as a means to power in 2026.

Feb 1 • 16:14 UTC

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