Is Plastic Surgery Having a Vibe Shift?

There's something different about how we look these days. Faces used to practically have logos: forehead by Botox, lips by Juvederm, and cheeks by Restylane. Now, you can't exactly figure out what people are getting done. Is it that new fish thing? Some sort of newfangled facelift? If work is being done, it's subtle. Sotto voce. It's the Undetectable Era.

"It's demure," observes celebrity makeup artist Daniel Martin, when I ask for his thoughts on this new trend. It's mindful, to mimic the famous TikTok saying. As the go-to no-makeup-makeup artist for nearly two decades, Martin's long been an expert at understated beauty. These days, he jokes about the new "no-filler-filler cheek," saying, "the technology and the work now are definitely different. It's undetectable, and more unnoticeable."

The "Undetectable Era" is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise of a kind of surgery where you're "really not going to be able to pinpoint anything" other than that people looking great. Like your most expensive cashmere sweater, today's new flawless face is a soft weave—perhaps of several injectables, lasers, and surgeries. Cheeks plump, but not pillowy; skin looking taut, but not stretched—it's the new Hollywood definition of "aging gracefully" (with the help of thousands of dollars' worth of dermatologist and plastic surgery appointments). Catherine Chang, MD, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, describes a good result in the Undetectable Era as "no one should just look at you without a 'Before' and 'After,' and know that you've had any work done."

It's not merely a matter of taste or trends, but also new medical advancements that are making this era possible.

View in Browser  The "Undetectable Era" is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise of a kind of surgery where you're "really not going to be able to pinpoint anything" other than that people looking great. Like your most expensive cashmere sweater, today's new flawless face is a soft weave—perhaps of several injectables, lasers, and surgeries. Cheeks plump, but not pillowy; skin looking taut, but not stretched—it's the new Hollywood definition of "aging gracefully" (with the help of thousands of dollars' worth of dermatologist and plastic surgery appointments). Catherine Chang, MD, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, describes a good result in the Undetectable Era as "no one should just look at you without a 'Before' and 'After,' and know that you've had any work done." It's not merely a matter of taste or trends, but also new medical advancements that are making this era possible." title="There's something different about how we look these days. Faces used to practically have logos: forehead by Botox, lips by Juvederm, and cheeks by Restylane. Now, you can't exactly figure out what people are getting done. Is it that new fish thing? Some sort of newfangled facelift? If work is being done, it's subtle. Sotto voce. It's the Undetectable Era. "It's demure," observes celebrity makeup artist Daniel Martin, when I ask for his thoughts on this new trend. It's mindful, to mimic the famous TikTok saying. As the go-to no-makeup-makeup artist for nearly two decades, Martin's long been an expert at understated beauty. These days, he jokes about the new "no-filler-filler cheek," saying, "the technology and the work now are definitely different. It's undetectable, and more unnoticeable." The "Undetectable Era" is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise of a kind of surgery where you're "really not going to be able to pinpoint anything" other than that people looking great. Like your most expensive cashmere sweater, today's new flawless face is a soft weave—perhaps of several injectables, lasers, and surgeries. Cheeks plump, but not pillowy; skin looking taut, but not stretched—it's the new Hollywood definition of "aging gracefully" (with the help of thousands of dollars' worth of dermatologist and plastic surgery appointments). Catherine Chang, MD, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, describes a good result in the Undetectable Era as "no one should just look at you without a 'Before' and 'After,' and know that you've had any work done." It's not merely a matter of taste or trends, but also new medical advancements that are making this era possible." height="auto"> Is Plastic Surgery Having a Vibe Shift? There's something different about how we look these days. Faces used to practically have logos: forehead by Botox, lips by Juvederm, and cheeks by Restylane. Now, you can't exactly figure out what people are getting done. Is it that new fish thing? Some sort of newfangled facelift? If work is being done, it's subtle. Sotto voce. It's the Undetectable Era. "It's demure," observes celebrity makeup artist Daniel Martin, when I ask for his thoughts on this new trend. It's mindful, to mimic the famous TikTok saying. As the go-to no-makeup-makeup artist for nearly two decades, Martin's long been an expert at understated beauty. These days, he jokes about the new "no-filler-filler cheek," saying, "the technology and the work now are definitely different. It's undetectable, and more unnoticeable." The "Undetectable Era" is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise of a kind of surgery where you're "really not going to be able to pinpoint anything" other than that people looking great. Like your most expensive cashmere sweater, today's new flawless face is a soft weave—perhaps of several injectables, lasers, and surgeries. Cheeks plump, but not pillowy; skin looking taut, but not stretched—it's the new Hollywood definition of "aging gracefully" (with the help of thousands of dollars' worth of dermatologist and plastic surgery appointments). Catherine Chang, MD, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, describes a good result in the Undetectable Era as "no one should just look at you without a 'Before' and 'After,' and know that you've had any work done." It's not merely a matter of taste or trends, but also new medical advancements that are making this era possible. 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