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The rise in cosmetic procedures troubles me – and it shouldn t be anti-feminist to say so

In January I began to fixate on new lines that appeared to thread my face each day, radiating around my downturned mouth and unsmiling eyes. It was the darkest time of lockdown, the thin but comforting Christmas rituals packed away, the prospect of alcohol unappealing and maudlin. I had little to do but work and consider myself, and consider myself I did – examining little patches of discolouration, blurring freckles, the dissolution of my jawline. With none of the usual consoling causes, such as nights out, to ascribe the flaws to, my face looked alien and appalling. It felt grossly unfair that I had gone on ageing while real life had stopped. I thought longingly and for the first time about cosmetic procedures: Botox, fillers, contouring. I was evidently not alone in this impulse – as the

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