![]() ![]() All the women have been open – arguably, proud – about some beauty treatments they’ve had, including, in many cases, Botox jabs and lip-plumping fillers. The worrying question, of course, is just how these women have achieved such outlandish proportions – namely, whether they have had cosmetic procedures carried out on their bottoms. In the UK, Love Island star Anna Vakili and former The Only Way is Essex regular Lauren Goodger have also taken up the trend. Social media star Kim Kardashian and her sisters Khloe, Kourtney and Kylie, who have millions of young followers between them, are pioneers of the bizarre shape that does look a bit like a tooth: bulging out dramatically at the sides before tapering in suddenly – the roots of the ‘tooth’ are the thighs. Dubbed ‘the wisdom tooth’, it describes an extreme version of a classic hour-glass figure: an ultra-thin waist, an unnaturally wide, large bottom, and slender legs that show off that ubiquitous ‘thigh gap’. It might all seem ridiculous but mental health experts have repeatedly warned that striving for unrealistic ideals leads to eating disorders and dysmorphia, a preoccupation with perceived physical flaws.ĭespite this, in recent months an even more alarming body trend has emerged online. ![]() And the craze to achieve these proportions is in part fuelled by competitive picture-sharing on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and the like. ![]() But for the uninitiated, they are, allegedly, desirable physical traits for a woman. To millions, these terms will no doubt be familiar. Then ‘the bikini bridge’ revealed a stomach so concave, the person’s underwear seems suspended across the hip bones. ‘It's the figure I've always wanted’: Florist Laura Summersįirst there was ‘the thigh gap’ – social media shorthand for legs so slender that they don’t touch above the knees. ![]()
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