All posts tagged: Filler

At 50, I was terrified to have filler. Here’s what changed

At 50, I was terrified to have filler. Here’s what changed

Published by Daniella Wilson

In recent years, filler appeared to have fallen out of favour, with aesthetics devotees looking for alternative ways to plump their complexion and smooth lines and wrinkles. Biostimulators and polynucleotides were touted as the fresh approach for a youthful look, but the tide appears to be turning once more, with fillers rising back in popularity. But doctors are quick to point out that it was the look that filler became associated with that went out of fashion, rather than the procedure itself. “Well-judged filler never really went out of fashion, excessive or inappropriate use did,” laments Vicky Dondos, co-founder of respected aesthetics clinic Medicetics. © Getty ImagesFiller went out of favour – but it’s back! Aesthetics expert Dr. Aggie Zatonska of the Atelier clinic agrees. “Patients are increasingly wary of fillers because they don’t want to be associated with the very ‘obvious’ image that has become so recognisable: overinflated faces, projecting lips, puffy or ‘pillow’ faces and, in some cases, a distortion of normal facial anatomy. “They see those results and understandably become fearful that filler …

‘Dark Matter’ Season 2, episode 5 is the best kind of filler episode

‘Dark Matter’ Season 2, episode 5 is the best kind of filler episode

Published by skeptic

We love a good standalone episode. From The Last of Us to BoJack Horseman there’s a rich tradition among prestige TV shows of episodes that can pretty much be enjoyed by themselves, even if you aren’t that familiar with the show itself. With Season 2, episode 5, “Love and Be Loved”, Dark Matter joins the ranks. So what happens, why does it work so well, and what does the episode mean in the show’s larger context? SEE ALSO: ‘Dark Matter’ Season 2, episode 4: Why does Daniela leave? What happens in Dark Matter Season 2, episode 5? At the end of Season 1, it was revealed that the world-hopping antics of Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) had inadvertently spawned hundreds of other Jasons. All of these Jasons were similarly displaced and trying to get back to their original world and family — but only one Jason could claim their old life. In a surreal sequence at the series’ end, Jason, Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and Charlie (Oakes Fegley) walk through a sea of these other Jasons to …

Trying lip filler for the first time at 48

Trying lip filler for the first time at 48

Published by Daniella Wilson

I’m open to plenty of aesthetic treatments: Botox, skin boosters, lasers. Filler, however, is something I’ve consciously avoided – especially in my lips. The big, pillowy look I kept seeing on social media was the opposite of what I wanted. But, despite knowing better than to let a filter sway me, I asked ChatGPT for a little virtual lip-tweaking. And let’s just say, my curiosity was piqued. I began asking aesthetic practitioners and fellow beauty editors about lip filler, and was surprised to discover how many of my colleagues had tried it. Looking at them, I’d never have guessed. Recently, I’ve noticed my top lip looking thinner, with an uneven outline. My Cupid’s bow has all but disappeared, too. “Like the rest of our face, our lips change as we age. We gradually lose some of the collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid that help give younger lips their structure, hydration and softness. The lips can become thinner and flatter, the border can appear less defined, and the Cupid’s bow can become less pronounced,” says Angela …

Doing Business with the Devil | Martin Filler

Doing Business with the Devil | Martin Filler

Published by Jenni Sidey

Aside from being a modern morality tale, American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump, by Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark,1 might be seen as a veritable inversion of Bird’s earlier work American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which he wrote with Martin J. Sherwin. That book, which served as a major source for Christopher Nolan’s 2023 blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer, presented a nuanced portrait of the idealistic, mystically inclined, yet duplicitous and power-seeking nuclear physicist. The subject of this chilling new biography was an entirely different creature, even though like Oppenheimer he was born to a wealthy New York Jewish family (albeit a much less cultivated one), attended the progressive Ethical Culture Fieldston School (although the “ethics” part evidently eluded him), and ranked among the most polarizing American personalities of the early postwar period. In Bird and Goldmark’s account (these collaborators are also married), the nihilistic, amoral, duplicitous, power-seeking Roy Marcus Cohn makes Niccolò Machiavelli seem like a rank amateur. Yet far from coming across as distant …

Black Clover filler list: All the anime episodes you can skip

Black Clover filler list: All the anime episodes you can skip

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Black Clover anime is set to make its return later this year, so you’ll need an essential filler list of skippable episodes if you don’t have the time to rewatch all 170 episodes from scratch — more so if you’re only tuning in for the first time. Thankfully, even throughout Asta’s lengthy journey to become the Wizard King of a magical world — despite being born without any magic — it’s pretty easy to follow through its various arcs. That’s along with the Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, which many are right to be confused about whether that’s canon or not. To get you fully caught up in as little time as possible, saving you a few hours of unnecessary fluff, here’s the complete list of the Black Clover anime’s filler episodes — and what category Sword of the Wizard King lands in. Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and …

Bleach filler list: The episodes you can skip

Bleach filler list: The episodes you can skip

Published by Daniella Wilson

Although it’s one of the most popular anime of all time, Bleach has a massive number of filler episodes amongst its total 366-episode run. With this hit adaptation of Tite Kubo’s beloved manga series first dropping in 2004, Bleach was subject to the big trend for long-running anime, which involved additional single chapters or even whole subplot arcs. The idea of this was to give the mangakas essentially more time to create more original chapters for the anime to adapt. As a result, some filler is actually worth a watch if you’re a die-hard Bleach fan, whilst other episodes are considered pure padding. To save you lots of time as you catch up before checking out the Thousand-Year Blood War sequel anime, here is the exact list telling you which episodes of Bleach are filler — and which are definitely skippable. How much of the Bleach anime is filler? Running for 16 seasons between 2004 and 2012, the original Bleach series included 160 filler episodes, covering lighter side-stories and detours from the central plot. Confirmed …

Dr. Torkian Reveals Why Filler Won’t Lift Your Face and What Creates a Snatched Look

Dr. Torkian Reveals Why Filler Won’t Lift Your Face and What Creates a Snatched Look

Published by Daniella Wilson

Everyone wants a sculpted appearance, but according to celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Behrooz Torkian, you might be surprised by what really delivers that look. The Beverly Hills, California based plastic surgeon has spent the past 20 years specializing in facial rejuvenation and says if you’ve been told filler can lift your face, it’s time to rethink that advice. Torkian Aesthetics “For years we have been trying to bust the myth that fillers can lift skin or the face. They simply do not do that,” he tells ET. “Due to this wrongful belief, many patients have been overfilled with filler.” Instead, he recommends solutions that truly address sagging skin. “My practice is largely treatment of the aging face. One of the most requested procedures is treatment of the jowls and heavy necks. This was largely driven by the snatched look popularized by social media platforms, but with the increasing use of weight loss drugs, we are seeing more and more droopy lower faces as people lose fat. For this reason, my most requested procedures now are face …

Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list: Every Naruto episode to miss

Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list: Every Naruto episode to miss

Published by Daniella Wilson

A classic shonen anime franchise that’s the pinnacle of having hundreds of episodes to get through, the original Naruto and Naruto Shippuden are packed with filler episodes — and it more than usually takes a dedicated list to know which are non-canon to the manga. In an effort to give the original manga by Masashi Kishimoto breathing room, the Naruto anime was given an incredible amount of filler episodes so that it took the adaptation longer to catch up to the source material. With that, the manga had more time to expand the canon story about the beloved ninja adventure about the orphaned Naruto Uzumaki — in his quest to become the leader Hokage in the Hidden Leaf Village (aka Konoha). There’s not only quite a large timeline to keep track of, but all of those anime-original episodes add a ton of what’s argued as unnecessary time to get through the pure story. To help you shorten the time needed to reach the sequel Boruto anime, here is the full list of all Naruto and …

Is Hand Filler the New Face Lift?

Is Hand Filler the New Face Lift?

Published by Sam Flores

The hands are the tell. Those who fear the signs of aging have spent time—and a significant amount of money—on the face, the body, even the neck, but the hands raise themselves as victims of benign neglect. “I can look at red-carpet photos of celebrities who have great faces, and then you can definitely tell the hands do not match,” says Christopher Lee, MD, of Clareo (Latin for “shine bright”) Plastic Surgery in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Think of it as a variation on the carpet not matching the drapes. “It’s not the first thing people think of when they think of rejuvenation,” he says. Our hands, the most utilitarian and tool-like parts of our body, are a new arena for our neuroses around physical aging to congregate. They are also a challenge for doctors to treat. Most hands have very little fat; in many instances even less than the face, so there are barriers to skin-firming treatments such as XERF or Sofwave that are popular for jawlines. Nor are there extreme surgical options, like a …

Tunnel of Love | Martin Filler

Tunnel of Love | Martin Filler

Published by José Betancourt

No musical phrase affects die-hard Wagnerites as deeply as the Tristan chord, “the password, the cipher for all modern music,” as the German conductor Christian Thielemann has called it. This revolutionary break with harmonic convention—a combination of F, B, D-sharp, and G-sharp played by cellos, clarinets, bassoons, oboes, and an English horn, followed by a sequence whose haunting lack of resolution points the way to the once unimaginable realm of atonalism—appears in the opening measures of Richard Wagner’s music drama Tristan und Isolde. It hovers in the imagination much as it does in the concert hall, with a primal insistence that never diminishes no matter how often one hears it. The Tristan chord resounded once again at the Metropolitan Opera on March 9, at the premiere of its tenth new mounting of the epic work it first staged in 1886. This was an event eagerly anticipated among opera fanatics for several reasons. It marked the first Met Isolde of the much-admired Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen as well as the house debut of Yuval Sharon, the …