“I Got Lip Fillers And It Was... Interesting”

One Fainting Spell Later, I Feel Great?

- Lindsay Balsamo

I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with my lips. Specifically: I love my bottom lip and I hate the upper one.

My bottom lip is plump and, IMO, the perfect size for my face, but my annoyingly small top lip practically vanishes when I smile. For years, I’ve slathered on a daily rotation of lip-enhancing serums and glosses, but actual lip fillers? They just seemed so extra for a 26-yearold—like something only a celeb or Bachelorette would do. But then a close friend had hers done, and they looked so natural and pretty—like her lips, just better. When she promised me the whole process was fast, easy, and not excruciatingly painful, I wanted in.