The back cover of “ Still Bobbi ,” the new memoir from makeup maven Bobbi Brown, notes the “crazy thought” she had in 1980: the revolutionary idea that “real faces are beautiful.”

But 45 years ago, the phrase “real faces” had a radically different definition than it does in 2025.

Once stigmatized, plastic surgery, fillers and other aesthetic procedures are more available — and more utilized — than ever. 9

Women start injecting Botox younger and younger to block crow’s feet, well before they’ve even been conceived by years of laughter.

“In the ’80s, real faces meant people without nose jobs, people who let their freckles show, people with gaps in their teeth,” Brown, 68, told me. “It’s definitely evolved into something different.”

But it’s not just preventative — it’s also alter

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