Kylie Jenner without her lip fillers feels like a contour without highlighter, Beyoncé without JAY-Z, or pizza without ranch. Jenner was a mere teenager when she first started getting fillers, and it wasn't long before fuller lips became the biggest "trend" in beauty (don't think I forgot about the unfortunate #KylieJennerLipChallenge that went viral in 2015). The girl single-handedly caused a major influx in the lip-filler industry. But now, her lips are making headlines for the complete opposite reason: Kylie Jenner's lip fillers dissolved and she looks like her old teenage self again. Jenner has openly admitted to being insecure about her natural lip size, explaining how she first considered injections after being teased for having small lips by a boy. When she committed to enhancing her look, she totally went for it. Aside from the injectables, Jenner has even shared tips for overlining your lips with nude lip liner and mastering the art of the pushed-out mouth in photos. Sigh. Flash forward to motherhood, and Jenner now talks about how her daughter Stormi boasts the one feature she wishes she had: fuller lips. Jenner tells her friend Jordyn Woods, "the one thing I was most insecure about, [Stormi] has. She has the most perfect lips." Over the weekend, the 20-year-old beauty mogul posted photos on Instagram, in which she looked noticeably younger, more natural, and fresh faced. The pics weren't a throwback, but her face looked similar to the "before" photos you usually see her in now. From the neck up, she resembled her younger self again, and I'm not the only one that couldn't figure out what was different about her. A fan commented on the photo, "she looks like the old Kylie here idk why." The comment was replied to by none other than Jenner herself, and the response was one none of us could have expected. Kylie Jenner responded, "I got rid of all my filler." Wait, what! ? Then she posted a video of her showing off her new, old look. I seriously can't get over how much younger she looks. So it's clear, the fillers are gone, but how? New York City-based plastic surgeon Dr. David Shafer tells Elite Daily, "While hyaluronic acid (the ingredient in lip fillers, which lasts about 6 months) naturally dissolves overtime as your body metabolizes it, it is also reversible. An injectable enzyme called hyaluronidase can 'melt' the filler almost instantly." So what did Jenner opt for, allowing her lips to naturally deflate over time, or an immediate reversal? At this point, it's unclear. Let's also not forget, Jenner just had a baby — and you better believe pregnancy has surprising effects. As for lip injections, most board certified doctors won't perform them on pregnant women. In an unexpected twist, though, Jenner and other women may not need them at all while expecting. "You don’t need filler touch-ups during pregnancy because of excess swelling, otherwise known as edema, which is a very common side-effect of pregnancy. The body is working overtime to double its blood and body fluid to support the developing baby, so when pregnant women retail fluid, it can cause swelling in legs, face, and lips," explains Dr. Shafer. So essentially, Jenner's lips might have taken on a naturally plumped appearance during her pregnancy, and just now returned to their normal state, sans-filler. Here's a side-by-side comparison of Kylie Jenner's injected lips last year and her lips now: It's unclear on whether Kylie Jenner will commit to her natural look for the long haul, but people all over are loving and praising her au naturale look. I don't hate on anyone for doing what they please with their own faces, but I think self-love and acceptance make anyone look their absolute best. Maybe she's over the full lips look, or maybe she just feels great at this juncture, but either way, I applaud her. Kylie, confidence looks good on you, girl!<doc-sep>Kylie Jenner is in the news today for something other than her new baby Stormi (not to be confused with grime rapper Stormzy). Jenner posted a photo of her and friend Anastasia Karanikolaou yesterday evening with the caption "heat wave." To the untrained eye it's a regular Instagram photo, but to some Kylie Jenner devotees, this photo is breaking news. One fan noticed that "she looks like the old Kylie here idk why." Jenner responded saying that "I got rid of all my filler." In the language of the uninitiated, this means that Jenner no longer uses lip augmentation to make her lips puffier and more pouty. According to WebMD, "the most common fillers today are products that contain substances similar to hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance found in the body. It helps increase volume in your lips." Jenner, who is famous for her lips and their seemingly overnight transformation from thin to full, has also released a line of "lip kits" and has sparked a viral challenge in which people would put their lips in a cup and suck all the air out, bruising their lips and making them bigger, like Kylie Jenner's. All this when they could've just gotten filler! Now that Kylie no longer uses it, there will surely be another Jenner-backed trend coming soon. Perhaps the move to stop using the treatment could be related to her her recent child with Travis Scott and the stress–or at least the distraction–of having a newborn baby.<doc-sep>Kylie Jenner has officially said farewell her most career-defining beauty asset. The 20-year-old makeup mogul took to Instagram this Sunday to share a series of snaps made memorable by a notably natural pout, one distinctly lacking the exaggerated plump that has characterized her look in recent years. After receiving a slew of comments ranging from compliments to questions, Jenner commented that she "...got rid of all my filler," a statement accompanied by a wide-eyed emoji. The move is a noteworthy one for Jenner, the youngest of the Kardashian clan, who famously confessed to getting lips fillers on a 2015 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Then came a trend embraced the world over, along with the subsequent mania for Jenner's first round of Kylie Cosmetics, which centered on her ubiquitous (and often sold out) Lip Kits. “When I was insecure about my lips, I turned to makeup to help make me feel more confident,” Jenner told Vogue in June, speaking about her signature bigger-is-better philosophy. Now a mother to five-month-old mother Stormi and the founder of a booming beauty business on track to hit the billion dollar mark, Jenner is entering a powerful new phase of life—one, it seems, that embraces an increasingly 'come-as-you-are' attitude about everything from her lips to her sun-sprinkled freckles. Definitive proof that the kind of lit-from-within glow that comes with self-assurance outshines any man-made enhancement. Watch Kylie Jenner Do Her Lip Liner With Her Eyes Closed—and More:<doc-sep>Kylie Jenner's pout has been a hot topic for a while. After the reality star's lips appeared to inflate overnight in 2014, the world has been obsessed with trying to replicate her exaggerated look with every chance, treatment, and product possible. Add her lip kit empire into the mix (let's not forget the frenzy surrounding each new launch) and there's no denying that she's known for her killer kisser. Now, Jenner's lips are making the news again, this time for appearing to have gotten smaller. In a recent Instagram post, Stormy's mom can be seen posing with a friend and in the comments, fans were taking note of her noticeably smaller lips. "She looks like the old Kylie here idk why," one fan wrote. KJ responded with, "I got rid of all my filler" along with a few emojis. The process that Jenner is referring to involves having the filler dissolved. While it's not like snapping your fingers and having the filler just disappear, Douglas Senderoff, MD, a plastic surgeon at Park Avenue Aesthetic Surgery in New York City, explains that the procedure is "relatively simple with little downtime. "The basics: Your plastic surgeon or dermatologist will inject something called hyaluronidase into the area with the unwanted filler, and it will reverse the look in a matter of days, with the full reversal occurring in about two to three weeks, Dr. Senderoff explains. You may notice some swelling after the initial injection, but that will go down soon after. Jenner has clearly kept up with her famous pout injections up until no,w because any filler that's HA (hyaluronic acid) based will break down on its own within about 6-18 months, Dr. Senderoff points out. It's important to note that not all fillers are reversible, but with those that are hyaluronic acid-based, such as Juvederm and Restylane, usually can be.Silicone-based fillers don't break down so easily, and are ill-advised by Dr. Senderoff. The reversal for that involves surgery and definitely less pleasant than with HA fillers.<doc-sep>
Kylie Jenner's infamous lips are no more—at least for now. The makeup mogul took to the comments section on her latest selfie to let fans know that she's "got rid of all" her fillers. Jenner was replying to a fan comment wondering why "she looks like the old Kylie here." The news was then flagged on the popular Instagram account Comments by Celebs, which as the name suggests, keeps tabs on celebrities in the comments section. Getting rid of fillers can mean one of two things: Either Jenner has gone months between appointments, allowing her body to totally dissolve the hyaluronic acid. Or it could mean she went to her dermatologist or plastic surgeon and asked them to inject her lips with Hyaluronidase, an enzyme that speeds us the rate at which the gel filler dissolves. It's this antidote, if you will, that makes the popular procedure temporary; fillers can be dissolved at any time. Some studies suggest that getting lip filler gradually over time, like Jenner, can stimulate the natural collagen production of your own lips. That means that you'll have bigger lips, even if you let the filler dissolve, than when you started getting them injected. Jenner has previously admitted that lip fillers aren't pain-free. "When you first get them done, you're like, 'Oh, it could be a little bit bigger on that side.' I'd go back and be like, 'They went down' and think they could be bigger," she told Complex back in 2016. "But I went too far. It was very painful." It's also possible that Jenner allowed her lips to decrease in size as a result of her pregnancy with daughter Stormi. While opinions are mixed and the science is lacking, most doctors recommend patients do not get Botox or fillers of any kind during pregnancy. Though there hasn't been any proven harm to the child, an infection or severe swelling can occur, so the risk isn't worth the reward. In a candid video with her best friend Jordyn Woods uploaded a few days ago, Jenner admitted that Stormi's lips take after her father. "I prayed and prayed that she would have my big eyes, and she has the biggest eyes ever. The one thing I was insecure about, she has. She has the most perfect lips in the whole entire world. She ain't get those from me. Thank her dad for those." Jenna Rosenstein Beauty Director Jenna Rosenstein is the Beauty Director at BAZAAR.com.