The Great Un-Plump
But then, out of nowhere-ish, comes Brooks Nader. And she’s doing the unthinkable. She’s getting rid of it. The filler. All of it. Her sister, Sarah Jane Nader, actually broke the news, casually, on a Dec. 23 TikTok video. Just, “Hey guys, my sister Brooks is dissolving her filler.” And boom. The internet, or at least my corner of it, went kinda nuts.
I mean, talk about a plot twist, right? We’re so used to hearing about who’s getting what, who’s going under the needle for a little tweak here, a little plump there. It’s almost become this quiet expectation, especially in the modeling world, in the influencer sphere. You kinda just assume everyone’s doing something. So to see someone, especially someone as high-profile as Brooks Nader- she’s a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, for crying out loud- actually reversing course? That’s not just a personal decision, my friends. That’s a statement. A big one.
Why This Matters More Than You Think
Look, I’m not here to shame anyone for getting filler. Your body, your choice, whatever makes you feel good. Truly. But let’s be real for a second. This whole aesthetic, this particular brand of ‘perfect,’ has gotten so… homogenous. Like a beauty filter gone rogue and then made permanent. Everyone’s got those same bee-stung lips, that same smoothed-out forehead. And if you don’t? Well, you’re starting to look like the odd one out, aren’t you? It’s kind of insidious, this slow creep of what becomes ‘normal.’
Isn’t It Time We Talked About “Normal” Again?
What Brooks Nader is doing, and what she’s openly sharing- because let’s be clear, she didn’t have to talk about it, but she is, via her sister and then later on People.com and her own channels- it’s a breath of fresh air. It’s a loud, clear signal that maybe, just maybe, this particular trend has run its course. Or at least, it’s opening up the conversation for people to feel okay about not having it.
“The pressure to look a certain way has never been higher, and it’s easy to lose yourself trying to keep up. Sometimes, taking a step back is the bravest thing you can do.”
The thing is, we’ve seen this cycle before, haven’t we? Remember the super-thin brows of the 90s? The over-plucked look? Then it swung hard the other way, and now everyone’s got these glorious, bushy caterpillars on their face (which, I gotta say, I prefer, but still- a trend). This filler thing felt different, though. It felt like it had embedded itself deeper, becoming less of a trend and more of a baseline expectation for ‘polished’ or ‘beautiful.’
The Fallout of the Filler Era
And honestly, the sheer amount of filler out there, the amount of stuff people are putting into their faces, sometimes without really thinking about the long-term effects or, you know, just how much is too much… it’s a little wild. We’ve all seen the horror stories, the duck lips, the migration, the lumpy bits. It’s not always pretty. And reversing it? That’s not exactly a walk in the park either. It involves injections of hyaluronidase, which basically dissolves the hyaluronic acid in the filler. It can be painful, and it’s not always a one-and-done deal.
But still, people are doing it. Kylie Jenner famously dissolved some of her lip filler years ago, which was also a big deal at the time. But this feels different. Brooks Nader’s move feels like part of a larger, quieter shift that’s been bubbling up. A collective sigh of relief, maybe? Like, “Oh, thank God. We can finally stop.” Because if someone who needs to look ‘perfect’ for their job is stepping back from it, that gives permission to a whole lot of other people who’ve felt pressured to keep up.
What This Actually Means
This isn’t just about Brooks Nader’s lips. This is about challenging a beauty standard that, frankly, got a little out of hand. It’s about recognizing that maybe the most ‘beautiful’ thing isn’t a perfectly sculpted, often-identical face, but something a little more unique, a little more you. It’s about finding that sweet spot where you feel good, but you don’t feel like you’re chasing some impossible, cookie-cutter ideal that someone else invented.
I’m not saying filler is dead, or that everyone’s going to dissolve theirs tomorrow. Not a chance. But what I am saying is that when someone like Brooks Nader makes a move like this, it opens the door. It makes it okay to question. It makes it okay to consider alternatives. And who knows, maybe it’ll even make it okay to just… be. To just have your own face. And honestly, that sounds pretty damn revolutionary to me. It’s about time we saw more of that, don’t you think?
