A new trend is spreading across social media, encouraging people with female anatomy to do something called “vaginamaxxing.” But health experts are warning it could cause serious problems. Wanting to feel attractive and taking care of one’s appearance is nothing new. Beauty trends have always come and gone, and standards of attractiveness have shifted dramatically throughout history. But these days, it has gone beyond hairstyles, workouts, or makeup. People are now changing their appearance with everything from fillers to cosmetic surgeries of all kinds. Across social media, the term “-maxxing” has become attached to different ways of supposedly “enhancing” one’s appearance. “Looksmaxxing,” “Jawmaxxing,” and even “Ballmaxxing” are terms many online users are already familiar with. These trends encourage people to alter their appearance in order to “look their best,” sometimes through methods medical professionals have warned may be dangerous. Now, doctors are raising concerns abo...
My Daughter Never Came Home from Prom – Eleven Months Later, What I Accidentally Found Hidden Inside My Son's Beanbag Chair Made Me Go White as a Ghost
My daughter vanished on prom night, and for 11 months I blamed the boy I had forbidden her to love. Then I found her dress hidden in my son's room, along with letters that proved the truth was far more painful than any story I had told myself. The last photo I have of Livia was taken at 5:12 p.m. on our front porch. She stood in a pale blue dress, her hand linked through Liam's arm, wearing that impatient teenage smile. "Stay together tonight," I told them. Liam smiled. "We always do, Mom." Livia rolled her eyes. "Mom, we're 18, not eight." "I know," I said, tucking a loose curl behind her ear. "That's why I'm nervous." "Stay together tonight." John touched my shoulder. "Camila, let them enjoy prom." I ignored him and looked at Livia. "And stay away from Mitchell." Her smile disappeared. "Mom." "I'm serious." "No," she said. "You know his mom. Tha...