Have you noticed how, in the age of Instagram and Tiktok, the popularity of fillers and plastic surgery can make everyone look similar? A common fear about medical aesthetic procedures is that they'll make you look like everyone else. And the primary reason for this is the concept of overfilling, or the “Madonna effect.”

Step into Caroline Weaver’s world as she shares her first-time experience with Thread Lift, Filler and Botox at the Godley Clinic in Vancouver. Witness her journey and reflections in this excerpt from her journal, which reveals a surprising connection between the emotions evoked by artistic expression and those experienced during aesthetic treatment.