“Looksmaxxing” has been one of the internet’s most talked-about self-improvement trends in recent years.
It encourages a persistent pursuit of physical attractiveness through increasingly extreme methods that influencers claim are designed to “maximize” one’s appearance.
Emerging from the more extremist corners of the “manosphere,” internet communities centered around male-focused themes, “looksmaxxing” was originally targeted at young men as a solution for body image struggles and insecurities.
