A disturbing TikTok trend called “bone smashing” has convinced teenage boys that repeatedly hitting their faces with hammers, bottles, and blunt objects will make them more attractive. The goal is to ...

PICKING up a large, rusty hammer, the young man taps away at his cheekbones. You can hear the dull, hollow thuds as it repeatedly strikes under his eyes. “You want to make sure you do it evenly. I ...

Controversial “looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular is facing online mockery after being brutally “mogged” by the judge who sentenced him to six months of probation. Clavicular, who was arrested ...

In the age of viral trends and extreme self-improvement hacks, “bone smashing” has emerged as one of the most controversial and alarming practices online. Tied closely to underground beauty ...

“Looksmaxxing” has moved from small online forums to one of TikTok’s biggest appearance trends. Young men now openly talk about changing their faces to improve what James, a forum user who joined the ...

Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase ‘sexual market value’. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream? For James, it started ...

Kendra DeMark, a medical aesthetics expert from Aesthetic IQ Clinic, joins us on FOX 10 Talks to break down the viral "looksmaxxing" movement. While the trend claims to help people reach their ...