Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dr. Salomé Wilfred says the modern beauty ideal may be more inclusive on paper, but the pressure remains the same: be curvy, just in the "right" places. That contradiction has fueled demand for risky cosmetic procedures while leaving many women, especially Black women, caught between expectation and judgment.

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