Is it a stretch to be anti-Botox and pro–selective injections?

Slow Pokes

Young adults who came of age in the social-media era are dabbling with filler and Botox—but in different, and often contradictory, ways

By Hannah Holland

Those who venture to dive bars in stylish New York neighborhoods such as Ridgewood, in Queens, and Bushwick, in Brooklyn, on a Thursday night may notice something out of the ordinary: the Gen Z It Girls look unfiltered.

Just a few years ago, young women tended toward the opposite: tightly frozen and noticeably filled faces. But now, turned off by the ubiquitous Instagram Face associated with millennials, Gen Z–ers are trapped in a paradox. They want to look their best and stave off aging without winding up looking plastic.