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Permanent or medical changes, like surgery, orthodontics or prescription drugs.
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- Looksmaxxing
- Working to maximize your physical attractiveness, from sleep and skin up to surgery.
- -maxxing
- Suffix for going all-in on one area: gymmaxxing, skinmaxxing, sleepmaxxing, moneymaxxing and so on.
- Softmaxxing
- Reversible, low-risk changes: skincare, grooming, haircut, fitness, style.
- Glow up
- A visible improvement in looks over time.
- Ascend / ascension
- Becoming a noticeably better-looking, higher-status version of yourself. Where this site gets its name.
- PFL
- Potential for looksmaxxing: how much someone could realistically improve.
- Genetic potential
- The best you could look given your genes, once health and effort are maxed out.
- Halo effect
- One strong trait makes people rate you higher on everything else.