Would you consider a post break-up glow up?
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Why has the post-breakup glow-up become so popular?
From Princess Diana to Chloe Kardashian, the post breakup glow up has gone from rocking a little black revenge dress to revealing your revenge body on Instagram. Throw in cosm cosmetic tweakments as well, and in just a few short weeks you've gone from crying your eyes out in your pajamas to becoming completely unrecognizable to your ex. The trend in the post break up glow up isn't just for celebrities in a world of image driven dating. and swiping left, getting back out there has become more than just about getting closure. Brian O'Connell has been looking into this for us. We'll reveal in a moment whether he got any tweatments himself. Morning Brian.
I'm warning it, wait till you see the expenses claim for this one.
Oh, nice one. I like it. Okay. When a relationship ends, most people have a lot of soul searching to do and it can be a time to reassess. But is it the rise in apps in online dating that makes people focus more perhaps on their physical appearance after a break up?
Yeah, good question. I mean, I suppose we all know after breaking up with someone we're feeling all sorts of emotions, maybe anger, maybe resentment, maybe defiance. Grace Alice O'Shea is a sex and intimacy educator and she works with people who've maybe just come out of relationships, they might be trying to get back to dating after a while away. So I asked her first, what did she think of leaning into some cosmetic treatments to help with the process?
Can cosmetic treatments help you move on after a breakup?
Breakups are not created equal. You could have really, really nasty, even traumatic breakups. You know, those kind of few weeks, few months afterwards, I think how they go can depend a lot on how the relationship ended and how you feel about it ending.
Obviously, if you're going back into dating, maybe you haven't done it in a while, maybe you're doing online, maybe you're doing in person. Everybody wants to put forward the best version of themselves, don't they?
Yeah, they do. I mean that's kinda what dating is, isn't it? It's it it is kind of presenting uh a a nice, palatable, appealing version of ourselves
And you can see then why some people might go for a number of treatments, for example cosmetic treatments. Wha what are your thoughts on it?
I suppose my initial thoughts are, uh firstly, I totally understand that feeling. Um, you know, when we come out of a relationship and it is over and we are moving on, there is that sense of of a new chapter. Whether we want it or not, we're moving on. There is a a kind of shedding of of something older or uh maybe a slightly older version of ourselves and we're moving into something new. And with that, you know, no more than clearing out our house or decluttering a space. Sometimes we just want I know I've dyed my hair so many times over the years, probably linked to some breakups. But I suppose my slight concern would be you can also be feeling quite vulnerable after a breakup, even if it ended reasonably okay.
I don't know, is that necessarily the best time to be maybe going after treatments that are a bit more permanent, you know, or a bit more invasive and are actually changing something. quite significant. It's it's not that I'm saying absolutely don't do it. I think it's just to be kind of aware of the reasons why you're doing it. When you're just out of a breakup, it can be hard to see the wood from the trees.
Oh, some good advice there from Grace Aliso Shea.
Which cosmetic treatments do people choose after a breakup?
And um Brian, you visited a clinic to talk about what's on offer.
Yeah, no, I know you'll find this hard to believe, David, but it's been a while since I was in a cosmetic clinic, and the one I visited in Cork is called Eden Medical. First thing I noticed the waiting room was half men and half women. Now that seems a shift to me. Second, the last time I was in a cosmetic clinic for work purposes, I was very much i everyone was kept apart. It was one on one. You didn't really see the other clients who were who were in there. It was totally different this time. Everybody was sitting there together, so it's become very public now. And I met with Emma O'Leary, one of the aesthetic doctors, and I asked her what clients were asking for post breakup in terms of treatments.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why has the post-breakup glow-up become so popular?
0:01–1:14
2
Can cosmetic treatments help you move on after a breakup?
1:14–3:01
3
Which cosmetic treatments do people choose after a breakup?
3:01–4:12
4
How much do post-breakup cosmetic treatments cost, and what can they change?
4:12–6:15
5
Why does inner healing matter more than a post-breakup makeover?
6:15–7:18
6
How do social media and AI beauty standards affect dating after a breakup?
7:18–8:10
7
What do people think about getting cosmetic treatments after a breakup?
8:10–9:18
8
Is a post-breakup glow-up about revenge, confidence, or personal choice?
9:18–10:59