An overview of “looksmaxxing” apps that rate teen boys' faces and are criticized for worsening the youth mental health crisis; paid app UMAX has 7M+ downloads
I thought “lookmaxxing” was just a meme joke thing. [embedded post] X: Verne Kopytoff / @vkopytoff : One person claimed to have obtained a chiseled jaw by hitting his face with a hammer (a practice known as “bone smashing") https://fortune.com/... Alexandra Sternlicht / @iamsternlicht : One looksmaxxing app, UMax, ranks higher in the Apple App Store charts than TaskRabbit and Zillow Rentals. In its mildest form, looksmaxxers tell boys to wash their faces; in its most extreme, they tell boys to pummel their jaws to induce micro fractures. https://fortune.com/... Alexandra Sternlicht / @iamsternlicht : NEW: The founder of “looksmaxxing” app UMAX tells me that the company, which launched in December 2023, is making $500,000 per month. The app currently ranks above TaskRabbit and Zillow Rentals on Apple's lifestyle app chart. Psychologists are concerned. https://fortune.com/... Alexei Oreskovic / @lexnfx : Today's latest sign of the apocalypse: Looksmaxxing! ‘Looksmaxxing’ apps that rate teen boys' faces and boast millions of downloads are exacerbating the youth mental health crisis, psychologists say https://fortune.com/... Alexandra Sternlicht / @iamsternlicht : When Fortune searched for “looksmax” on Instagram, it found a video of a user with a chiseled jaw who claimed to have obtained it by hitting his face with a hammer (a practice known as “bone smashing"). The video shows users how to do it, while warning of its dangers.
One looksmaxxing app, UMax, ranks higher in the Apple App Store charts than TaskRabbit and Zillow Rentals. In its mildest form, looksmaxxers tell boys to wash their faces; in its most extreme, they tell boys to pummel their jaws to induce micro fractures. https://fortune.com/...
NEW: The founder of “looksmaxxing” app UMAX tells me that the company, which launched in December 2023, is making $500,000 per month. The app currently ranks above TaskRabbit and Zillow Rentals on Apple's lifestyle app chart. Psychologists are concerned. https://fortune.com/...
Today's latest sign of the apocalypse: Looksmaxxing! ‘Looksmaxxing’ apps that rate teen boys' faces and boast millions of downloads are exacerbating the youth mental health crisis, psychologists say https://fortune.com/...
When Fortune searched for “looksmax” on Instagram, it found a video of a user with a chiseled jaw who claimed to have obtained it by hitting his face with a hammer (a practice known as “bone smashing"). The video shows users how to do it, while warning of its dangers.