On TikTok, an influencer who challenges conventional notions of female beauty posted pictures of herself going a year without shaving.
Martina Diaz, an Argentine, has a disease that results in dense hair growing all over her body and face.
She uttered: “I realized a year ago that I didn’t want to shave.
“I became aware of all the pain I had endured as a result of my hair, and I pondered what would happen if I let it to grow.
“I was startled that something exactly the same is so decried in women yet acceptable in guys,” the author said.
Argentina has been utilizing her TikTok appearance to subvert the social convention that states that women should not have facial or body hair.
The influencer acknowledged wanting to get away.I recently started shaving, she added. After that, I joined social media and connected with a lot of people who motivated me. They shared their stories with me, and I responded, “No, this needs to change.””
She wrote in a post to her 291,100 fans: “What are we doing, this is illogical.
“First, I spaced out my hair removal, I let it grow, and I started exhibiting it on social media. I met a lot of people who were motivated by it and shared their stories of struggling with hair in adolescence, and I thought, “No, this has to change.”
Many comments have been left on Martina’s posts, both supportive and critical.In one of her latest videos showing off her grown-out brows, a TikTok user commented: “I love your natural eyebrows! Divine lashes!”
In another post, someone commented: “I don’t like women like this, but that’s my problem; as long as you feel good and don’t sadden anyone, everything is perfect.”
However, Argentina’s videos has also received hate from TikTok viewers, with one user commenting: “You’re not ugly, just your eyebrows, and that’s it.”
In her TikTok bio, Martina jokes: “This account belongs to my eyebrows.”Martina Díaz is not the only one that is using her voice on social media to tackle beauty standards.
Another influencer named Taylor Tilt also uses her TikTok account to show that she no longer uses waxing.
The TikTok star has not shaved for more than 10 years, she promotes her decision on her social accounts.
Taylor believes that the decisions we make in the body are personal and no negative comments affect her when it comes to waxing or not.
”I only shave my legs twice a year. My enemies are shocked,” she said.
