‘Boyfriend glow-up’ trend sizzles on TikTok — but not every lad is fired up

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Woman applying constitution to a man. Online cosmetologists are giving their boyfriends epic glowups and sharing them arsenic portion of a viral TikTok inclination -- though immoderate beaus cleaned up amended than others. tunedin - stock.adobe.com

Some look much beau-tiful than others.

It’s not conscionable female contented creators undergoing utmost makeovers online. Now, net cosmetologists are giving their boyfriends epic glow-ups and sharing them arsenic portion of a viral TikTok inclination — though immoderate beaus cleaned up amended than others.

The videos commencement pinch nan different half successful mobility looking reasonably schlubby, earlier — presto! — nan footage cuts to said shaggamuffin looking well-groomed and appealing for illustration nan extremity of “Beauty and nan Beast.”

A man earlier his epic transformation. @victoriarobertson19/TikTok
The aforesaid man looking tan, trim, and shaven pinch a caller cut. @victoriarobertson19/TikTok

One clip with 5.4 cardinal views shows a woman’s BF looking unkempt pinch a hoodie, man bun and a scraggly beard and mustache. Then, successful nan adjacent frame, he’s clean-shaven and slimmer pinch a caller haircut to boot.

Viewers were speedy to praise this evident reverse werewolf transformation, pinch 1 writing, “Gurl! You are a visionary.”

“She said I tin hole him, and she was right,” said another, while a 3rd claimed that they “stood up and applauded.”

Another viral clip showed an overweight BF pinch an unkempt beard toggle shape into a shredded and clean-cut gym shark, thing retired of a fittingness magazine.

“Aw, he should beryllium truthful proud of himself!” fawned 1 fan. “That benignant of dedication is truthful admirable.”

However, not each these integer Cinderella stories resonated connected TikTok.

Viewers were not enamored pinch different man-shaping campaign, successful which someone’s soulmate went from rocking a dashing goatee and mustache to going clean-shaven pinch an incongruous vessel trim — a look he himself seemed unimpressed with.

“I don’t deliberation nan videos are successful order,” joked 1 TikTok wit, while different joked, “Have you tried putting it successful rice?”

“What did you do to that man?” gasped a third.

It’s yet unclear what nonstop regimen they underwent, but immoderate online peeps person gone to unorthodox lengths to make them easier connected nan eyes.

One of nan BFs pre-glowup. @kaitlinandjosh/TikTok
The aforesaid fellow afterward. @kaitlinandjosh/TikTok

This summer, influencer Anastasia Eastin went viral aft enlisting ChatGPT to thief jumpstart her glow-up aft her anterior efforts deed a plateau.

She claims that nan synthetically-enhanced regimen made her “happy and polished” while besides redeeming thousands of dollars.