Bonesmashing — also written bone smashing — is part of the set of hard looksmaxxing techniques, and involves intentionally applying blunt force trauma to one’s facial bones in order to remodel them for a more chiseled and defined appearance.
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The practice of bonesmashing is a highly controversial theory (loosely) based on the principle of Wolff’s law, the latter posed by a German anatomist and surgeon (1836–1902). Bonesmashing adherents claim that one can cause bone growth and density by exposing the bone to repeated blunt trauma.
However, mind that Julius Wolff didn’t say that breaking bones makes them stronger, but explains that bones adapt and remodel in response to normal, everyday mechanical stresses and loads, becoming stronger with increased loading (like exercise) and weaker with disuse (like astronauts in space). He did claim that bone fractures heal stronger at a break site initially, but that the overall bone adapts over time.
At any rate, according to facial bonesmashing practitioners, repeatedly striking the face would cause growth, strength, and reshaping/remodeling of the facial bones, such as the cheekbones, upper jawbone, and lower jawbone (chinbone).
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The act of bonesmashing may be conducted by using hard objects like the knuckles, massagers, and sometimes even hammers.
However, in the medical community, the practice of bonesmashing is considered an ineffective and extremely dangerous practice that can lead to severe, permanent face injury, damage, and disfigurement, including occurrences such as numbness or facial paralysis, scar tissue, asymmetrical facial appearance, internal bleeding, dental issues, airway obstruction, or even blindness.
In fact, there are safer (although sometimes more expensive) alternatives, such as a healthy diet, hydration, exercise, and professional cosmetic treatments such as injectable fillers or carefully planned surgery performed by a board-certified plastic surgeon.
