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Looksmaxxing

May 13, 2026 · 16 min

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Mewing, bone smashing og SMV. Har du hørt begreberne før? Hvis du bevæger dig rundt på TikTok eller i de mørkere afkroge af internettet, er du garanteret stødt på fænomenet Looksmaxxing. Det lover dig en mere markeret kæbelinje, symmetriske træk og – vigtigst af alt – en højere værdi på datingmarkedet.

Men er det overhovedet muligt at slå sit ansigt i form? Og hvad sker der med psyken, når ens værdi som menneske bliver reduceret til et Excel-ark og en objektiv score, dikteret af fremmede på en Discord-server?

I denne episode af Sund Fornuft dykker jeg ned i den ekstreme selvoptimerings-kultur. Vi ser nærmere på:

  • Metoderne: Hvad er op og ned på mewing og thumbpulling?
  • Manosfæren: Hvor stammer de her idealer fra, og hvorfor bliver de så hurtigt ekstreme og misogyne?
  • Prisen for perfektion: Hvornår kammer "sund livsstil" over i kontroltab, ensomhed og spiseforstyrret adfærd?

Vi skærer gennem de redigerede før/efter-billeder og kigger på, hvad videnskaben faktisk siger om knoglestruktur og energimangel. For i sidste ende: Kan man overhovedet hacke sig til at blive elsket?

Lyt med og bliv klogere på, hvorfor optimerings-toget nogle gange kører direkte mod mistrivsel – og hvad du skal gøre, hvis du selv føler presset.

Vært: Sophie Birch

Producer, post-produktion og SoMe-video: Kasper Møller

Redaktør: Sidsel Kaae Nørgaard

Litteraturliste

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Foreningen Spiseforstyrrelse og Selvskade. (u.å.). Digital selvskade. https://spiseforstyrrelse.dk/digital-selvskade

Ghaderi, A., & Welch, E. (2022). Appearance and performance-enhancing drugs and supplements, eating disorders symptoms, drive for muscularity, and sexual orientation in a sample of young men. Nutrients, *14*(22), 4920. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14224920

Halpin, M., Richard, A., & B. (2025). When help is harm: Health, lookism and self-improvement in the manosphere. Sociology of Health & Illness, *47*(3), e70015. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70015.

Konig DJ, Sidhu AS, Corpuz GS. Looksmaxxing: Straddling the Inflection Between Self-Enhancement and Self-Harm. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/26893614251409793

Mountjoy, M., Sundgot-Borgen, J. K., Burke, L. M., Ackerman, K. E., Blauwet, C., Constantini, N., Lebrun, C., Lundy, B., Melin, A. K., Meyer, N. L., Sherman, R. T., Tenforde, A. S., Torstveit, M. K., & Budgett, R. (2018). IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update. British Journal of Sports Medicine, *52*(11), 687–697. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099193

Nagata, J. M. (2025, December 18). Looksmaxxing, the manosphere and pro-masculinity content [Podcast episode]. In Healthy Children Podcast. American Academy of Pediatrics. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/healthy-children-podcast/Pages/ep-066-raising-boys-in-the-digital-age-navigating-online-masculinity-trends.aspx

Proffit, W. R., Fields, H. W., Larson, B. E., & Sarver, D. M. (2019). Contemporary orthodontics (6th ed.). Elsevier. Hentet 28. April 2026 fra https://books.google.dk/books/about/Contemporary_Orthodontics_E_Book.html?hl=id&id=A45nDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Shaffer, S. M., & Naze, G. S. (2023). Evaluation and management of temporomandibular disorders. Part 2: an orthopaedic physical therapy update on examination and clinical reasoning. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 31(3), 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2022.2124617

Solea, A. I., & Sugiura, L. (2023). Mainstreaming the blackpill: Understanding the incel community on TikTok. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, *29*, 311–336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09559-5

Solea, A. I., & Sugiura, L. (2025). Digital subcultural diffusion theory: Rebranding the incel ideology through looksmaxxing, Sub5s and the PSL scale. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17416590251387245

World Health Organization. (2024, March 1). Malnutrition: Key facts. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malnutrition

Der er anvendt klip fra følgende kilder:

https://www.tiktok.com/@stattmaxx

https://www.tiktok.com/@fault.clips

https://www.tiktok.com/@oscar.patel

https://www.tiktok.com/@tate.wisdom_

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