Written by The trend, labelled ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’, suggests some people are experiencing a worrying blur between reality and social mediaPlastic surgeons are reporting that patients are coming to them with selfies of themselves edited using the filters on Snapchat or Instagram and asking to look more like the retouched photo.Researchers at the Boston medical center have authored an article in the journal JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, which labels the trend “Snapchat dysmorphia”, and argues that filters on apps are having a disastrous impact on people’s self-esteem. Continue reading…
Source: TheGuardian
Snapchat surgery: doctors report rise in patient requests to look 'filtered'
Similar posts
- In the age of surveillance, trust not... — Data-collecting devices can never be trusted, as the FaceTime bug has shown. From phones to doorbells, it’s the start of a civil-liberties nightmareIt has been a terrible week for Apple. Not only did the tech company report its first decline in revenues and profits in more than a decade, but it was embroiled in an [...]
- Mexico's tequila council pumps t... — Tesla CEO tweeted in October that the spirit would be ‘coming soon’ but the regulatory council says tequila is a protected wordTesla Inc co-founder Elon Musk and Mexico’s tequila producers could be headed for a collision after the agave-based drink’s industry group opposed the flamboyant billionaire’s efforts to trademark an alcoholic drink dubbed “Teslaquila”.One of [...]
- Microsoft Surface Go review: tablet t... — It’s fine to watch films on but this tablet transforms into a gutsy work laptop when paired with the Type Cover keyboardThe Surface Go is Microsoft’s new, lower-cost detachable Windows 10 tablet that looks to reinvent what a budget PC can be.The brief was pretty straightforward: make a smaller and lighter machine that has all [...]
- Honor Play review: gaming phone that&... — Huawei’s latest comes with a svelte metal body and a good screen, and could be a decent shout for general users as well as gamersHuawei’s Honor sub-brand has been firing out great phones at a rate of knots, with the Honor Play the latest in its line of lower-cost top-spec phones.The Play doesn’t deviate from [...]
- VidCon Australia, where YouTube celeb... — The Melbourne iteration of the world’s biggest online video conference unites ‘creators’ with their ‘community’ for a flurry of pep talks, panels and star-studded performances“I was such a good salesperson, and now I just sell myself!”The first full day of VidCon Australia has barely begun and already American YouTube star Gabbie Hanna has summed up [...]
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.