In our world today, looking your best is one of the most important things for some people, whether it be the clothes you where, your hair, your figure or your make-up but because of the recent influx of 'The Selfie' it has been taken one step further.
Since the introduction of the mobile phone self portrait, 'The Selfie' has came on to be a popular worldwide hit! From getting itself into the dictionary to (in a sense) having a app based on it (Snapchat) 'The Selfie' has taken over social media feed's all over the planet but they have became life changing moments for some people. People are now going to plastic surgeons with pictures from their Instagram asking to look like themselves but how a filter has made them look. From an edit option made to make your photographs look like a different photography format or maybe to look like you shot in a more exotic area, these filters are now becoming the basis for plastic surgery so peoples 'Selfies' can look the same all of the time, even without a filter!
To me this is social media rather than instagram itself doing this as you wouldn't feel like this for a 'Kodak Moment' or especially from a 'Nokia Moment'! The camera's were rubbish! I can understand it in a sense and plastic surgery isn't anything new but I still think it's a little crazy!
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/instagram-fuels-new-wave-plastic-surgery-article-1.2102389
Here is an article talking about the topic.
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