Thanks to Snapchat and Instagram "pretty" filters, it's easy to imagine what you would look like with larger eyes, a flatter nose, and fuller lips. A new study finds that social media might not just ...
Social media apps allow us to edit and share perfect images with the world in seconds. Now some of these pictures are finding their way into doctor's offices. People are seeking cosmetic surgery to ...
Plastic surgeons are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend that's emerged with the growing popularity of social media: patients seeking cosmetic surgery to resemble how they see themselves in ...
Cosmetic surgeons have always fielded seemingly odd requests to recreate body parts from celebrities: Angelina Jolie’s lips,David Beckham’s calve, or perhaps Salma Hayek’s breasts. Teens today, ...
Where once plastic surgeons would be handed an image of a celebrity to inspire their work, now patients are bringing in their own selfies modified by a flattering social media filter. This horrifying ...
There’s a reason why #nofilter exists; gone are the days when you’d snap a picture with a polaroid camera and see the same face you see in the mirror. In fact, posting a photo without any filters or ...
Social media is increasingly making teens dissatisfied with their appearance and obsessed with achieving a filtered version of "perfection," even going so far as to pursue plastic surgery, say medical ...
Gone are the days when clients entered their plastic surgeon’s office asking for Angelina Jolie’s lips or Natalie Portman’s nose. In August, an alarming JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery article raised ...
(CBS) – Plastic surgeons are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend that's emerged with the growing popularity of social media: patients seeking cosmetic surgery to resemble how they see themselves ...