‘Selfie culture’ is driving people to get plastic surgery so they look like filtered photos: study

‘Selfie culture’ is driving people to get plastic surgery so they look like filtered photos: study

Forget face tune — social media mavens are permanently altering their features to look like filters, according to a new study. Researchers from Boston University found a link between social media use and cosmetic procedures, associating more time spent on apps and using photo editing software with appearance dissatisfaction and the desire to change physical features. … Read more

France mandates influencers to label filtered images, bans promotion of plastic surgery

France mandates influencers to label filtered images, bans promotion of plastic surgery

Influencers in France could soon be banned from promoting cosmetic surgery on social media, with the government set to make it mandatory for them to label filtered images.  Under the potential new law, a photo or video that’s filtered or retouched must be declared so, while “all promotion for cosmetic surgery … as part of … Read more