Selfies & trout pouts WHAT ARE OUR GIRLS DOING TO THEIR FACES?
‘We have parents who come in with their daughters, anxious to iron out all the “imperfections” to make them happy and conÿdent’
Remember when cosmetic surgery was the hush-hush secret of older, wealthy women who had the time and money to try to recapture their youth? Hollywood stars and trophy wives went to discreet clinics where doctors lifted breasts and faces, sucked out middle-aged spread, and ironed out wrinkles.
Not any more. There is a, is very concerned. “There’s a thing called ‘selfie dysmorphia’, where doctors state young people turn up and say ‘I don’t look like this any more’, based on filtered pictures on their phones. Doctors have to say, ‘You never looked like that!’
