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‘Teenage girls are feeling vulnerable’: fears grow over online beauty filters
Studies suggest children are having their self-esteem harmed by filters that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery
Just one click on the “glossy babe” filter and the teenager’s face was subtly elongated, her nose made neater and a dusting of freckles sprinkled across her cheeks. Last month, a small study of Snapchat-using schoolgirls in Delhi found most reported “a reduction in self-esteem, experiencing feelings of inadequacy when juxtaposing their natural appearance with their filtered images”. The social and psychological consequences of the most extreme beauty filters now need more experimental research, said Jeremy Bailenson, the founding director of Stanford University’s virtual human interaction lab.
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