Those who digitally alter their photos face a huge problem: Once you begin editing your photos, it’s hard to stop.
They are also harmful to the person doing the editing. Negative body image can have a huge negative impact on people, being able to cause depression, anxiety, eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder.Īccording to the Mayo Clinic, BDD is “a mental health disorder in which you can’t stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance.”īDD affects 1.7 percent to 2.9 percent of the general population, or about one in 50 people, according to the International OCD Foundation.Įdited photos are not just harmful to the public seeing them. In today’s age, we cannot tell what is real and what has been digitally altered anymore, warping the expectations for our own physical appearance. The study also showed that the girls in both conditions found the photos to be realistic. Results showed that exposure to the manipulated images directly led to lower body image and that the manipulated photos were rated more positively than the original photos. It has been well-documented that edited photographs on social media have a huge negative effect on the people exposed to them.Ī 2016 study on the direct effect manipulated Instagram photos has on teenage girls had 144 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 randomly exposed to either original or manipulated selfies. Apps like Facetune and Instagram make it easier than ever to alter anything from the brightness of your teeth to the shape of your body.
Unfortunately, in this digital age, it has become more popular and more accessible than ever to edit your photos and videos, continuing the generations-long issue of exposing the public to unrealistic and unattainable beauty standards.Ĭelebrities are not the only ones who have access to editing tools anymore. You would think that after all the work that has been done over the years to expose and change the beauty industry, this would not be a problem anymore. For years, we have been hearing about how dangerous seeing photographs of digitally altered models in magazines and advertisements is for the public exposed to them.
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