A story that we saw on WTHR channel 13 and published by WBIR in Knoxville, Tenn. has us thinking that we might be putting to much faith in the “selfie”. Of course, the “selfie” is a common way to take pictures these days, but some plastic surgeons say the trend might be causing an uptick of plastic surgery or Botox inquiries across the country.
“I think smartphone technology with selfie mode on their cameras can make people a little to obsessed with their appearance,” said Dr. Jay Lucas, a Knoxville plastic surgeon.
We mentioned on the morning show that a recent report published by JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery showed that a “selfie” can distort your nose and make it look up to 30 percent bigger.
“These filters where people can morph themselves online and have an image of themselves they think could be created may or may not be a very good thing to do for people” Lucas said.
He said the right way to assess your features would be with a mirror, in natural lighting. As you can tell by the above “selfie”, no facial work needs to be done. This is exactly how we look in person…as long as we walk around with a blazing sun in the background.
